Getting faster...

Where the Hell is April disappearing to? It only feels like yesterday that I was amazed that we were halfway through March, and now the first ten days of April have pissed away as well. How does this happen? I'm convinced the world speeds up somehow when we get into Spring. My friends in the scientific world may say I am being silly there, but can anyone deny that January seemed to last three times longer than March, despite having the same number of days? I know it's probably psychological, but I still feel obliged to mention it every year...

It's lovely to notice the trees and hedges starting to blossom and bloom and thicken. Green and yellow are becoming the prominent colours again and Nature is bursting into life like a balloon bursting at a party. We have a very talented gardener at work and he (and his team) have done a wonderful job of creating an array of flowers that come out at different times, so we have a gorgeous display going on from March right through into the Summer, especially near the main entrance. I'm not brilliant with plant identification, but I think we have some irises, orchids and crocuses in our beds. A few daffodils are hanging around and the bluebells are showing early. And then there are some web-footed chillblains, some purple-ended ghostfers and some Underrated Effervescent Bilgeroses. (I may have guessed a few names there, but I think I've got them right...

RC 9-4-24