Farewell Greenwich Mean Time, see you in six months! The clocks went forward at the weekend – hoo-flippin-ray! Even if the clocks hadn’t been moved forwards though, there’s an abundance of signs all around that spring is finally here.

Some of these signs are white…

Some of these signs are yellow (ok, so i may have cheated a little bit here, but there are lots of daffs out right now, non)?…

Some of these signs are blue…

But mostly, these signs are pink…

Clearing the garden ready for the impending winter I rescued this very exotic looking lilly which I have no recollection of ever planting. Goodness knows how it’s managed to survive the frosts we’ve been having, it looked a bit droopy so I brought it into the warmth.

I’ve loved growing flowers for picking this year and I definitely think I will grow more next year. Bang for buck it makes more financial sense than growing vegetables – plus it means you can have vases of much more intersting blooms than you’d be able to buy in the supermarket or even the florist.

This is where I can show off one of the few proper flower names I know; echinops. I have no idea why that particular one has lodged itself in the tiny bit of my brain that actually remembers the proper name for things, but it has.

I am especially fond of spiky, globular flowers – I may have to plant some of these for next years garden.

Canon 5D MKII + 17-40mm f/4L lens

Canon 5D MKII + 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro lens