About an hour ago, in our kitchen, I took the above snapshot of an orchid that Ann has had on the windowsill for over a year- this is the third time it's flowered. It's a cold, raw, day, and the window faces North East, yet the orchid seems to thrive in these conditions. In the past we always thought of orchids as being hothouse flowers and very difficult to grow, yet these exotic looking plants seem to thrive on neglect.
This is a snapshot of out double jettied Guildhall. Nobody seems to know just when it was build, but our archivist once told me that the records show that it was there on its present site in 1386. Must check that one.
And talking of flowers, and how well they (sometimes !) last: I've just taken the below photograph of the lilies that Rose and Bryan gave to Ann when they came to a small dinner party we held a fortnight ago. They were in bud then, just breaking into flower, and have been flowering ever since, which I think is pretty good.
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It's a Floral Feb in the Horner Corner! We have to wait till about April to see such blossoms!
Oh for a beaker full of the warm South, eh Rog? Frozen north in Norfolk.
I thought you Northerners were supposed to be tough, rugged, and uncomplaining?
I don't think East Angular North counts.
Glad to hear it, Z. I was born in Norfolk.
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