That Time of Year Again

Once again we in the UK are on the run up to the day with the shortest length of daylight.  For me the good part of this is that the year is about to start again.  The wonderful pendulum that powers the seasons is about to start its return stroke bringing renewal to our countryside again.  Once we are past the shortest day hope seems to return to the countryside.  As the year turns I will start looking for the first snowdrops, the height of the lorry seat gives a great advantage in looking for these shy little flowers.  I find the snowdrop an amazing little flowers on gloomy days at the beginning of the year it gives me hope for the spring to come.  The sight of the first cluster of white flowers sheltering in the bottom of a hedgerow or low in a ditch bank brings joy to my day.  The snowdrop gives me a feeling of connection to the past, seeing clusters of white flowers huddled in a hedge bottom I wonder how many previous generations have looked to see these brave little flowers in the same place and gained hope for the year to come.   I will let my reader know when I see the first ones.