“A daffodil pushing up through the dark earth to the spring, knowing somehow deep in its roots that spring and...

“A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow...

“I wonder if the sap is stirring yet, If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate, If frozen snowdrops feel...

“Nor will I then thy modest grace forget, Chaste Snow-drop, venturous harbinger of Spring, And pensive monitor of fleeting years!”...

“Anything that is not growing is dead.” ~ Lauryn Hill

“Snowdrops: Theirs is a fragile but hardy celebration… in the very teeth of winter.” ~ Louise Wilder

“Still lie the sheltering snows, undimmed and white; And reigns the winter’s pregnant silence still; No sign of spring, save...

“It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.” ~ William Carlos Williams A couple of weeks ago...

“Yesterday the twig was brown and bare; To-day the glint of green is there; Tomorrow will be leaflets spare; I...

“I could hear you, talking to the daffodils and tulips, whispering to the fairies that lived inside their petals. Each...