Just a bud ....!

Most of the poppies are now withering and the petals falling but walking up from the beach this morning I spotted, in a rather derelict bit of garden, this poppy bud just about to burst open. If the warmer spell of weather continues the bud should be well open by tomorrow.

The extra photo is not particularly good (didn't have the camera with the better zoom with me) but looking towards the harbour I could see something on the water ..... I'm not even sure what they are .... possibly red-breasted mergansers but possibly not but whatever they are I have never seen a group like it in the Elie harbour bay ... I'm just so annoyed that I was so far away!