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Winter came back with a vengeance over the weekend – snow in the hills, we flatlanders (200m ASL) are forecast to get thumped this afternoon.

So I let this morning’s appointment to switch from winter to summer tires slide …

But spring might return and here’s one of our seasonal friends which we’re hoping will survive the cold snap.

Fritillaria meleagris aka snakes’s head, leper lily, guinea-hen flower and checkered daffodil in English.

And Schachbrettblume – chess board flower – in German.

They’re meant to be tricky to grow, but this is from our own seeds.

And it also features on Croatia‘s national flag.
How about that. (Not that I know why…)

For the techies – Nikon D80 with an AI Micro-Nikkor 55mm plus PK-13 macro extension tube, bracketed due to the lack of auto-exposure. The rest are over here on Flickr. I much prefer the washed-out delicacy of this image.

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