Friday 30 January 2009

Snowdrops.



A wet day. Dark...cold...wet. Did I mention that already? My tax return is finally filed and I feel strangely calm after so many fraught nights where my dreams were interspersed with forms and book-keeping and figures. As ever, the reality was not so bad as my over-fertile imagination allowed it to seem. At last I feel I can give myself over to all the new ideas buzzing round my head and not just jot ideas, draw quick sketches, putting it all on hold till the evil deed is done. I do loathe this about me, the way I can make things so much harder for myself from time to time. I recognise the pattern and yet there I am cursing my procrastinating self once more. Ah well, bit late to change now. Maybe some strange part of me needs this feeling of pending deadlines to activate efficency? I definitely prefer having plenty to do as I tend not to wast time thinking about the endless list and just do it instead. But there are limits you know, Pipany.



So, snowdrops are occupying my thoughts today. I have brought one of our very little but slowly increasing drift in to photograph. Not the easiest of tasks on so dark a day, but still. Such a simple flower.



So perfect in its simplicity.



Delicate, fragile, pure. Words such as these spring to mind, all with conntotations of something precious to be treasured, of something ephemeral which, of course, they are. Here one moment, gone the next to be replaced by star-like crocuses and bright dancing daffodils.



Today I am holding their delicate beauty in sight choosing to see it as a sign of the retreating Winter, the oncoming Spring.



Snowdrops. So perfect.



Have a lovely weekend xx

17 comments:

  1. I like snow drops very much but I only see them in pictures. I imagine how they are in nature.

    Alfazema

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  2. lovely photos.. you are ahead of us in cornwall as mine are not yet quite open... snowdrops are my mother's favourite flowers therfore hold a special fondness for me also.
    Happy weekend to you all with love
    ginny xxx

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  3. Ha! I have just been having that very conversation with a friend. Maybe it's part of having a creative nature, our desire to make or draw or whatever it is we do overrides anything else that needs to be done. Then we end up with a big mountain of tasks that seems bigger than it really is. Well done for getting over yours!!

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  4. Isn't a wonderful feeling to get that tax return filed. Like you I had left mine fearing it to be an arduous task when the reality wasn't that bad. But the relief of having done it is immense. Beautiful photographs of snowdrops.

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  5. Does the snowdrop inspire you with creative ideas for something? I can see gauzy, voil-ey, white and greens, maybe a little wedding bag, or headress?

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  6. You have captured the fragile and still strong beauty of the snowdrops very well, Pipany.

    Lovely close-ups!

    Best wishes for a grand weekend. xo

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  7. Your photography is wonderful Pipany...and snowdrops are my favourite flower.

    Used to use them a lot in tracing religious sites in Cornwall...as an ancient colony of snowdrops can occasionally be an indicator of a nearby ecclesiastical settlement.

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  8. Beautiful photos Pipany, and beautiful words.
    I saw my first snowdrops yesterday when I went walking with a friend in town. It's still too cold up here, but soon..........

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  9. Really lovely snowdrop photos. Mine are still in bud - wish I lived in Cornwall!

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  10. Delightful. Just what I needed. Procrastinate all you like I say and keep writing beautiful posts like this. Lovely.
    Stephx

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  11. Simple and so beautiful.
    You've been tagged, go on... join in!

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  12. i too love 'snowdrops',they have quite a bit of sentimental meaning to me. our cottage is called 'snowdrop cottage' ,when we came to look at house & decided it was to be our home there were no flowers in the front garden apart from one lonely little snowdrop,that was it for me, the name decided!! we get so many nice comments about it too!!

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  13. Always lovely pictures, Pip. I love snowdrops, but ours are still a long way behind these ones. Beautiful spring like feel to your blog, though.
    Well done on the tax return.

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  14. You photos are exquisite, especially the first one. My snowdrops are coming out too, such a delight.

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  15. Hi Pipany, could mother nature have made such a beautiful and simple flower ? They remind me of my Nan's cottage garden. One of my favourites.
    I haven't seen any up here in Berkshire yet ... xx

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  16. Well done on getting your tax return done (that comes from a fellow procrastinator!).
    Beautiful photographs.

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  17. Oh gosh, now I'm feeling worried. I don't have to do my tax return until April and the nice man on the phone told me it was literally a case of putting down how much I'd earnt and how much I'd spent...perhaps not. I really can't wait until the form arrives now! I'm pleased for you that it's over though! x

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