Here in Sarf London, I've just had the council tax bill and the water rates bill, and I'll be laying in stocks of anti-histamine for my hayfever shortly (season starts early for me!).

But the daffs are out, the crocuses are great, the squirrels are chasing each other round the garden, and I've changed the wallpaper on my Adobe PhotoDeLuxe software to its Spring setting.

Soon the clocks will go forward, and in four weeks time I'll be eating too much chocolate.

The lawnmower will be coming out of the garage soon, and everything in the garden will conspire against me by deliberately growing.

Blossom is starting to show, and a big girl she is too.

As I type, a big black rain cloud has gathered and we're in for a mighty soaking.

Oh to be in England now that April's nearly there! (She's a good friend of Blossom's)

LFF