Our glorious Hippeastrum "Cape Horn"
It's a beautiful (if blustery) Spring-like morning, which is unusual for January. We have bulbs galore sprouting in the extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers, and the resplendent Hippeastrum (above) swathing our kitchen in effervescent pinkness. Such a shame we have to trudge away from it all into the dull, stuffy confines of the office...
Hey ho.
Among a slew of famous birthdays today - including the (completely overlooked by the media) centenary of the birth of Clive Dunn (aka the loveable "Colonel Jones" in Dad's Army), the 95th of Lee Van Cleef, and those of Kate Middleton (a Duchess definitely not "stepping back" from her duties), Imelda Staunton, Joely Richardson, "Tricky Dicky" Nixon, Crystal Gale, Susanna York, Joan Baez, Gracie Fields, Jimmy Page, Simone de Beauvoir, and - erm - famous mumbler Sean Paul, a certain Nestor Alexander Haddaway is 55 years old.
His greatest hit always reminds me of summer, which helps. A lot.
Ah, that's better.
