Some photographic reminders of the year that's gone. And at the same time they can herald the re-birth that will follow in the year to come...
 Beginning with this early bee on the Snowdrops. Posted 7th. February 2017.

 Narcissus Thalia translucent in the morning sun. Posted 28th. March.

 Wood Anemones, one of the flowers of the forest. Posted 12th. April.

 One of the greatest sights in all England: Snake's-Head Fritillary grows in thousands in the water meadows of Magdalen College, Oxford. Posted 17th. April.

 Summer Snowflakes -sometimes called Loddon Lilies- growing on the banks of the River Loddon in Berkshire. Posted 18th. April.

 The English Iris (except it originates in the Pyrenees!). Posted 20th. April.

 Sweet Rocket also known as Dame's Violet. Posted 22nd. May.

 The fronds of a fern unfurl. Posted 30th. May.

 Bumblebees love Purple Toadflax. Posted 4th. June.

 Field Scabious on the Hackney Marshes, London. Posted 11th. June.

 Field Scabious, Betony and Greater Knapweed growing in the Kingcombe Meadows, Dorset. Posted 13th. June.

 Meadow Cranesbill growing among grasses in the chalk hills overlooking the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire. Posted 26th. June.

 Rock Penstemon on the rim of the Crater Lake caldera, USA. Posted 5th. August.

 Sea Lavender on the salt marshes of the North Norfolk coast. Posted 15th. August.

 Sunlight illuminates the papery seed heads of Honesty. Posted 13th. September.

 The fruits of Autumn. What could be nicer than a handful of Blackberries or perhaps a Bramble and Apple Pie? Posted 7th. September.