Late bloomer

Angel of Lichfield, given to me by a friend who I went to school with in Lichfield. So far, it's doing really well, even going for this somewhat reckless late second flowering. Any similarities between this and our lives, I wonder?
Flu & Covid jabs very early this morning; sudden glorious rush into winter this morning, sun, smiles and anoraks all round. Home to get the house ready for grandchildren & M's daughter to visit. Secretly, I dread this a little, but never as bad as I fear and I'm not always sure what it is I fear.