I just tossed everything aside today and went out to greet Spring or should I say that she came to greet me?
First stop was what I’ve christened the ‘Primrose Road’ where the view of the fields was greener than green:
and there they were:
Out by Fenor Bog, one word on a magnificent woodcarving in the graveyard of Fenor Church caught my eye:
Hope is something we all need in life and I guess that each and every one of us has a duty to spread as much hope, in even the tiniest ways, to try and ease the way for those who are caught in a quagmire of hopelessness. That quagmire can seize any of us in the blink of an eye.
Nature was certainly playing her part in singing hope for me today. Is any sight more uplifting than clusters of snowdrops …
and what about the loving scent of hyacinths:
SOCIAL BRIDGE ~ Jean Tubridy connecting with you from Ireland 
It looks like a promising spring! Uplifting on thus Feb. 1. We made it through January. Cheers!
Primroses are amongst my favourites. Spring seems determined to come early this year… let’s hope indeed that it continues 🙂
Very determined, indeed. Must say I’m hopeful now that we are into February.
I;m keeping everything crossed 🙂
Ditto!
Beautiful post. Thank you. Our primrose are out and so are the snowdrop. Our Hyacinths are peeking out of the ground at this time. Still a little cool although today was sunny and cool then mild, rain then cool again, and now overcast and cool.
Joseph, sounds like we’re just a weeny bit ahead. Always lovely to have the anticipation of hyacinths.
Yes I love the smell
Oh me too!
The flowers are full of promise, which gives us hope that it will be a nice year ahead..they made it through the winter. We still have a month and a half to go, I expect that we will have some more snow in this month. They use to say that snow was the poor mans fertilizer. Plus an added benefit it kills the germs that would be abound. So I’m full of hope.
Joni, I hope your snow won’t be too long lasting and that you get to see your Spring flowers soon.
I was out in our back yard and noticed the Jonquil leaves are about 4″ above the dirt ..I was surprised and elated as Spring can’t be too far away..plus it’s staying lighter longer ..
Joni, that’s good to hear. The stretch in the evenings is very noticeable here too and so very uplifting.
Beautiful photos and thoughts!!
Thanks so much, Willow. xx
I love that hyacinths photo – I swear I can almost smell those flowers!
They are magnificent flowers. I was hope the scent would waft from the photo!
Greeting Spring a bit early is good for the soul!
Hi Val, you can say that again!
Greeting Spring a bit early is good for the soul.
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Absolutely!
Thank you for sharing the beauty all around your little world!
My pleasure, Lennon.
Today was a balmy day in Houston, TX. It was 75 F, breezy with clear blue skies. A lovely day for sitting outside, having my coffee and chatting with my son. I moved from Taos, NM back to Houston because the winters in NM were too cold for too long. Days like today make me glad for that move.
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Sounds like you did the right thing, Sandy. I feel a glow of sun from your comment.
Everything is a little too early over here, not least the grass growing which is making life difficult on the golf course – too wet to take the tractor out – but we live in hope 🙂 Actually I used to live near Hope – it is in Derbyshire if you ever need to find it – have a good week Jean.
Robin, that’s great to know where Hope is. What’s it like?
I lived by Hope Castle as a child and it was full of mystery and adventure.
I don’t know it that well – I used to pass through in the car regularly on the way to an office we shared with the NUM and Arthur Scargill – once you get near Sheffield, you abandon Hope 🙂
Abandoning Hope sounds like entering hell!
Ah beautiful spring! It will be quite some time before we see the likes of any springtime things here – we are in the midst of a winter storm with 10 inches expected by tomorrow, so thanks for sharing some of yours 🙂
Jeepers, I don’t think we’d cope too well with that over here. Two inches and we get into a tizz wizz!
Oh, the green. The snowdrops. Makes me so happy and full of hope.
I’m delighted the post had that impact, Elen.
“Spring?” On February 1st?!
Yep! That’s how it is in Ireland.
I noticed the grass seemed much greener in the park today and it’s the first sunny day we’ve had this year – it felt like spring.
Oh that’s good news. The greening of the grass says so much.