Late bloomer...

After driving Marc to school because he forgot to buy a busticket yesterday (he has to buy the tickets at school for the schoolbus) I passed this Water Lilly in a ditch at a little village near Groningen. I think its kind of late in the season for it to bloom, but I'm not sure. Strong enough to survive the early night frost this year. I can't remember that it ever before was so cold in oktober!