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In praise of - snowdrops.

I WAS out the back doing my mystical eastern exercises when I looked up and saw my first snowdrop of the year.

Though generally a well-oiled machine, there are occasions when I'm slow to react. Thus, half-man, half-donkey, I gawped in a glaikit manner as my brain processed the information: a snowdrop!

I said it out loud too: "A snowdrop!" Now, before I waffle authoritatively on the subject, I must clear something up. A good friend stands accused by her nearest and dearest of trying to turn me into a girl.

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