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Morning Eye Candy: Early Risers

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 2 2014, by Matt Newman

First snowdrops of the season seen in the Azalea Garden! Or at least the first we could get pictures of. Horticulture tells us these little guys had been briefly popping their heads up throughout December thanks to the oscillating temperatures, but they should be a more steady presence around the grounds going forward.

Snowdrops

Galanthus – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Rising to the Occasion

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 1 2013, by Matt Newman

Seeing the snowdrops pull themselves up by their bootstraps over the last month was a strange sight, if only because they’re not scheduled to arrive until the first moments of spring. But while their seasonal confusion was a little disconcerting, to see these coy troopers toughing out the worsening cold still proved a pleasant inspiration.

We wish you each an unequivocally successful year in 2013, and may you find your own bootstraps in the face of whatever 2012 had to throw at you.

Winter snowdrops

Photo by Amy Weiss