After 2 weeks in Italy baby minding and 3 weeks sickness I am pleased to be back in the garden. I have nearly caught up. The grass is cut inspite of the fact that both mowers have had to be repaired. All the new beds have been dug and I am half way through the weeding and pruning of dogwood. What an unusual Spring! I still have snow drops, daffodils, aubretia, tulips, grape hyacinths,primroses, japonica and forsythia all flowering at the same time. I have relocated The Princess and The Frog to the new flower bed which is coming on nicely. I am looking forward to seeing if the newly planted irises flower. Last sunday at the Plant Sale in town I bought a long desired magnolia. It was 30 euros but I think it was worth it. I shall get a life time of pleasure from it whereas if I had spent that on eating out the pleasure would be short lived.