Old Friend

Aethionema grandiflorum, a quick snap as I left home this morning.  I first raised it from seed over 25 years ago and have never been without it since, which is code for it's so easy from seed it can become a weed ... but it's a very pretty weed!   The flowers will provide colour for weeks.

A long day but a good one.  I drove to Ruth's, arriving about 130.  It was just a stopping off point on the way to Great Kingshill, a village near High Wycombe where I talked to the Chiltern AGS group about Swiss Alpine flowers.  I did have a snooze between drives and walked Meg.  The talk was well received and I sold half a dozen of my little vases and a good number of cards too.   The drive back to Ruth's was uneventful but I was distracted, knowing that it was a perfect night for seeing the Aurora but I was not well placed to see or photograph it.  Lots of folk were luckier and it was seen by many back home in Wales too.   My turn tomorrow night perhaps.