The spring season can be a bit like that friend everyone has who is incapable of showing up on time. You know the one - they promise to be there by 8 o’clock, but instead you find yourself standing around like a spare part for almost two hours without a trace of them. Then, just when you’re about to give up and go home, they burst through the door with such impeccable style and infectious exuberance that before long you can barely even remember what it was like without them.

Now Spring is with us once again, the longer days and brighter skies are leaving everyone feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready for just about anything. Moods lifted, everyone is already digging out their favourite spring outfits from the back of the wardrobe. Sunny yellows, calming greens, lighter fabrics and floral patterns are back, and looking better than ever.

Our friends at LAMY have also been enjoying this sense of spring renewal. To celebrate the end of our collective hibernation, they've launched their legendary safari range in three new special edition colourways:

- springgreen: bold, energetic and playful, the colour of nature as it shoots up through the frozen earth
- aquasky: float among the clouds, sing sweetly with the birds and bathe in the bright, brilliant sunbeams
- lightrose: sweet inviting cherry blossom; peaceful, blissful, beautiful

By offering the three colours together LAMY have extended the trend of mix and match pastels to your stationery collection. Colour blocking with a more delicate palette, the style exudes Spring/Summer 2023 and was a firm favourite of the seasons catwalk shows.

LAMY safari pens need little introduction - one of the most popular fountain pens and a staple of classrooms and offices around the world, they are lightweight, affordable, comfortable, and - thanks to the easily changeable nib - a joy to write with no matter the task at hand.

Not a fountain pen fan? These special editions are also available as ballpoint and rollerball, so you can add a pop of colour to your life no matter your writing preferences. Maybe now we can finally shake off the last of the winter blues - at last, spring has sprung!