<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/knee-padsfeb17.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4226" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/knee-padsfeb17-200x150.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" /></a>I'm back into the swing of my domesticity and being self-sufficient. Before my Spanish sojourn I ripped my new jacket when getting into the Lotus so I'd found someone who did repairs and she has done a superb job. There is no sign of a rip and she's strengthened it from the inside. I also picked up the wind sculpture from a local company because it had worn the socket and therefore was at risk of falling apart. They have done an equally good job. So all is well in terms of getting "stuff" repaired.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dwarf-irisesfeb17.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4227" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dwarf-irisesfeb17-150x200.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="200" /></a>The garden is also looking good and it's great to get outside and dig over the vegetable plot, plant some primulas and move the self sown foxgloves to other areas of the garden. I had some knee pads as a Christmas present and they are coming into their own.

The snowdrops, dwarf irises and primulas are all in flower and looking lovely. In another week the camelia by the front door will be in flower. This is the first time it has flowered since we moved in three years ago.