Stepping out of our front door on Sunday morning, Myrna and I were horrified to discover that a row of beautiful tulips from one of our borders lay flattened on the concrete pathway ... their stems and petals wantonly strewn across the ground.

Sadly , it's the second time this has happened - the previous occasion being the summer following Myrna's arrival in 2009 - and we can only assume the culprits were either drunken late night revellers or druggies ... ... who knows?

Frankly, what pisses me off more than anything else is, when I think of the dedicated effort my wife put into the nurture and cultivation of these plants; it fairly makes my blood boil seeing them so willfully destroyed by the mindless morons responsible for what is, in fact, a totally irresponsible act!