Hellebores

In the UK these are definitely spring flowers. Sadly, despite their name, they mostly have their flowers down, so they can be hard to photograph. 

These were seen at the Cambridge Botanic Gardens on Saturday .

Hellebores - NOT amateur radio

 

Yesterday, we caught up with old university friends we have known since the 1960s (gosh I must be old!!) and went for a walk at nearby Anglesey Abbey. One of the flowers now out are Hellebores. I thought the flowers were meant to face the sun (hence the name), but most of the ones I have seen have heads down!!

Promise - NOT amateur radio

Yesterday at nearby Anglesey Abbey we saw this hellebore. Yet another promise of better days ahead. 

It is still mid-January and as I write we have cold driving rain.