It only seems like yesterday that we were celebrating the start of a New Year, the day before that it was Christmas…. Yet here we are 1st of February. Is it just me or is time really passing at the speed of a supersonic plane.
For many February is considered as the last month of Winter. For the civil service based Meteorological Office it is…but being science based they feel the need to break the year up into seasons of an equal number of months. Astrologically, Winter is with us till the Spring Equinox on the 28th March.
So far this winter it has been un-seasonally mild and our gardens and countryside tell us that. So will we have an early Spring… your guess is as good as anyone’s.
What I do know is that as Winter moves towards its close, it often has a ‘sting in its tail‘ and February is often the month it chooses to Wag that tail.
Indeed snow, in middle of February, is not uncommon in our corner of the UK, here in Derbyshire, as shown here above Hathersage and on Stanage Moor.
What will February bring this year?….. who knows, maybe scenes like those above. The only certainty is that we will be just that little closer to Spring
1st February
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