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I aim to add more in the future.

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A little while I ago, I observed that my crocuses were disagreeing about whether it was early spring or not. It looked like it was early spring because the white crocuses were flowering but the blue ones weren’t, making it look like it was still winter.

Now, both colours are flowering, so that must mean it is early spring. At least, the flora think so.

I retrieved my jar of saffron the other day, thinking I might use it in something. Unfortunately, the contents weren’t quite as I left them: they’d gone mouldy. It was kind of a mustard colour. I was tremendously disappointed.

This autumn, I will have to make sure the strands are properly dried. Perhaps I’ll put them in the airing cupboard.