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AOL Community Photo Challenge - March into Spring
"This week's challenge is MARCH INTO SPRING...Is spring popping up in your neighborhood? Daffodils and crocuses popping up through the snow? However spring is arriving (or did in the past, if you're still snowbound), share it with us!"
After reading some of the other entries, I went in search of signs of spring here in central NJ. (After all, it felt like spring today at 69 degrees!) I had a luncheon to attend and, on my way home, stopped at my favorite park for flowers...Deep Cut Gardens, part of the Monmouth County Parks System. Well, there's been a lot of growth but one of my favorite signs of spring (besides crocuses) are snowdrops and, sure enough, they were in profusive evidence...here's my photo:
As usual, I'm not eligible for a prize, but I do enjoy participating. Here's a bit of trivia about snowdrops:
In many gardens, this plant, along with the winter aconite (Eranthis), is the first flower of spring, blooming as early as January in the South and as late as April in the North. The flowers often push their way up through the snow. Should a late snowfall occur, snowdrops will remain in suspended animation until the snow melts and then carry on with their display.
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Beautiful! I love the delicate flower. Nicely done.
Monica -
I love snowdrops. I knew just where to find them in PA and have photographed them many times. They are certainly a fleeting pleasure of spring.
Beautiful! -
I have never seen that flower before but it is so pretty and delicate.
Julie -
Lovely shot, Vicki! Thanks for reminding us that there's hope for warmth right around the corner.
Rob
3/31/08 10:08 PM