Pussy Willow

At Keith's house where I had coffee this morning.  After we'd talked and talked  and caught up on our lives our talk veered on to one of his favourite subjects:  Snowdrops,  and upon which he is an expert  ....... did you know there are 2,500 varieties, and in case you haven't looked closely, Snowdrop flowers typically comprise three pure white outer petals which encircle shorter, inner petals that are both notched and bear one or two bold green marks*  ............    here 

*Not actually Keith's words, I got them from Wiki, but he said many words like these, and more, and all very interesting. The Snowdrop Blip was mine though, in March last year.

I had a mooch round the lovely garden, hid in the potting shed in the hope of getting some good shots of the Long Tailed Tits, the best of a bad lot in Extras!

We're off out for a 'knees up' this evening to celebrate a friend's 50th Birthday - that birthday number seems a long time ago and I'm not sure we will be able to get our 'knees up', well not for long or very high anyway!!