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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.

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.

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

general stuff

For Japan With Love – day of silence

Tomorrow (friday 18th March 2011) heralds a day of silence for bloggers around the world as a mark of respect for the victims of Japan’s recent disaster so I’m joining in and will not be posting. The organisers are also hoping for donations to the Shelter box relief fund. It’s great to see that the target of $5,500 has already been exceeded but those folks need all the help they can get, so every extra penny will count.

The following is a quote from one of the organisers Utterly Engaged

The aim is just raise awareness and respect and acknowledge the devastation going on in Japan.

The guidelines are simple.
1.ย  This coming Friday, March 18th, no posts at all on your blog.
2.ย  Please post a blog post about what you will be doing this Friday whenever possible in hopes to spread the word and whoever else would like to join in. You all can check out what Lydia of Ever-Ours did for herโ€™s here or how we did ours here and do it your way if youโ€™d like.ย  Weโ€™ll be posting a reminder post on Thursday evening on my blog too.
3. Tweet and Re-Tweet the shiznit out of the link toย http://www.forjapanwithlove.com please.
4. Encourage your readers to contribute to donate shelter to Japan.
Whateverย anyone can contribute will be appreciated.

Every little helps.

If you have a blog and want to join in and spread the word please write a post and leave a comment over on Utterly Engaged to let them know you’re taking part. Thanks for reading x