Mimosa

This morning we cycled across town to take our e-bikes to be serviced. We walked back into Winchester  city centre where I photographed this lovely Mimosa (Acacia dealbata) tree in a garden on the edge of the Cathedral  Close. I first noticed it last year, yet it must have been there a number  of years as it's a good sized specimen. We saw a number blooming in balmy London last Sunday, and  I think they  probably only survive in the  UK in sheltered spots in the South.  
It has rained quite a bit today, and  yesterday's snow is now just a memory.
Our landscaper friends, M and O, finished building the new enclosure for our family tortoise, (which is a big relief to me!). Now, we have to collect the tortoise from my mum's shed, where he is hibernating, and bring him back here.