A double celebration … White Day & UK Mothering Sunday. You may recall, that White Day in Japan is the day when the guys give chocolate and gifts to the ladies; and it should be of a larger quantity than the gift from the ladies to the guys on Valentine’s Day.

Clearly this is enough to last months …. but I had better keep checking the best before dates and sampling to check that nothing is going off! Thank you, Geoff.

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My lovely daughters kindly sent me a bonsai tree for Mothering Sunday … Google translate & I are working on the care instructions. Unfortunately, I don’t have a good reputation when it comes to plant care; I think the ‘green finger’ (or green thumbs for American friends) genes were all used up when it came to me. I thought I was doing better, but Geoff listed the plant casualties in just two months.

But seven days later, not only is it still alive but it has produced its first flower. Phew!