Yesterday Nigel returned from the Nursery/School run even more full of his usual hope and joy, if that's possible .......
......... he'd spotted his first, and may I say truly magnificent, snowdrops, there were masses of them, all standing proud and perky!
However, he has now announced that he's all for casting off his winter vest and wincyette sheets from his bed, as he is totally convinced that spring has sprung.
I am loathe to pour oil on his wonderful effervescent spirit but no matter what nature appears to be telling him, there is no way his said winter vest will be cast in gay abandon nor his wincyette sheets for that matter, there is an awful long way to go before winter is out ........ a great deal of caution needs to be applied before unfettered clout casting of any sort of nature is permitted at The Towers, Nigel with an attack of the shivers or sniffles is not a good experience!
Lovely to see so many snowdrops. With Storm Brendan on its way I hope Nigel has kept his vest on as it’s predicted to be quite rough weather.
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I'm with young Bertie - as Robert Frost's Spring prayer says...
ReplyDeleteOh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
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Snowdrops are reminding us we are so nearly there.....but I think I'll keep my thermals on for another week or too...JantheFan x
It is a while since I thought of wincyette sheets or nightclothes!
ReplyDeleteNe'er cast a clout till May be out are wise words, for January in England, but not here. Mrs.D and I are on holiday in Sayulita, on the Pacific coast of Mexico. It is in the tropics and winter here and in Mexico City is warm and dry. Today, we are forecast a low of 68°F and a high of 82°F (20°C/28°C).