Never mind the focus, a welcome sight indeed. I had to run out to see if my hellebores were stirring yet and yes :) they are but both my hellebores and snowdrops look to be about 2 weeks behind yours. Thanks for sharing, your pictures have brightened my day. More snow in the forecast for us I'm afraid.

Annette

I've got about a month or two yet before I see snowdrops like that. They are a favorite.

This hosta bed was planted in 2010.
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Here it is now:
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Nope. No signs of spring yet and not likely to be until mid March at the earliest. I'll enjoy looking at your signs of spring until then.

Though I love the green and colorful photos of spring, summer, and fall the winter ones with the contrast of dark trees and white snow are starkly beautiful.

My hellebores, okay, all my plants, are sleeping under four feet of snow. Won't see them again until March.

Thanks for the preview Flora!

This is what my granite garden bench looked like BEFORE we got 23.5 inches of snow yesterday.

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All my WS containers are way down under the snow, safe and snug. There won't be any green showing for a long time.