The never-ending winter is (dare I say it?) finally over! Spring has arrived but everything is about 3 to 4 weeks late.

This evening I took some photos of the daffodils and the blossom in St. James's Park, on the way to Victoria.
One cannot feel gloomy when the sun's out and one is surrounded by all that bright yellow!


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The weather has been very mild in the last few days and it's great to see signs of spring in the garden.


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Such a glorious sunny day: the small garden near the office was full of people enjoying their lunch break.
Spring - one almost dares say summer - is here!

So here are a few pictures of spring flowers taken at home at the week-end


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The residents' association's "Spring in the air" event on Saturday went rather well and it was fun: well done to Adrian for organising it!

I won the Best Quiche competition with my roast pepper, basil and mozzarella pie - but, truth to be told, I had a 25% chance of winning to start with since there were only another three entries!

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How was your Monday?

I felt tired and slightly depressed this morning at work but I was cheered up by Ilin a co-worker and friend who returned from maternity leave a couple of weeks ago.

I found this on my desk (she had missed my birthday):


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The daffodils at St. James's Park are already quite spectacular, and there are some very early (and somewhat worrying) signs of spring at home too.

A few Clematis Armandii flowers

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Yesterday I got home at about 3 pm from Italy and had some time to spend with Adrian in our little garden (and of course I took some pictures).
Spring has arrived very early this year: the big clematis armandii at the front of the house is about 3 weeks early and in full bloom this year (it recovered from some sever pruning the year before) and you ( Read more... )