I know that feeling, Ursula! Now I want to see it too; beautiful photo.
Lorn, I don't know about pushing, but I might have been pulling... just a little bit.
Anyway, seems we're three days earlier than last season, when Anthony reported 'Push Off' as the first to flower on November 8th. Last year the seasons were all mixed up and we had very little sun. This year it feels like it's been summer for weeks already, even though we still get a few cold nights and the last frost wasn't long ago.
I'm being taunted by buds too... pumilum just seems to get richer and richer in colour, and
Lilium mackliniae I thought I had killed but apparently not (yet):