In love with lilac... ... and bluey-purple... and violet... and anything in between! For a brief, but oh so sweet moment today, the sun touched the souls of this shivering nation. Perhaps that is a generalisation taken too far. All I can really be sure of is that I was shivering in the icy wind and my light-yearning soul greeted the rays with open arms. So I did the obvious thing... ... stuck my tongue out to the polar gusts and went to the garden centre in search of spring flowers... …