Spontaneity is the spice of life?

We had to go out yesterday morning, but it was such a lovely day that on the way home we played hooky from the boring things we had planned for the afternoon and went to the Hillier Gardens.

As you can see, the gardens were looking wonderful. I have no idea if it is normal to have primroses, daffodils, camellias, magnolias and rhodedendrons all in flower at the same time, but they were. That bed of ferns on the bottom row positively glowed in the sunlight, and I think that a few exhibits for Art in the Garden, which starts later this month, may have already taken root. 

What's the point of being retired if you can't skive off and enjoy the sunshine?