First flower of the year, this evergreen is also known as the ‘rusty leaved alpine rose’ because of the brown spots on the underside of its leaves. The frosts made it wilt and the sun has made it shine and blossom. Collected bags of pea gravel for the driveway topping and emptied a barrow-full of compost from the heap onto the hedge. A peacock butterfly was out and about in the border, the nettles they like are only a few inches high, heard the woodpecker tapping. A misty start to a sunny day, light winds and an orange sunset.
