This is ‘day 2’ after getting back from NZ. Mac is still over-2-months from coming to his new home. The prunus is in blossom. It lasted wonderfully long this year. No ‘rough winds’ to shake its darling buds, even in March, for once. This will be the kingdom that we trust he will love as much as his predecessor, Fred, did for the better part of eight years from June 1st 2003 to 24th February 2011.