Screeched to a halt!.  No where to park on the narrow road so pulled partway into a nearby driveway and hoped no one was now nervously looking out the window and wondering if they had forgotten about inviting someone to tea.

Whipped out camera – oh, okay, dug camera out of purse – while walking across what I realized was private property and I was trespassing.  But it was  a small worry and I have talked myself out of situations in the past and besides –  these were snowdrops!           

A trail of snowdrops.  In January.

In retrospect I wish I had taken a close up of a single drop with its green markings and snowy cap.

Next bunch I come across I will.

I don't know if this is the earliest I have seen snowdrops here in Victoria.  Doesn't really matter, does it.

Such a moment is for sharing and I considered waving toward the possibly peeking person in the window and pointing toward the snowdrops.

But just then a man walked by and exclaimed,  "Crocuses!  First I've seen this year."

And we  smiled at each other in delight.