Snowdrop

Camera has been visiting Barmouth in Wales today, so mobile phone photography again. I know, I know - truly dreadful but my intentions are good!

Wild snowdrops may have already finished this year, but this one is still in full bloom in a garden by the park. Much taller than the wild snowdrop, it must be a cultivated version.

Pure, beautiful and gentle - Snowdrop flower essence is used to ease the pain of bereavement. Star of Bethlehem releases the shock we feel after a death, and snowdrop comes after, to gently bring back joy and hope. For all living creatures there is a time to go, and for those of us left behind snowdrop helps us to find reasons to carry on.