Dare we believe?

Today presented a very welcome break from the icy conditions and other misery that have gripped the country of late. While still cold and damp outside, all the snow has disappeared and the sky was blue. A brief expedition into the garden revealed that the spring bulbs pay no mind to the increase in VAT and the grief it causes shop keepers; the Cornus cares not to which parts of the great nation some Scottish idiot chooses to send the gritter trucks; the Hydrangeas aren't bothered about the date of the general election and the Skimmia doesn't even know it is 2010.




One could have been forgiven for believing that spring is on the way...