general stuff

Easter holiday highlights

 

green shoots bursting forth under blue skies

Newleaves

 

paddling pool splashing

Paddling pool

 

sun-warmed grass under bare feet

Muddy feet

the scent of blossom all around the garden

Clematis

 

a little time for crochet in the shade

Crochettime

 

the first of the new season's English strawberries

Strawbs

 

and a new haircut – Amy took the plunge and had 7 inches lopped off!

Amyhair

The main highlight though was watching Amy on stage in a musical that she performed with her theatre group. Seeing her up on stage singing, dancing and delivering her lines with such confidence made me all misty-eyed with pride.

All in all it's been one of the better school breaks – thanks to a holiday club that Toby enjoyed and which gave Amy and I three lovely days to spend together. And despite the fact that I'm still going to bed each night hoping that this night will be the first one of the year when Toby isn't awake for 3 or 4 hours, I am feeling more relaxed than I usually do after a school break!

garden stuff · general stuff

spring has sprung

According to my calendar, today is officially the first day of spring here in the UK. The sign that spring has arrived in our garden is always the blossoming of an old plum tree.

One week ago::

Blossom

Today::

Blos

 
Last year it suffered the loss of a major bough but it seems to have survived and hopefully some of the blossoms will yield some juicy plums for jam making later in the year.

Bloss

 

Even Toby has been noticing that the trees are changing on our regular weekend walks!

Toby sky