Sedge

Not sure what this is, but it grew unaided in the cracks between paving slabs in our back garden. They look like chives, but they’re not.

Blossoming

Our apple tree has done it again — just when we had our back turned. One day it was plain green, the next…

And the clematis is about to burst into flower too.

I know that, at my age, I ought to be able to take this stuff for granted. But it still seems like a miracle every year.