SNOWDROPS ARE SPROUTING YES INDEEDY!!

(Sung to the tune of "Hey Hey We're the Monkees!")

Here we come

Poppin' through the earth

Get the friendliest looks from

Everyworm we meet...

Hey hey we're the SNOWDROPS

People say what took you so long?

But we're too busy growing

And writing our new theme song!

When I got home from school today and noticed a lot of snow near

the dryer vent had melted away I thought I'd better have a looksee

in case my wee snowdrops had begun to push their way up.

They are the bravest little souls of pre-spring days, I love them so.

Especially these ones.

When I moved into my condo 16 1/2 years ago my parents still

lived in our family home in Norwich. I began the process of

transplanting some of my favourite flowers from my first village home

to the first home in the city that I bought for Kazi and me.

To me it never ceases to be a miracle when I start to see those

hardy green shoots popping up through ice and snow.

Just the merest hint of warmth and sunshine has these tough

little survivors pushing past any obstacles in their path -

gee, I feel like I'm describing myself!!

AND you know when you start seeing kids wearing shorts in the barely

above zero temperatures SPRING can't be far off!!