The spring daisies are out at present in the garden 🌼🤍🐝 and they’ll forever remind me of Nanna Francesca and the daisy bush in her Brunswick Street front yard that she often asked me to stand next to for a photo. (There were actually daisies on this little green dress Grandma Lorna had sewn for me but they’re little hard to see as Nanna Francesca’s photos could be a bit ‘hit and miss’ and blurry if she pushed the camera button too hard!)
The name ‘Daisy’, or in Italian, ‘Margherita’ is one of the most popular names in Italy going back to pagan times and a love for the sun for being life-giving (and daisy faces turn to follow the sun, like sunflowers). Apart from all of these lovely connections they just seem to exude happiness as a flower and the bees and ladybirds love them too. Buona giornata! xx 😊☀️
New season, new month and very happy to say… a new book on the way! I’ve recently signed a contract with HQ Fiction – HarperCollins for book three. It’s very early news but so many of you over the years have asked with such warmth and kindness when the next book is coming, I wanted to share this with you straight away.
I was so focused on the bee burrowing into the rose on the right, I didn’t realise I’d captured the bee in flight to the left. Such a lovely surprise! Hope your week brings you some little bit of unexpected luck and gladness no matter how small it might be. 
… and also ladybirds, lacewings and other garden friends.
Zoë Boccabella 