A day when shopping worked out well.

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At 8 this morning it was raining heavily and the snow was still on the garden, stubbornly refusing to melt.

I had promised my 15yr old girl a trip into Hull city so we or more accurately she, could hit the shops. After a leisurely breakfast she suggested going to the market town of Beverley. I much prefer Beverley though less shops for her, but we decided to lunch out at a lovely Italian restaurant so off we set, in gloriuos sunshine. Typical!

It was 11am when we got in the car and she suggested we look at the animals in the pet centre [also a garden centre mmmmmm looking promising]. Well my hopes were well and truely raised. Benches of hellebores all at £2.49, all crying out to me. The sun came out and lit up this dark red one lurking towards the back. Un named but I really dont mind

Then lots of looking, pulling out, checking for buds and finally this one, a semi double.

We then loooked at the pet animals they sell before setting off round the back roads to Beverley. We passed another gc that used to be seasonal but they now are a tropical fish centre too. Well for plants they do tend to be seasonal but what bargains to be had.

77 dutch iris [mixed] 20 Gladiolus byzantine, 5 Iris buccarica and 7 Allium nigrum. You had to fill a bowl and the cost? £1

Viola coconut duet reduced to £1

Dicentra spectabilis alba and Fillependula all £1 each. pots are weedy but they will clean up and become part of my stock for my charity sale in the spring.

Then off for lunch, yummy rissotto.

Oh the shopping , well if you are interested, for her a watch [a proper grown up one], a new school bag, a novel and a T shirt. For me a cheap pair of jeans. Cost me more than my plants haha.

• 14 Feb, 2013
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