Late February

Thankfully the days are growing longer with several being bright, sunny. The other afternoon a blue tit sat high in a twiggy tree calling its harsh note, a surprisingly loud volume from such a small bird. A blackbird was busy one morning pulling up worms from the lawn. The snowdrop petals are drooping, hellebores are still bright and many daffodils have been fully in flower in the past 2 days.

Last week saw us up to HGS to stay with Jean. On Friday evening seven of us were at the Lyceum Theatre to see 'The Lion King', a fast-moving, energetic show; to celebrate C's birthday.

We saw C off at Gatwick early Monday morning after her brief leave back to Lagos and work at the BHC. I would like a day or two of the hot weather (30 deg C) but it would soon pall with me; I think I am more suited to the British moderate climate.

Some sad news earlier this week; Aunt M died peacefully in a residential home where she had lived for a few weeks. She had reached 97 years after working hard all her life. We shall go up to Kings Lynn for the funeral next week.

A sunny day in February

The sun has been out this morning showing the brightness of the snowdrops. P was pleased to see healthy-looking hellebores for the first time in our garden. The tiny purple cyclamen flowers create a contrast. There is even a small patch of violets which must have come from a forgotten plant put in a year or two ago.





Earlier this week we had been to see the Terracotta Army exhibition at the British Museum.

As we had bought tickets via the Museum website before Christmas we didn't have long to queue. The exhibition was in the circular reading room; a temporary floor had been added, raised over the desks and books.