Local Area - And Then There Were Daffodils
w/e 26 March 2017
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
So far this year we've seen snowdrops, crocuses,
primulas, hyacinths and a smattering of daffodils. Now the snowdrops
are long gone and the crocuses have all but died off. The primulas
and hyacinths are still looking good but as we turn the clocks
forward again, there are daffodils all over the local area and
far beyond too.
They are growing in the grass verges on the main Nottingham Road
as you enter Trowell from Ilkeston.
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They are peeping over the wall at St Helen's Church in Trowell.
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Also in Trowell there's a clump growing wild at the end of Pit
Lane .....
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.... and from Pit Lane, along Stapleford Road and Trowell Road
into Stapleford, they are lining the hedgerow. The land behind
is due to be developed as a housing estate and work has already
started along Ilkeston Road which also bounds the site so we
will have to wait and see whether or not the daffodils will still
be here next year.
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There's a fine display of the flowers at the entrance to Oakland
Court opposite Bramcote Hills Park.
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At a corner in Cossall Village, the flowers are finding shelter
by a wall but they are scattered at many other places and gardens
in the village.
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At the junction of Coronation Road and Church Lane in Cossall,
different varieties of the narcissus family create an attractive
display.
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At the same place in the area called Cossall March a more regimented
block are lined up like a battalion of soldiers.
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Back in Ilkeston, daffodils line a bank like spectators at a
sporting event. Unfortunately the sports facilities are behind
on the recreation ground and the bank overlooks Oakwell Drive.
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There are many other displays around and about not least by the
side of the road at Shipley, on Chaucer Old Park and a splendid
array on the central reservation at Depedale Avenue in Kirk Hallam
but the final image in this selection is of the flowers in front
of the Chapels at Park Cemetery.
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