Moonset

 I moved to raise the blind.

"You'll like what you see." said Ailz, who had already looked out the window in the spare bedroom.

And I did. The moon, just a shavng past the full, was hovering over the hills. In the light of the rising sun its colour was a very pale apricot.

"Did you arrange that just for me?" I said.....

Signs Of Spring

 That was a mild winter. But very wet.

And now I'm moving into my lighter clothes- though in the expectation- but not the hope- that I may have to revert from time to time. The sunny weather makes me want to be doing things in the garden, but only things that aren't too arduous. Yesterday I surprised myself by proposing a visit to Hilliers- the garden centre on the further side of Stone Cross. 

Also yesterday a bumble bee got into the bedroom and had to be helped to escape. Bumble bees have been active for a week or more now. Bumble bees are precious......