Day 406 Lilac, at last!

I photograph the lilac most years and looking through my journal I see that last year I photographed it, more in bloom than this, in the third week of April. On the first  of May in 2020 I  photographed the centaurea montana in full bloom whereas this year I can't see a flower in sight!  Just as well really as I can't yet manage the patio steps to get up to that part of the garden to snap it..  This rather dull and grainy picture I took from the kitchen door and unfortunately missed the time when the sky was blue.  It has remained greyish for the rest of the day, but sadly only a few spits and spots of rain.  We are promised rather more tomorrow and we (and the garden)  are hoping that it will arrive!
In other news: no news really, other than that certain ministers seem to be backtracking a little on the promised end to all legal restrictions on 21 June.  We have no plans to travel abroad this year and my goals are rather modest: just to get out for lunch with a couple of friends and to be able to make it up and down those wretched patio steps so that I can enjoy our garden!
Many thanks again to all of you who have so kindly commented recently and offered words of encouragement, so very much appreciated.