Finally the snow drops are properly out! I'd been looking for weeks, reading reports from elsewhere, but ours were just buds and didn't really count. Then suddenly, on about 4 Feb, they were all up and open where the day before there had just been the promise. And this afternoon we hope to visit a local Devon garden near Dolton (part of the National open garden scheme) with masses of snowdrops. Wonderful - as it's back to winter temperatures today after yesterday's sunshine.