Yes, that's right - THREE crocus flowers* right around the front step, plus a few other green leaves that look quite crocusy in biology. Add that to the return of our local heron (aka the pteradactyl - you should hear this thing fly over our back yard with his giant, whoomp-whoomp-whoomping wings) to the pond behind our house and the mourning doves who have once again staked out a spot under one of our pear trees (note to self: buy birdseed for the feeder) and it is undeniable, forecast or not: Spring has sprung!
* did you see how I avoided pluralizing crocus so cleverly there? A group of my friends and I decided a few years back that we are going to call multiple crocus flowers crocipetti. So, there you have it... though one of these days, I really ought to investigate what the actual pluralization is for crocus....
2 comments:
I'm so glad we've come up with our own language!!!
Andy
Ok so the dull answer to the plural of crocus is..........crocus (!)
or croci if you are in the USA or crocuses if you are in Britain.
Personally I think crocipetti is soooo much prettier and should oust the 'real' plural from all dictionaries immediately!
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