Ilkeston - Damp Daffs
w/e 02 April 2023
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
England has had the wettest
March since 1981 with the East Midlands having about twice as
much rain as the annual average. It's as though April showers
arrived a month early. All the water hasn't stopped the daffodils
from flowering although it's not done them many favours either
and some now are beginning to look a little bedraggled. The following
images were all taken this week at regular haunts around town.
In front of the chapels in Park Cemetery.
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A swathe of yellow on 'Illy 'Oleys planted by the Council workers
with the help of children from Chaucer Junior School in 2014.
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A rather sad looking display in the gardens at the Erewash Museum.
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Lining the bank at the side of St Mary's Church.
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These daffodils in a quiet and sheltered corner of the churchyard
overlooking the Lower Market Place have fared better than many
in more exposed places.
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Also sheltered by the church and the Cantelupe Centre, these
in the bed behind the centre are also doing well.
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The tête-à-tête lining sheltered by the steps
to the Garden of Remembrance have come on well since early March
but the others in the more open ground are lagging behind somewhat.
The yellow flowers around the War memorial are also adding colour
to the town centre but they are not daffodils but primulas.
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Back in early March the wall in front of the Cantelupe Centre
was sporting a fine display of crocuses but they have all gone
now and more tête-à-tête daffodils are becoming
the main focus.
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And more tête-à-têtes are flowering in the
shelter of the large stone, thought by some to be the base of
the old Market Cross, in front of the Cantelupe Centre.
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The five flower beds on the White Lion Square island at the southern
end of Chalons Way are full of colour at the moment but the centre
of the island has daffodils at the base of the trees that are
growing there.
Just for comparison this is a similar view of the island taken
on April 1st 2001. Not so many daffodils today as there were
then but look how much the trees have grown since then.
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