Checking out the Cyclamens

Some time ago, whilst I was at Castle Garden Centre waiting in line to pay for my veg and fruit, I noticed a trolley full of half dead Cyclamen Plants.  Not your ordinary small ones but proper large pink and red indoor ones.  What actually caught my eye was the large sign - FREE TO GOOD HOME.
Now it's not every day you see a sign like that is it?
I checked with the staff and .... yes!  they were all free, have as many as I liked.  Not wanting to be greedy, I had half a dozen and took them home.
They looked really poorly but my guess was that they had been over-watered and left in the cold.... really needed some TLC.
I placed them in our back room, warm enough to let them dry out without any rush.
Needless to say they were forgotten!

I had reason to go into the room last week and there they were ... very dried out!
I took the box into the kitchen and proceeded to clean them up a bit and then placed them into the sink to have a good drink...... not a long one ..... just enough to perk them up and let them know someone cares.....
Today they look a lot better, still flowering, still needing some TLC, but decidedly better.

While I was there, I noticed the Hyacinths are coming into bloom ...

... Spring is on its way ...

... maybe only in the house but ...

.. it's coming!!