Marshalling the Troops

Some time ago I committed to taking a display of spring crocuses to the local Plant Heritage group meeting this month.  The timing is perfect for the crocus season this year but far from perfect given the family crisis we are enveloped in.  So here are the crocuses pre-event, lined up in the shade next to the car in the hospital car park.  I parked up the far corner, out of the way and hoped that no-one would even notice the plants there.  I spent the morning with Jamie who has a bit more movement each day, taking the occasional peep out of the window to see that all was well in the car park!  On a dull day they'd have been ok in the car but in the morning sunshine they'd have been 'cooked.'  Extra shot shows them in the boot after the event.

The talk this afternoon was excellent, given by Sally Vincent on Norfolk Saffron.  Yes, a long history of saffron c
growing in Norfolk from medieval times until early in the nineteenth century has been revived.   Sally planted 20,000 Saffron Crocus on a smallholding in North Norfolk form where high quality saffron is now reaching discerning customers around the county and beyond.

Marshalling the troops fits well with the novel I am reading, 'The Last English King,'  a historically authentic story about King Harold and William the Bastard, as the conqueror was known in his time.