Thursday, February 23, 2023

A February Surprise


Last week we had a day when the temperature went up to 14˚C which is unusual here in February. We have had above normal temps a lot and I went out to check a patch of flowers and found these Winter Aconites flowering. I have seen them a few times in March but never this early. We got a cold spell last weekend and the wee flowers simply folded their petals up and waited for the sun to warm them up again this week.

21 comments:

Sharon said...

They are a welcome sight! I hope they open up once again.

Tom said...

...I haven't seen nothing in flower yet. Everything is cover with ice this morning. Stay warm and well.

Taken For Granted said...

Must be a consequence of global warming. These flowers must be a month early. Hope they don't freeze later.

Iris Flavia said...

Beautiful! And Mother Nature is so clever!

William Kendall said...

Very pretty!

jennyfreckles said...

They are sweet. But it's worrying when everything is blooming so early.

Michelle said...

The same thing is happening here in Kentucky. Daffs are blooming and allergy problems are starting for us all. Very strange weather.

Bill said...

Very pretty. I wonder if they will survive the storm you had yesterday, I hope so.

Andy said...

I hope they are still there when the snow melts.

Lea said...

Very pretty!
A welcome sign of Spring!

roentare said...

Tough flowers to blossom in the extreme cold

Anvilcloud said...

Surprising and kind of awesome.

Catalyst said...

Curious that so many flowers that look alike have different names.

Stefan Jansson said...

Great early Spring sign. Freezing here.

eileeninmd said...

Pretty yellow flowers, they are a cheery sight.
Have a wonderful weekend!

s.c said...

What you call early birds.

Anne Hagman-Niilola said...

Wooooow!!

Laura. M said...

Vida nueva. Quiere llegar la primavera.
Un abrazo.

Cloudia said...

Spring!!!

Jenn Jilks said...

That is wonderful! We've more snow on the way. Oh well. Spring will come.

21 Wits said...

Okay, I'm officially jealous we are so far away from anything remotely close to this. You are so lucky.