A Time of Waiting

 Since Christmas we've been in a bit of the doldrums.  The weather has been mixed with the odd bright day, lots of grey days, and (whilst not as cold as we've experienced here) days of cold ... too cold for me to want to get outside!  Sue has been restricted for about a month as she has had a minor medical issue which meant that she has not been able to do much physical work (ie gardening!) but hopefully she will be able to resume normal life next week.  

However, the past few days have seen temperatures improve and we have been trying to prepare for the new gardening year.  I've had the mower serviced whilst Sue has pruned roses, tried to look after geraniums in the Porcherie despite a lot of mould on them, perused catalogues and ordered plants so that hopefully she can hit the ground running! 

 Meanwhile I have regained a new enthusiasm for my Bonsai and have been repotting them all.

Now all I've got to do is organise the display area to show them off properly.

And today we've had some bright sunshine early afternoon and this is what we are seeing.

Pansies in front of the house ...

Tulips breaking through ...

The Winter Jasmine joyously blooming ...

Daffodils in bud and 3 out in flower ...

The first Crocuses out worshiping the sun ...

And 'Aunty Pauline's' Irises gloriously announcing that Spring is not far away!!!!