Comment from Envision
I have not seen this type of flower before! I have seen lots of snow lately though :) I like the unusual shape of these and they stand out really well with this angle. They look a little like small lanterns or light bulbs. Very intriguing looking flowers.

 Comment Written 17-Feb-2018

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reply by the author on 19-Feb-2018

Grace,
Thanks a million for your great review on this clump of Snowdrops. They are a very common spring flower in both Ireland & England ....Galanthus (snowdrop; Greek gála "milk", ánthos "flower") is a small genus of about 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. The plants have two linear leaves and a single small white drooping bell shaped flower with six petal-like (petaloid) tepals in two circles (whorls). The smaller inner petals have green markings.
Behind the drooping flow is a short pointed leaf that if there is snow on the ground will appear above it as it breaks through the snow, that gives it the name in French Perce-neige.
Susan

Comment from supergold
better flowers than snow if you consider the mess we had because of the snow,
good framing with sharp focus and good exposure for the white

 Comment Written 17-Feb-2018

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reply by the author on 17-Feb-2018

Fred,
Merci beaucoup mille fois for your complementary review on these Snowdrops in the Park.
I agree Snowdrops are preferable to Snow anytime in a city, seeing the mess it leaves behind & the lives lost in road accidents .
It's beautiful in the Alpes where they have the proper equipment & mindset to deal with it & ski upon it as I did 14 times in the past!!!
Susan

Comment from El-mundo
Snap! Well, we've had a poor scattering of instant melt sludge that doesn't count in my book. But, snowdrops are out in various places near us and to be honest I can't grumble, I quite like them, simple as they are. You've captured a good example of them here with good colours, DOF and sharp clarity, now bring on the snow!! :)

 Comment Written 17-Feb-2018

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reply by the author on 17-Feb-2018

Ed,
Thanks a million for you great review on these Snow drops in the Park & at my front door. We had about half an inch of snow here in west Dublin, it lay for barely half an hour. While outside in the North & West it was worse with traffic warnings & accidents reported. Up there in Yorkshire your winters are much harsher than Dublin's ever is.
I did review your Agapanthus Gnat...I hope you get the Experts reply soon...I found a strange Hover Fly in the summer called Syritta pipiens it's very smal it's exotic feathers are it's large thighs...looks as if it had been working out for a while. It took some searching to find it.
Susan

reply by El-mundo on 17-Feb-2018

Was that the one in Portugal you spotted? The conclusion was "unconfirmed" for my Gnat sadly, although I'm optimistic as very few have bodies like that and feathered antennae. It's good to believe!! :)

Comment from Life is but a dream.
See, I would have thought these to be Lily of the Valley, and I enjoy so much learning the names of flowers (all thanks to you and a couple of others on the site).

The white is well exposed Susan as are the greens. Nice contrast here, it is a happy post.

 Comment Written 17-Feb-2018

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reply by the author on 17-Feb-2018

Olga,
Thanks a million for your complementary review & kind words.
The Snow drop normally has only one flower per stem while the Lily of the Valley has many on a stem that curves down at the top & the flowers are smaller & smell sweeter.
Susan

reply by Life is but a dream. on 17-Feb-2018

Thank you, I enjoy learning from you.