We now have poppies cropping up all over the garden.
There are at least two weigelas, one of which adorns a dead stump.
Honesty abounds, and is a favourite with cabbage white butterflies.
The day was spent in relaxed company with Becky, Ian, and Flo.
They returned home early in the evening, and Jackie and I drove to Barton on Sea and along the coast, after which we went on to Bombay Night in New Milton.
Bombay Night has fast become our local Indian restaurant of choice.
My favourite here, which I ate this evening with special fried rice, is the Nowabi jalfrezi. I have not met this elsewhere. It offers a mix of tender lamb, chicken, and king prawn with a blend of flavours, including those provided by fresh red and green chillies. Jackie chose chicken sag with mushroom rice. She was impressed by the fact that, even on Easter Monday, the spinach was fresh. Indian food is always so colourful and aromatic. That of this establishment is no exception. The popadoms, incidentally, are flavoursome and crisp, and presented with interesting chutneys. We drank Kingfisher.