Yesterday it blew like blazes and the rain came down (in buckets, by the sound of it! :o). I expected everything in the garden to have been flattened.... but look! :)
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I know you've seen them before - (and I hope I'm not boring you!) - but it made me so happy to see them! Hope they cheer you on this cold, December day, too! :) :) :)