Winter Ebbs Away

By golly, there is an end to winter. Sure, we expect some snow this afternoon, but out in the lawn, the sturdy little green stems of snowdrops are white with buds. Really bright white.

They aren't open. Don't they open into little hanging bells? But they will happily go ahead, holding their white flower well above whatever snow comes.

The next things will be yellow winter aconite, but they'll take weeks to get rolling.