Two Months Premature

[poliphilo]

We've been getting reports from around Kent that the daffodils are out and yesterday I saw some for myself- along the road in Biddenden and down on Romney Marsh. Daffodils in January is very wrong. Ask Shakespeare; he'll tell you-

"........ daffodils
That come before the swallow dares and take
The winds of March with beauty..."

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[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Out rabbiteering yesterday, I noticed buds well underway on many of the trees. They don't seem mature yet, though. At least it did all make for a surprisingly active set of warrens, and one or two photos perhaps worth preparing for Flickr. ^_^

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

So what's going to happen if we have a frost? or, indeed, what's going to happen if we don't have a frost? What will the actual spring be like if all the leaves and flowers and so on come out now?