Spring is sprung

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Spring is sprung

by EllieGant @ 20/02/2009 – 11:25:10

Or so it seems to me today. No gloves or hat or double layers of fleece necessary. Sunshine after the rain, sparkly raindrops everywhere. Signs of growth in the garden. Guilt over non-gardening efforts growing.

Tried to take a photo of some of the bulbs that have miraculously appeared, despite the best efforts of the local badger, our dog and next door's cat. My usual crappy attempts at photography - still can't work out how to take a close-up photo or not get your shadow in the way!

But here are some very pretty Iris reticulata bulbs complete with sparkly raindrops on them.

Off to hunt for a beautiful scene of snowdrops and primroses in a local cemetery that someone told me about last night.
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23 Comments to Spring is sprung

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- xmillyxxx ^Pro
- 20/02/2009 @ 11:34:42
Lovely photo hun.. I love spring.. Everything looks so pretty.

Good luck on ya flower finding mission..
xx
- - EllieGant
  - 20/02/2009 @ 17:33:34
  Thanks, medear. I didn't find the snowdrops though - could have been due to a large glass of wine!
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- jackfrost ^Pro
- 20/02/2009 @ 11:59:03
"Tried to take a photo of some of the bulbs"

you should have said...here ya go!!!
- - EllieGant
  - 20/02/2009 @ 17:34:20
  Boom boom! At least the badger would leave those alone!
  - - jackfrost ^Pro
    - 22/02/2009 @ 13:21:04
    bodger wouldn't!!
    - - EllieGant
      - 22/02/2009 @ 19:03:47
      Bodger the Woodworker would (or wood)
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- eggbod
- http://wordworld.blog.co.uk
- 20/02/2009 @ 12:42:53
Oh you read my mind.

I have just gone outside to put up my windy-dry. When my windy dry goes back outside, Spring's arrived
- - EllieGant
  - 20/02/2009 @ 17:35:27
  Oh - great minds think alike and all that!
  
  I just untangled the washing line - and get this! - actually brought in some washing that was drier than it went out!!!!! Happy days are here again
  - - eggbod
    - http://wordworld.blog.co.uk
    - 20/02/2009 @ 18:14:19
    Huzzah!
    
    We're hangin' out our washing!
    - - EllieGant
      - 21/02/2009 @ 12:05:22
      Sounds like a song ... all I need is a couple of spoons and an old washboard and I'm away
      
      *tra la laahhhhhh*
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- MrFlighty
- 20/02/2009 @ 14:37:23
It certainly seems like it! I've done more plotting in the past three days than in the past three months.
Lovely image! xx
- - EllieGant
  - 20/02/2009 @ 17:36:23
  Good for you - I started digging the allotment - then it rained torrentially! Still, off there again this weekend for another attempt. It feels like it's possible now at least to make progress. x
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- deleted user (Visitor)
- 20/02/2009 @ 14:55:44
spring is springing...I love outside after a rain storm the air is so clear.

fabulous piccy
x
- - EllieGant
  - 20/02/2009 @ 17:37:08
  Oh yes, the light was incredible here earlier. Fog horn is off again now though.
  
  thanks x
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- faffajane ^Pro
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- 20/02/2009 @ 16:29:39
Lovely image

I have loved it today had all my windows opened and spring cleaned downstairs
- - EllieGant
  - 20/02/2009 @ 17:37:57
  Oh - doesn't it make a difference to how you feel when it is bright and mild like this? Long may it last
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- lilian1
- 20/02/2009 @ 17:21:18
nice pic Ellie when you see snowdrops Spring is around the corner all we want now is the pics of the little lambs ah..
- - EllieGant
  - 20/02/2009 @ 17:38:44
  Yes, it really does seem like it's not far away. Not seen any lambs yet though!
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- VisionInBlue ^Pro
- 20/02/2009 @ 17:58:32
Its a lovely photo hun. The weather is definitely edging towards spring time. I was quite warm on the walk home from work. Not long now until we'll be able to sit out in the garden and enjoy the last rays of sun in the evenings.
- - EllieGant
  - 21/02/2009 @ 12:04:21
  Thanks - it is lovely seeing the flowers start to emerge, and I am loving the lighter evenings. Sat out in the garden with my breakfast cuppa this morning - a bit too chilly year, but it was brill!
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- Jembajr ^Pro
- 20/02/2009 @ 21:00:35
Spring has yet to make an appearance here. Looking forward to the snowdrops.
- - EllieGant
  - 21/02/2009 @ 12:06:47
  Aw, sorry. A couple of days, maybe. You don't get much more 'South' than where I live in Britain, so we are getting it first. It's fab!
  
  *hangs head*
  
  Couldn't find the snowdrops - maybe I shouldn't have had that large glass of wine at lunch!
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- deleted user (Visitor)
- 22/02/2009 @ 08:57:04
My garden is grateful to me for staying away from it. Agreeable developments happen there without my divine intervention, but when I finally get that "green fingers" tinkling everything goes to custard. I am a committed trimmer, you see.
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