Ranelagh Gardens in Spring

After coffee in Butlers we took a stroll in Ranelagh Gardens.

Officially Spring began on Feb 1st here in Ireland.....but it still seems pretty Wintery to me. And of course we will have St Patrick's Day in March and then Easter of which both can be fairly cold.  Last year in particular, St Patricks Day was particularly cold. Amy and I were cycling in the parade and the weather was miserable as we waited to start off and then even as we cycled, we didn't really get warm.

Anyway, here's a few pics of Ranelagh Gardens in "springtime".

I spotted this as I first entered from the Luas tracks end. At first I thought it was a bird house, but on closer inspection, I think it might be a "Bee Hotel". Can any of my readers confirm?!

The playground was deserted. It normally is busy most of the day but there had just been a heavy rain shower so that probably cleared most of the families out.

The ducks were swimming around one end because the other end had frozen water.  Although, there are signs up saying not to feed the ducks bread, someone had dumped a load of mouldy bread on the frozen part. 

The trees at the other entrance to the park look bare and very grim. Roll on better weather and hopefully they will flourish.

Of course Bones doesn't care how the park looks, he just enjoys being in it!