It's on its way . . .

Every day there are more signs of spring.  Spotted these in a neighbour's garden, the ones in ours are in a more shady spot and are still just at the bud stage.

Trip into town to visit a friend who is in Macmillan House.  He's wonderfully pragmatic about the whole thing, is in good spirits, and it was amazingly easy to spend ages sitting chatting with him.  In the last week his children and grandchildren have come from all over the world, Greece, New Zealand, Wales, London and his brothers from Liverpool too.  A very sad time, but when you are with him it doesn't seem like that.