Firstly, I love your messages of hope and love. I am sure that your sticky paper of love on that pylon has been left as the fisherman probably like seeing something happy and positive as opposed to a graffiti tag of someone heralding their own 'coolness' with their bubble-lettered name.(don't get me wrong I love graffiti, but the clever stuff not just a name in bubble letters)

Second, That unknown plant is heather! Good ole Scottish heather and as you live in 'new scotland' it seems only fitting. I love heathers and they, even before the bright yellow of forsythia, herald Spring to me.

We are having a late or rather a longer Spring this season and I am loving it! Last year we had already cut the lawns twice this year have not had to even think about it.

I have been busy over the past three days doing my annual push to get my two rental cottages up and ready for the coming season, so that includes not only interior cleaning and decorating (drudgery mixed with fun) but also yard work. I have to add gravel to paths, trim hedges and mend fences (we get a lot of wind around here as someone who lives by the sea can attest to). And yesterday I was just finishing up my last bit of mulch and saw the hostas poking their little heads out and the forsythia just beginning to open some of their buds. Spring, I lOVE IT!

What a joy it must be to walk with your child and I love that you instill such love and sharing into his world view. It's nice to know there will be some good future adults out there. Sometimes when I am at shops, especially in Summer in our vacation land here, I disparage the future generations and wonder at what sort of world they will make and or live in.

Well, happy to see another walk and to touch base again with a good ole rambling comment.