Spring.. or maybe not so much

We hit the vernal equinox this week, that point in the year where for the first time the hours of daylight are longer than the hours of darkness.

Each day we now welcome back a little more of the light.

Despite this auspicious milestone we’ve had such mixed weather. A beautiful blue-sky day midweek, with warm winds and not a cloud in the sky, followed by days of rain, gales and hailstones.

It’s a bit confused. I’m a bit confused. Goodness only knows what the seedlings think.

To encourage Spring I’ve made a Spring Cake for a friend’s young daughter’s birthday. A lemon sponge with lemon cream-cheese filling and frosting scattered with raspberries, edible flowers and lemon balm from the croft.

If this doesn’t do the trick to welcome in official spring I don’t know what will. In fact just to be on the safe side this week, I made two.

Let’s hope that the Goddess enjoys lemon cakes and the sacrifice of the last of the primroses from the croft bank.