Snowdrops

Feb

Day 53 – First Snowdrops

Flowers / 0 Comment / 22/02/2022

“Everyone looks for the first snowdrop as proof that our part of the earth is once more turning towards the sun, but folklore maintains that we should be wary of bringing them into the house […]

Feb

Day 51 – Stirring

Black and White / Flowers / 1 Comment / 20/02/2021

“I wonder if the sap is stirring yet,If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate,If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun”~ Christina Rossetti

Feb

Day 40 – Hardy celebration

Flowers / Winter / 1 Comment / 09/02/2021

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

Jan

Day 22 – From pale to white

Flowers / Winter / 0 Comment / 22/01/2020

“White rose in red rose-garden Is not so white; Snowdrops, that plead for pardon And pine for fright Because the hard East blows Over their maiden vows, Grow not as this face grows from pale […]

Feb

Day 52 – Hardy celebration

Flowers / Spring / 4 Comments / 21/02/2018

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

Mar

Day 60 – Sparkle with joy

Uncategorized / 4 Comments / 01/03/2017

“If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.” ~ Frank Lane And nothing weather the storm or should that be the last of the winter cold quite like Snowdrops and […]