Spring

My dear Friends

You would be forgiven for thinking that Spring had come to Cambridge today, the sun is shining and the sky is blue. So I have just taken a trip to the Botanical Gardens with a very old friend, Sister Jane Phelan from the local convent of the Congregation of Jesus here in the south of Cambridge.

The gardens almost border the convent, anyway they are just a few yards away.What a joy! The aconites, peoonies and snowdrops are all out and there was a wonderful smell in the air from some flowering shrub as we went in. We made our way round the stream and pond and sat down under some enormous trees-Jane said one was a Cedar of Lebanon, another a fir. then we meandered round the shrubs to go to the cafe where we had a fine lunch of jacket potatoes, beans and cheeses.

After more chat and we had eaten our fill we entered the 'Dry Garden' also colourful in its way and sat in what was then some pretty warm sunshine, admiring the plants in their different reds and greens. Outside the garden was a water area with a display of plants from the Fens, this flat landscape in East Anglia which was drained to make Ely Cathedral amongst other things.

Are you experiencing any signs of Spring where you are?
I hope so
Shalom from
Sister Gila