Some of my neighbours are very keen on using those power-washer thingies on their driveways, and it has always annoyed me that so much water is wasted on just cleaning up the bits in between the paviours, or whatever it is you call those slim bricks they use for driveways and paths. It’s at times like that that I wish we had water meters, then they might think twice about doing it, but then maybe not, those power-washer wielders have obviously never grown up.

Anyway, I was really chuffed to see that my lack of driveway maintenance had resulted in lovely wee pansy seedlings germinating around the area beneath where I had planted them in a container last year. I think Peggy said these are called Johnnie Jump Ups in the US.

Just ignore the grassy weeds though!