St David's Day

As it is St David's Day I made a special journey to the park to see if the daffodils were flowering yet, although with the cold weather of recent days I went more in hope than expectation. There were some clumps of snowdrops, yellow crocuses were flowering and even a few purple ones were starting to open but all I could see of the daffodils were green leaves that were only a few inches high. So I had to resort to the shops for today's picture and outside a fruit and vegetable shop were some pot plants that contained some miniature flowers.


Not only that but outside the same shop were some trays of leeks, that other symbol of Wales and often worn on the lapel of Welshmen today like a buttonhole flower. I think these were a little too big to wear though, not that I would want to as I'm not Welsh. The wife's maiden name though was Evans so there must be some Celtic ancestry somewhere along the line.