Sweet scent of spring

The grey cloud that is hovering over eastern England doesn't seem to want to shift. However, my day was brightened by meeting up with my youngest half-sister for coffee in John Lewis. We then headed over to Prezzo for lunch, and caught up on each other's news - quite a lot as we last saw each other about 25 years ago! 

The afternoon and evening was spent finishing off a talk on 'Brownfield land' that Pete and I are giving tomorrow. Nearly forgot to take any photographs, so this is a late night emergency blip of a bunch of hyacinths acquired from Waitrose at a very reduced price - they're filling the whole kitchen with their perfume.