A free Sunday, it is sunny and dry, there is a loud call from the garden to come and get on with the spring clean up. Yes, the birds are calling, the bird feeders as busy as they have ever been but the loudest all is the visual and colourful call of the Crocus. Just two weeks ago they were just green shoots pushing there way up through the snow, they now are standing tall reaching to catch all the sun’s warmth and saying very clearly Spring is here….Snowdrops earlier in the week may have been the first harbingers of the new season but these golden stamens glowing in the purple cups make an even stronger statement.
Elsewhere the Cyclamen that have graced the shade beneath the trees with delicate blooms have now turned there energy to producing new seed heads in the hope of spreading there joy even further next winter….
Hello Sunshine…Hello Spring!
26th February
DAVID OAKES - IMAGES. 
what a wonderful collection of beautiful flowers.. gorgeous !
LikeLike
Thank you….and it has been a great day.
LikeLike
How wonderful to have found your beautiful photos through dianne-life as i see it’s blog.
LikeLike
Thanks…I do hope you will log in regularly and I will try my best to make it worth your while.
LikeLike
Wow David, great set of photo’s ..great colour
LikeLike
Tar very much….also shiows that you don’t have to go far when the sunshines to enjoy the great outdoors!
LikeLike
This is all so gorgeous that I just need an acronym for my words for future post such as WGL for wonderful, gorgeous, love it. Appreciate this post.
LikeLike
That will do for me!
LikeLike
Will do Mr. Oakes, but I may have to let a “praise worthy peep” out every once in a while. 🙂
LikeLike
These are lovely, clear and detailed photos of the flowers! I love the delicate leaves of the crocus…and purple..well, it’s one of my favorite colors!
LikeLike
Thank you……and for once I know the name of these Crocus…it’s ‘Barr’s Purple’.
LikeLike