Snowdrops — A blog from my dog

Daffodils, dry weather and a good walk

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March 12, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Charlie takes a moment for a rest

We managed to get out of the house over the weekend and we are pleased to report that Spring has officially arrived.

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Spring is almost here as the snowdrops bloom

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February 12, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

The snowdrops cover the river banks

A trip to Cummersdale, near Carlisle reveals a bridge being repaired and some snowdrops growing on the riverbank.

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More than 200 posts and a new year – welcome to 2012

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January 1, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Snowdrops - first of the year

We start 2012 with our 201st blog post and a sighting of our first snowdrops of the season.

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Daffodils, workmen and a quick walk

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March 30, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Charlie gets stuck around a tree

Dodging the rain today we escaped the house for a quick walk around Victoria park in Carlisle. One good thing is that so far we have not seen anything of the snow that was promised by the weather people. Parts of our park had an unusual smell today, emitted by some plants which mum said [...]

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We visit Isel and Cockermouth

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February 13, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Isel Bridge over River Derwent

In the words of the Rogers / Hammerstein song ‘ Oh what a beautiful morning’ and what a great day it has turned out to be as we left the city behind and headed in a south-westerly direction for the hills. Mum had a grand plan for today with a mission to find a carpet [...]

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First signs of spring and a Twitter

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January 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

On our walk today we have spotted the first signs of spring. A number of snowdrops have started to appear standing proud above the muddy grass in our park. These small flowers, in groups of 5 or 10 flowers stand only 15cm or so above the very dirty grass and are a sure sign spring [...]

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