Update (#1270 - 1301)

1270. Spider overlooking Bristol Road. Taken from the Humanities Hall, OLRC. (18/FEB/2014)

1271. The fambulance (fake ambulance) has been outside the OLRC again. The BBC were filming 'Doctors'. The OLRC doubles as "St Philomena's Hospital" in the show. (18/FEB/2014) 

1272. A rainbow over the demolition site where the new school will stand. Weoley Park Road in the background. (18/FEB/2014)

1273. Daffodills coming up in the thicket. The cedar tree, Hamilton Drive and the demolition site in the background. (19/FEB/2013)

1274. Purple Crocus (Crocus purpureus) on Hamilton Drive. The front entrance to the OLRC in the background. (19/FEB/2014)

1275. Purple Crocus (Crocus purpureus) seen on both sides of Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1276. Purple Crocus (Crocus purpureus) seen on both sides of Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1277. Purple Crocus (Crocus purpureus) seen on both sides of Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1278. Purple Crocus (Crocus purpureus) seen on both sides of Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1279. Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) on the grass at the front corner of the OLRC on Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1280. Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and Upright Chickweed (Moenchia erecta) on the grass at the front corner of the OLRC on Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1281. New shoots on White Clover (Trifolium repens) on the grass at the front corner of the OLRC on Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1282. Heath Speedwell (Veronica officinalis), unlike other Speedwells, stands up from the ground and is paler. (19/FEB/2014)

1283. Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) aka Queen Anne's Lace, thriving in the thicket. (19/FEB/2014)

1284. Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirstuta), bits of Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium vulgatum) and a tiny yew sapling, at the foot of the oak tree on Hamilton Drive, across the pavement from the thicket. (19/FEB/2014)

1285. Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) on both sides of Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1286. Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) on both sides of Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1287. Purple Crocus (Crocus purpureus) on both sides of Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1288. Purple Crocus (Crocus purpureus) on both sides of Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1289. Purple Crocus (Crocus purpureus) on both sides of Hamilton Drive. (19/FEB/2014)

1290. Primulas (Primula polyanthus) outside the main entrance to the OLRC. (19/FEB/2014)

1291. English Dasies (Bellis Perennis) and Primulas (Primula polyanthus) in the planter outside the front entrance of the OLRC. (19/FEB/2014)

1292. Rakai Hebe (Hebe rakaiensis) and Hebe 'Heartbreaker' outside the front entrance of the OLRC. (19/FEB/2014)

1293. Hebe (Midsummer Beauty) aka Shrubby Veronica at the site where Johnston house once stood. Facing Bristol Road. (19/FEB/2014)

1294. Hebe (Midsummer Beauty) aka Shrubby Veronica. (19/FEB/2014)

1295. Trees reflected in a muddy puddle on the site where Johnston House once stood. (19/FEB/2014)

1296. Smooth Sow-Thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) growing against one of the cottages in the close. (19/FEB/2014)

1297. Catkins on the Birch tree opposite Archibald House. (19/FEB/2014)

        1298. Red Cottoneaster (Cottoneaster pannosus) berries. (19/FEB/2014)

1299. Rosehips (Rosa sherardii) in many shades outside the cottages in the close. (19/FEB/2014)

1300. The old Yew tree on the winding path. Behind it. the site where Johnston House once stood. (19/FEB/2014)

1301. Crocuses (Crocus purpureus) on the winding path, with a view of the site where Johnston House once stood. (19/FEB/2014)