Winter aconites

Today's the day ………………….. to take advantage

These are the other flowers, along with snowdrops, that make me think that spring is just round the corner.

The winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family, native to calcareous woodland habitats and widely naturalised in most of Europe.  Its life cycle exploits the deciduous woodland canopy, flowering at the time of maximum sunlight reaching the forest floor, before it completely dies back to its underground tuber after flowering.

That's fine by me though.  Just to see those little, bright yellow, sunshiney flowers - even when there's still a touch of frost on the ground - just makes my day …………