I really miss the snow.
These days we go from Autumn to Spring, never see a flake of snow and there are only a few frosty nights.
It is still good to see the first flowers in Spring,and we have quite a few trees of Prunus Myrobalan purpureum, the Purple Birdcherry, which produce masses of pink blossom which lasts for only a few days and then falls - very oriental.
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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