#163 - Birthday Periwinkles

Spring must be coming from the west, we saw so many flowers yesterday in Herefordshire but hardly any back in the city today. We were looking for snowdrops, but instead my six year old son noticed these purple-blue periwinkles growing under a hedge. According to Elizabeth Goudge, their country name is Joy-of-the-ground, and they did indeed make us feel joyful, not just because of their heart-lifting colour but also because we have just finished reading The Little White Horse at bedtimes and the children have named our new rocking horse, Periwinkle, after the pony in the story.