Ilkeston - The Promise
w/e 07 February 2021
All of this week's
pictures were taken with a Kodak DX6490
The country mourned 100 year old Captain Sir Tom
Moore who died this week but his autobiography is called "Tomorrow
Will Be A Good Day" and early signs of spring promise better
days ahead.
That promise can be seen in nature and yellow crocuses are already
flowering on 'Illy 'Oleys but with freezing temperatures and
possibly snow in the forecast, I wonder if their appearance is
a little premature.
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Across the road on Park Cemetery, the green shoots of daffodils
are also already pushing their way up through the grass.
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In the Garden of Remembrance adjacent to the Market Place, there
are a few clumps of snowdrops.
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And this is a close up of a flowering currant in front of the
library.
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The beds either side of the war memorial have been planted with
primulas and although some of them do look a little bedraggled,
others are flowering.
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Stanton Road Cemetery is usually a good place to look for spring
flowers and there are snowdrops in the shelter offered by the
foot of a tree just inside the entrance.
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At the far end of the cemetery it was quite slippery on the rain-soaked
and leaf covered turf where hundreds of crocuses are already
putting in an appearance but it'll be a while yet before they
flower.
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The Ilson Giant will have to wait a while to see any flowers
from his position looking back towards the entrance.
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More snowdrops line one side of a grave but they are on the opposite
side to the Giant.
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But if we had any doubts about better times to come, shelves
of plants at the supermarkets and on the market stalls only serve
to confirm the promise that spring is on the way - we just have
to get past the freezing weather in next week's forecast!
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