Tuesday

Apparently, there was so much rain overnight that the security lights kept coming on. Jo B and Clive were both woken by the noise but I slept through. 

Jo, Kelvin and I went out with the dogs whilst the weather was good. It was very wet underfoot. All the trees have a green hue so spring is definitely coming despite the weather.

Once home, Hetty and I went into the orchard and dug up, split and replanted elsewhere, a great amount of crocosmia. Then it started to rain.

We also wondered through what I call "the cloud" which is a path flanked by hawthorn or black thorn in blossom. If the forecast winds arrive, the blossom will soon be dropped.