Thursday, March 30, 2017

A Tough Little Flower

These Winter Aconite flowers have been up for a few weeks and have survived being buried by snow twice, shivered through -12˚C nights, and baked in 16˚C days and still keep flowering. They close up if it is cold and then open as soon as the sun hits them. I think they are our first flowers of spring even before the snowdrops.

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  1. They are hardy, brave and bright! Our dandelions are taking over as usual this time of year!

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  2. Beautiful wild flowers Pat. Cute color.
    Buen jueves.

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  3. So pretty and delicate looking Pat but obviously incredibly resilient. It's always a pleasure to see the first signs of spring!

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  4. What pretty little flowers. They must be a very tough breed.

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  5. Hello, they are tough little flowers. Very pretty. Enjoy your day!

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  6. They are a bright a colorful symbol of good times ahead!

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  7. Good to see the first flowers of spring. Saw my first Robin this week, so spring can not be far away.

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  8. They may be small but they're pretty and tough.

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  9. I like the contrast of the ground cover. Such pretty flowers.

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  10. They remind me of a flower we call, "Buttercups" in our local mountains.

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