I forgot to post this picture before the Candlemas Day post because snowdrops are supposed to bloom before it.
I picked these three the morning we had a dusting of snow and they looked so cold that I had to bring them into the warmth of my kitchen. They sit up on a shelf so that I can look up into their sweet faces.
These are Galantus Nivalis, Flore Pleno, a double snowdrop.
"I've six snowdrops out," said Mary triumphantly. Mrs. Baker had told her that country snowdrops must be in flower by Candlemas and watching the tight upright spears in her garden day by day she had been afraid The Laurels' snowdrops might fail in their duty. But they had not let her down.
Elizabeth Goudge in The Scent of Water
