They say that Spring is on it's way, so here's a salute to the end of the Winter:

To write some lines concerning Garden Gate

The month is February - Winter - late.

The weather has been grey, and yet more grey

(Two periods of sun the other day).

Some herring gulls have visited the site

With daffodils responding to the light.

Occasionally a squirrel darts around

And, hanging upside down, the seeds he found.

The blue tits make a foray now and then - 

The foxes have resorted to their den.

                                                                                                    Keith Pettitt.