Thursday 11 February 2016

Spring Comes Early (#1585 - 1620)



1585. The front of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)



1586. The front of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)



1587. The rear of the University of Birmingham School viewed across the playground from the first floor of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)



1588. The University of Birmingham School viewed from the Birmingham Christian College (BCC) side of Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)



1589. The side of the OLRC viewed from the BCC side of Hamilton Drive.(3/FEB/2016)



1590. Early crocuses on Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)



1591. Early crocuses on Hamilton Drive, with the OLRC and University School in the background. (3/FEB/2016)

There didn't seem to be many mushrooms around on campus last Autumn, perhaps because of the mild weather, but there are a few to be seen now.



1592. Mushroom on Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)



1593. Mushroom on Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)



1594. Bright spring sunshine coming through the trees at the back of BCC (behind Alan Geale) (3/FEB/2016)



1595. Snowdrops and primula are up around the memorial to Dr Mike Davis at the front of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)



1599. The Japonica is starting to flower, at the front of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)



1600. Japonica at the front of the OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)




1601. The other Japonica bush, outside the cottages in The Close. That's the Cleaner's Lodge in the background. (3/FEB/2016)



1602. The University of Birmingham School ... still in it's first year. The new parking system is taking some getting used to. (3/FEB/2016)



1603. The OLRC viewed from across the OLRC car park - now mostly used by school staff. (3/FEB/2016)



1604. The OLRC viewed from Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)



1605.The OLRC viewed from Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)



1606. The University of Birmingham School, through the thicket, from Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)



1607. The bottom end of Hamilton Drive, with the OLRC on the left and BCC on the right. (3/FEB/2016)



1608. The OLRC viewed from Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)




1609. The bottom end of Hamilton Drive, with the OLRC on the left and BCC on the right. (3/FEB/2016)



1610. BCC viewed from across Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)



1611. View from the bottom end of Hamilton Drive, with the side of the OLRC on the right and the University School background right. (3/FEB/2016)



1612. Blossom on the trees! Taken from what was once the outside of Johnston House, opposite the side entrance of Alan Geale, with the OLRC and the winding path in the background. (3/FEB/2016)



1613. Berries and heather add a bit of colour to the scenery outside Alan Geale House. (3/FEB/2016)



1614. Fir cones outside Alan Geale House. (3/FEB/2016)



1615. The front of Alan Geale House, where white heather grows on the wall. (3/FEB/2016)



1616. A splash or orange berries along the winding path, with the OLRC in the background. (3/FEB/2016)



1617. The winding path and the rear of OLRC. (3/FEB/2016)



1618. Snowdrops on Hamilton Drive. (3/FEB/2016)



1619. Snowdrops with the OLRC behind them. (3/FEB/2016)



1620. A solitary flower on Hamilton Drive, with the OLRC in the background. (3/FEB/2016)