And to my surprise, a year has gone by ...

Plenty more gardening has been done, and some areas that were set up over 20 years ago have now been refreshed:

New Corten steel edging has been installed around the pond ... here shown just after completion early in March ...

And here it is again, just over 3 weeks later, beginning to show its rusty nature:

Spring is with us, and following up from a single unusual daffodil we had last year, we now have more "Rip van Winkle", here shown gracing the windowsill by our back door. 

With it, a ball of the Marie Curie yarn for this year, dyed by Rosie's Moments:

Adjacent on the windowsill, are a colourful trio of Primula denticulata:

And that's it for now, I'm hoping to post more frequently, but don't hold your breath waiting for an update!