Spent yesterday morning perched on a wall watching the Hastings Jack in the Green parade going by and already it feels like a dream - take me back!

Imagine how proud the creator of my local topiary peacock feels every April, when its tail and crest burst beautifully into bloom. You'd just never get over it. Carry pictures in your wallet.

Spotted some beautiful botanical b-sides and rarities at Museum of the Home: daffodils that exploded like fireworks or honked like ducks bills, snakes head fritilleries and glowing golden ferns

You can tell a lot about the mental state of the world from the middle isle of Lidl... & right now apparently everyone just wants to curl up on the floor like sad old dogs

Local hardware store have turned their famous mascot into Santa - maybe he'll fix our dodgy plumbing for Christmas

Fearsome Freya (the Viking fairy) has gone up a little early this year, as have her associates the Pudding Pusses - it's too grey outside to deny ourselves a bit of festive nonsense