Hellebore Orientalis

The day didn't start too well as we were supposed to be taking Diego for a 'weigh-in ' at the vet's and he wasn't having any of it - he ran away under the bed when we couldn't put him into his carrier box so we had to re- schedule the appointment for later in the morning when with a lot of shoving and pushing he was ignominiously caged for the trip . When we returned home we were definitely not in favour but peace was restored with some chicken!! But the good news is he has lost 300g since November - better than we are doing at the moment!:) 
A quick trip to Shaftesbury this afternoon to collect tickets . This hellebore is growing in the garden and I think they are beautiful flowers.