Thanks Ralf. Our temperatures only crept above freezing this past week,
although it was a generally mild winter. However, I think plants become
acclimated to the average temperatures of their home. I've noticed that
most perennial flowers don't bloom quite as early here in the north
central US as they did when I lived near the coast in New Jersey, even
though we have had occasional winters that are as mile as those on the
coast. Perhaps the plants are programmed by the average winter temps.
But it's obvious that one warm winter -- or one abnormally cold winter
-- doesn't seem to upset the schedule as much as one might expect.
Paul
On Mar 11, 2006, at 5:32 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This year I shot the snowdrop with the *istD
Really well done, Paul.
I've seen this year's first snowdrops ten days ago in Nothern France.
Wouldn't have expected them that early especially after temps had been
(and still are) well below average for weeks on end.
Ralf
--
Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany
private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de
manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005
Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses
