Iris reticulata ‘Alida’

Karen, they are so pretty. I can see how they cheered you up. It was a dry, if grey, start to the day so we went up to Highdown gardens this morning, desperate to get some clean air and see some flowers in bloom.

It absolutely lashed us with rain all day yesterday Shirley. Dry this morning and a lot of little slugs everywhere.

Oh those hateful things. When I lift off the lid of my Dalek compost bin they're are often tiny slugs in the lid. They soon get 'bashed' into the garden waste bin, she said, smiling evilly!