We are in the process of recreating the garden following destruction by the builders.  My favourite area is a long raised bed outside the kitchen window, which then steps up again to the level of the garden proper (or football pitch).  This was gorgeous with snowdrops a few weeks ago and now has a good nine or ten clumps of primroses.  Having failed to grow them in the dusty south, it’s great to see them flourishing right under my nose. I wasn’t going to paint flowers today, but spring flowers are so lovely…