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Damian Tow's avatar

That hazel flower really does look like an undersea creature!

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Rachel Goddard's avatar

Maybe the land for jealous that water had all the crazy creatures.

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Sheila's avatar

Oh what a beautiful soundtrack!

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Rachel Goddard's avatar

It was so lovely to sit there, I didn't want to go home!

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Sheila's avatar

That’s wonderful! What a nice feeling 🎶

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Hannah Swierstra's avatar

I chatted about this on my work account yesterday … it can’t be denied was a brilliant marketing campaign, especially as it’s still doing the rounds 20 years later & I think the company sold to Tui. Have you heard of Brew Monday? The Samaritans flipped & promote as a day for having a cuppa and a chat which I love.

I can’t believe you have snowdrops already, I can only just see their green tips poking through the ground.

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Rachel Goddard's avatar

Yes, I saw about Brew Monday just after I published the post. And to be honest, though I have been bombarded with holiday adverts lately, all the things actually mentioning Blue Monday were posts trying to be positive and prove the opposite. I saw someone in the Southern Highlands with snowdrops, so they are creeping your way.

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Hannah Swierstra's avatar

I've literally just seen some this morning on a bank which gets full sun & is quite sheltered. Ours are hiding under a bush so come later. Must trim it actually...

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Rachel Goddard's avatar

Hurray! My entire garden is in the shade until about April so my spring bulbs come up at the same time as everything else!

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Linda Clark's avatar

Thank you Rachel. I feel far from blue today. In fact, I feel more optimistic than I did just 2 weeks ago. The days are lengthening, snowdrops and aconites blooming, birds filling the air with song (lovely to hear yours!), and they seem already to be preparing for spring- staking out territories and checking out nesting boxes.

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Rachel Goddard's avatar

Hurray!

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Hannah's avatar

Beautiful! The hazel flowers look like tiny sea creatures to me with their tentacles.

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Rachel Goddard's avatar

They are amazing aren't they! I just need to lug my DSLR there to do them full justice.

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