Dear Readers, just a quick one today – it’s a beautiful sunny spring day, and I fancy getting out into the garden and just sitting on my bench with a good book. But first up, I have finally gotten around to planting up my window boxes – I’m in a saxifrage/Alpine frame of mind, and hopefully these little guys will be able to survive being blasted with sunshine on the south-facing side of the house.

And in the back garden, the flowering currant is looking particularly splendid at the moment..

The theme for the garden is largely pink, blue and white, though I did see some pot marigolds that were almost irresistible yesterday. Sadly my forget-me-nots have gone, but I shall be scattering some more seed soon. And I still have to plant up my dahlias, which, as you may remember, are largely in shades of orange. So much for a theme! People will have to wear sunglasses.

Much as I do with clothes, I’m a terrible magpie when it comes to plants –  I spot something that I like, and then something else that I like, without giving much consideration to whether the items actually complement one another. Still, it makes life more interesting, and although bees aren’t colour-blind, I’m sure they can pick the blue and pink flowers, leaving the orange and yellow ones to the hoverflies. Variety is the spice of life, after all.