Spring appears to be here in earnest, now the foliage in the park is filling and the tulips, late daffodils and bedding plants are in flower in gardens and window boxes. Some of our early floral visitors have been and gone.

The delicate, drooping snowdrops, crocuses and dwarf irises are the spring’s scouts, retreating once the weather is warm enough to entice the other flowers out and the buds to spring from bark.

Crocus

Pansy

Tulips

Dwarf Iris

Westbank Blossom

To remind ourselves of just how good it is to have had some sun, here are some shots of what the winter brought us :

Icicles in the backcourt

Frozen Kelvin, facing Gibson St

Those of you who didn’t go home or to visit friends over the festive period, will have been amazed to see snow lying…and lying in the backcourt. even more unusual was the Kelvin freezing over. A family of ducks roosted overnight in the middle of the frozen river beside Westbank Quadrant and fox tracks could be seen over the ordinarily impassable water.

January 5 Westbank Quadrant

January 5 Kelvingrove Park

January 5 Westbank Quadrant/Kelvingrove Park

Kelvingrove Station walkway, December 09

Kelvingrove Station walkway, December 09

All photographs are from GOW residents, taken in the GOW triangle and immediate area.

See more GOW 2010 snow shots here