Winter aconite

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 - even if we seem to have taken a step backwards today.

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 - specially when it's cold and drizzly and trying to snow - just makes my day …………