Beautiful Homegrown Flowers - Lovely Surprise from a Neighbour

A few days ago as we returned to the house after walking the dogs, we saw a neighbour; from a nearby street, walking towards us.
He also has two dogs, and they're as lively as our two, so we don't usually get too close to each. Hahaha!
As he was a little way up the road from us, we just waved and said 'Hi!'.

We came in our back gate and were busy taking the dogs leads and collars off, when our neighbour suddenly appeared at our gate holding a bunch of flowers, which he promptly handed to us.
We had a little chat about the homegrown vegetables he's been growing on his allotment, grow your own food, and the flowers etc. and then as quick as he'd arrived, he left to finish his dog walk.

I can't remember what he said the flowers were, and I'm not a flowery person, but they were a mixed bunch of brightly coloured blooms, which he'd grown on his allotment.
Beautiful flowers, and completely unexpected. Absolutely lovely!

An empty jar, a bit of water, and our kitchen was instantly brightened.
Beer (our own) is just sat waiting for room in the fridge - we have limited storage.

It's not everyday someone gives us flowers, and it was a very pleasant surprise.
When was the last time someone gave you flowers?
Was it a special occasion, or a random - just because?

Generous Neighbours, Free Vegetables, Allotment Goodies

One of our neighbours recently gave Mr.R a jar of pickled beetroot.
He said his friend had grown the beetroot himself, and we love beetroot so we were very pleased.

Then a few days later I saw the same neighbour and he handed me a bag of lovely ripe tomatoes, again these were grown locally on an allotment.
And then another neighbour called us over, and asked us if we like tomatoes, we said yes, and she handed us a bag full of lovely sweet tomatoes.

And just a few days ago the neighbour who gave us the beetroot etc., offered us some more fresh homegrown food, this time he handed us a bag containing some lovely big carrots, three large onions, and a huge leek.
As you can see from the photo, the leek was so large that our neighbour cut it in half to share with us.

It's so lovely having such generous neighbours.
And really lovely eating lots of fresh healthy vegetables.
We absolutely love vegetables, I mean we're not vegetarians, but we eat lots and lots of veg.
Do you like vegetables?
Do you grow your own veg?