Timely start this morning. To early service at 7.30 a.m. Stayed to breakfast. Improvement on last week; when we went to early service then , I had to remain seated for most of it, and was glad to come home at the end of the service. When we got home this morning pottered round the garden (the snow had almost all gone) and took the top three pictures of flowers emerging from the snow. Crocii (I know that is a bit affected these days, but it's how I was taught to spell the plural of crocus).
Don't know the correct name of the above plant, but we call it the Army and Navy flower, as there are red (well dusky pink) and blue flowers on the same plant. When the last lot of snow came there were no flowers on it, but they seem to have been coming out under the snow.
Above :- primula and miniature daffs.
Moving on to indoor flowers, Ann seems to have been doing rather well for them this week. Above right are the daffodils that friend Helga brought Ann yesterday, and to the left narcissi that friends John and Gloria sent us as a belated golden wedding anniversary gift.
Above some of the chrysanthemums Maggie sent Ann, and below Ann tending them.
Below, are our friends Jaque and Henriette, who popped in to canvas my opinion on a sword stick. They stayed for a cuppa and a slice of a blueberry sponge cake that Ann had made this morning, after we got back from the surgery where I had a blood sample taken. One of the nuisance things that follow a heart attack is that I'm not allowed to drive for a month, so Ann has to run me every where (although I really must start WALKING into town soon). It was good to see them. They did not stay long, as they have to drive back to the North Norfolk coast. They'd killed several birds with one stone in this area today. They are ten years older than we are, but I wish I had their energy at the moment. Still, that seems to be improving - haven't been upstairs for a nap today (or napped in me chair) and that's the first time I've not done either since I got home from Papworth.
Waffling now, so I must stop and get on with a little work.
6 comments:
Good news Mike!
And you are getting very sharp with your focii ;-)
I think your plant is Pulmonaria?
Glad you are feeling better - the flowers inside are lovely
Thank you Rog. And - oh all right then - CROCUSSES, CROCUSSES, CROCUSSES.
Hello Compostwoman. Thank you. It's nice to know the proper name of plants as well as their folk names (and for popping over to this blog).
I must show Ann your blog. She used to make patchwork quilts as wedding presents.
I would love Ann to leave a comment ( and you, if you wish)
I have two blogs - The Compost Bin and The Crafty Compostwoman which is the craft oriented one
I have only just started quilting but I enjoy it and am always glad to read other people's views :-)
There was a fine young Rogue - Aye, Aye!
spoke with a Norfolk brogue - Aye, Aye!
he dressed in roman togii
But never picked his bogii
(Cum apologii,
Just feeling jokii)
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