Frog spawn, Hackney Marshes

Wibbly, wobbly, shiny like stars

Tapioca puddle

Foamy, gooey, jelly-in-rain

Like eyeballs that got in a muddle

Frog spawn is always laid in clumps,  if you see toad spawn instead you'll know it because you'll see long pearl-like chains draped over pond weed and in shallow water.  Female frogs lay thousands of eggs as only a small fraction of them will survive to adulthood.

Highlights: Falling into a muddy puddle and sharing half a ham sandwich with a wooden fox.

Treasure: One very long stick, aka - a fishing rod. 

Snowdrops, Decoy Woods

Snowdrops, nosedrops

white and green

nodding in the wind

Tiny spikes of happiness

Heralding the spring

Catch the rays, dear little ones

For we are all but done

Of cold and grey

wet, gloomy skies

Please, send us in the sun

Highlight: A sausage dog called Bertie who wore a pink coat.

Treasure: An acorn cup (a fairy hat), two sticks (a helicopter), half a tennis ball. 

Storm Doris and Celandine, Vicarage Lane

Doris, such a harmless name

All biscuits and cups of tea

You would never expect a Doris

To blow quite so much wind up thee

The flowers of Celandine open to the sun and close in dull weather.  It couldn't keep up with the skies as they raged one moment, then shone the next. 

Highlight: A coughing sheep.

Treasure: Hailstones in our hoods.