First Flowering

Thank you so much for your kind sympathy and encouraging hope regarding my lost brooch. I shan't stop looking for it.

Today was spent down the road with the family - our usual Monday routine. The young master is so close to standing, but not quite there yet. He pushes his walker making progress on his knees. His speech is coming on well though - and he says 'yeah' for 'yes', and 'no' with a head-shake, as appropriate, which is very useful. It was 'yeah' every time for pieces of Granny's banana loaf, which of course pleased me no end.

This winter-flowering jasmine has grown from a cutting I took two years ago from our Devon garden. This year is its first flowering, so another thing to be pleased about. Isn't it a joyful colour?