Amaryllis or Hippeastrum

A less than brilliant day. Very cold. I woke to find that my lower back is very painful after yesterday's exertions. It seems to affect the whole nervous system. I spent rather a lot of the day doing very gentle yoga, snoozing and reading a book while life went on around me. Hanne Lene kindly did the cooking and brought me cups of herb tea. 

I have been nursing this poor plant back into health. It got exhausted last year and I thought it might not flower again but after a year of care it has recovered and will soon be blooming. Let's hope I can do the same for myself...