I happened to read just a couple of days ago that today is Candlemas Day. Therefore as one of the several names for Snowdrops years before Linneaus settled on the name Galanthus was Candlemas bells, it seems so right to feature snowdrops today.
Here in the vase is a selection of some of the larger special snowdrops. The Galanthus nivalis are only just appearing and those would have been the ones picked to adorn churches.
Not being superstituous I haven't waited till now to pick snowdrops. Apparently before Candlemas Day it unlucky, but for this festival the snowdrop as symbol of purity and hope were picked to adorn Churches and hence not suprisingly can still be found in old churchyards and around old religious places such as abbeys. When we lived in Kenilworth our walks often took us on snowdrop hunts and the churchyard there never disappointed.The little brass snail is an old and the decorated pebbles are all dressed up as it were, picked up at a local art exhibition. As usual I am linking into Cathy's post of her blog: Rambling in the Garden.
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