False Spring hopes

After a relatively mild week last week, Winter has decided to take a grip again and last night dumped a fair amount of snow over us. I ventured into the garden and found this primrose attempting to flower through the harshness of the white icy blanket covering the ground.

[Ragnhild :)]

Brilliant capture :D

[Darren Juden]

@ragnhildmorland Thanks a lot :)

[Jean Tookey]

A beautiful capture.

[Darren Juden]

@jtookey150 Thanks Jean :)

[Tricia O'Donnell]

A beautiful capture

[Justine Wood]

aw, that's lovely. Fingers crossed it makes it..x

[Darren Juden]

@triciaodonnell thank you :)

[Darren Juden]

@justine_x I'm sure it will, they are fairly hardy plants! Thanks for commenting :)

[Therese]

Brave flower!!! Nice shot!

[Cindy Rez]

Poor pretty primrose!!!

[Hazel]

A lovely shot. I've just been look at overnight snow in Suffolk http://365project.org/tishpics/365/2013-02-11
and I see you have quite a bit but all we got here in Hampshire was wet melting snow!

[Christine]

Love the contrast of the flower against the snow

[Al Bailey]

Awww poor little primrose all covered in snow. Lovely to see the contrast of the primrose against the snow :)

[Sue Wilde]

Such a delicate wee bloom

[Toni]

I love the composition, and seeing that bit of yellow peep through the snow.

[Stevie]

Brilliant, love the contrast of spring and winter in this shot!

[Sterling Rush]

Amazing capture, nothing is sticking it's head up here!!

[Darren Juden]

@monkeykid isn't it?! Thanks for your comment :)

[Darren Juden]

@cindyrez I did feel a little sad for it although they are quite hardy :)

[Darren Juden]

@quietpurplehaze was a surprise to get as much as we did and still plenty left!!

[Darren Juden]

@chris17 thank you Christine :)

[Darren Juden]

@willowdragon thanks Al - have checked it today and it looks fine :)

[Darren Juden]

@swilde isn't he? :)

[Darren Juden]

@redsherpa thanks Toni :)

[Darren Juden]

@stevieinwonderland appreciate your comment :)

[Darren Juden]

@gnilrets it was the only one I could find doing so!!

[bmnorthernlight]

gorgeous contrast! beautiful detail!