Snowdrops

Wednesday

“Where are the snowdrops?” said the sun.
“Dead” said the frost, “Buried and lost, every one.”
“A foolish answer,” said the sun
“They did not die, asleep they lie, every one.
And I will awake them, I the sun,
Into the light, all clad in white, every one.”
“It’s rather dark in the earth today”
said one little bulb to its brother.
“But I thought that I felt a sunbeam’s ray.
We must strive and grow ’til we find our way”
and they nestled close to each other.
They struggled and strived by day and by night,
’til two little snowdrops in green and white
rose out of the darkness and into the light;
and softly kissed one another.
By Annie Mattheson, 1853 - 1924

It always makes me happy to see the first snowdrops - a promise of Spring. The forecast had called for cloudy skies, but in fact, the morning turned out to be beautiful, and the temperature fairly mild. Roger had a dental check-up first thing, but when he’d got back from that, and we’d had a coffee, we headed out for a hike at Rowe Woods. Quite a number of people had a similar idea, and there was a school party there as well. However, once we started out on the trail we chose, we didn’t pass many other people. In the area near the car park and around Krippendorf Lodge, there were lots of snowdrops and winter aconites flowering - such a gorgeous sight, after the drab colours of winter. Along the trail, we also saw Canada geese, and a few turtle sunning themselves on a log. I’ve added a collage of a collage of our walk in extras.
Step count: 9,244