Colour all around

The day started very well, we enjoyed a very pleasant relaxed breakfast in the garden. The sun was warming the courtyard nicely and we were sheltered from any breeze. Brian had put my window boxes out on the window sills at the front of the house, and seeing the ping of colour peer through the kitchen window at me whilst I was preparing our breakfast tray made me smile.

We sat overlooking the lawn which is dotted with hundreds of cowslips. Their delicate, yellow flowers seemed to have appeared overnight. I’m thinking the mowing will have to wait a few days more.

The little tête-à-tête daffodils that Mum and I had planted a couple of years ago were flourishing. I hadn’t got to see them last year due to lockdown, but it was so good to see them flowering now - a bright citrus yellow compared to the softer, paler yellow of the cowslips. The daffodils are looking beautiful next to the barn wall.

Dotted amongst the stones of the courtyard are tiny little blue anemones. I’m not sure where these came from. I did have some in Kent but thought they had died back, I’m wondering now if some seeds made their way here amongst the gardening tools. I do love them, such a delicate little flower, I want to try and get them to seed up the slope under the plum tree. I’ll have to see if I can collect some seeds and scatter them there.