At last!

I know you've all been waiting. Here it is, the wonder amaryllis.

A couple of days ago I tested my blog's personality on one of these weird on-line questionnaires and discovered it is one of "The Performers - The entertaining and friendly type. They are especially attuned to pleasure and beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells. They live in the present moment and don´t like to plan ahead - they are always in risk of exhausting themselves. The enjoy work that makes them able to help other people in a concrete and visible way. They tend to avoid conflicts and rarely initiate confrontation - qualities that can make it hard for them in management positions." Hm. My blog is not trying to manage anybody! I can't remember where I found this quiz, but the link is this, I think.

Another entertainment and time-waster: Do listen to the Mom song. Quite funny in parts.

Personal Book news: Paris Imperfect is currently £5 cheaper at The Book Depository. Tropical Connections should be out in June.

Suspense

The suspense is killing me. This is last year's amaryllis and it has been growing taller and taller and taller every day. Will it flower or not? I didn't feed the hibernating bulb, so I hope all this waiting will be worth while.

There's been nothing on tv lately, so when not involved in domesticity or re-writing latest novel, I've been reading the wonderful Anne Tyler. We've been talking about her Breathing Lessons in the Cornflower Book Group, see link. I think she's a brilliant writer though I wouldn't want to spend a day with her tiresomely innocent and interfering middle-aged heroine, Maggie. I enjoyed A Patchwork Planet more. Do read it. Barnaby, the young hero, was a difficult teenager who doesn't get on with his rich family. He now works for Rent A Back, helping old people move their furniture etc. Touching, full of wisdom and funny.