A walk round the garden

After a very busy week, I have enjoyed a quieter day today.  Just pottering around and doing a few jobs.

Would you like to join me for a walk round the garden?

I love a quiet Sunday at home, especially when the sun shines.

Enjoy your evening.

Sara
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Hi

Sorry, I've not been around much.  It's very busy here, and I've not had much opportunity to get out and about with my camera.  I'm not sure you'd be too interested in photos of my desk!  Piles of paper aren't pretty.

But, this morning as I was putting the washing out (it's been a beautiful Spring day here), I saw this butterfly enjoying the sunshine too.

Hopefully, I'll have some more photos to share soon.

Sara x

(I Just wish I'd had chance to get my proper camera rather than the point and shoot - maybe next time. )

This week

Hi

Hope you are having a good weekend.

Sorry I've not been around this week, but I've been visiting my sister.  I could read your blogs on my phone, but I'm not very good at commenting using my phone.  I blame my phone, but I suspect it might also have something to do with my eyesight!

Here's a catch up of my last week.

A lovely walk on Mother's Day with my mum and her mad dog.

When I got home, the boys had cooked dinner for me.  A first for Mothers Day!

Monday, I went up to my sisters and as planned we drank lots of tea (and maybe a little wine) and found time for cakes too.  We chatted and caught up.  We decided we could both get used to spending more time together, not working, and lots of shopping.  Sadly out husbands weren't so keen on the plan. (I must confess there was a slightly expensive trip to the Wool Warehouse.  Such lovely, friendly and knowledgeable people.)

Whilst staying with my sister, I made a pot holder.  No idea why, but it is rather pretty.  Possibly too pretty to be used for it's purpose.

I was lucky enough to see my niece play in her school concert.  Sadly I missed my nephews play, but he did a performance just for me, which was very sweet.

It was back to work at the end of the week, and then Matt played rugby today.  He was lucky enough to be selected to play for the County squad today.  So, I'm indulging in a "proud mummy moment" here!

I had hoped to show you my garden.  In the few days away, it has really changed, but it has been quite dull and grey today and the tulips really deserve to be shown in sunshine.  At least you know what my next post will be!

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend.  A rest (revision) day here tomorrow as it was rugby today.  I plan to craft for as long as I can.

Take care.

Sara
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Sunshine

Sitting in my garden enjoying some lovely warm sunshine this afternoon, it is difficult to believe we had a harsh frost at the beginning of the week.

I'm afraid that I have been so busy at work, that I haven't had much time for anything else, so the photos I took on Monday morning had stayed on my camera until today.  I know it's good to be busy at work, after all it does pay the bills, but it really is inconvenient when it gets in the way of life!  Perhaps, in hindsight, it wasn't the best idea to plan to visit my sister right at the end of the tax year.  But I was quiet and up-straight with work when we arranged dates.  Oh well, it's pretty well organised now, and I will enjoy a few days with my sister.  A bit of shopping is planned, with some nice long lunches and yummy cakes too.

Anyway, back to Monday.  It was freezing.  When we woke up, it was as white as it has been all year, but an hour later when we were off to school, it had started to pretty much melt and was a beautiful morning.

Work starts on the school cricket pitches.

A noisy welcome as I walk by this little fellow - or maybe he was shouting at me to move on?

The holly was almost twinkling in the sunshine.

Can you see our footsteps as we'd walked towards school.  I'm on my way home now.

I love this view and in the summer mornings it provides a bit of shade as we walk to school.

 It's still quite muddy in places

 Blue skies - don't they lift your spirits?

The sheep were here!  Matt used to collect this wool to give to my step-mum to spin.  He's too grown up now.  How time flies.

 Looking towards the village church.  One of my favourite landmarks when walking.

Back home - a blue carpet

 daffodils wilted by the frost

 More blue skies and apple tree buds

 But it really wasn't that warm!

This weekend

We had a slightly different weekend to our usual ones.  All term time weekends are taken up with a school match on a Saturday, and then club rugby or cricket on a Sunday.

However, this weekend, Matt went on a camp with school.  (Yes - I know they chose one of the coldest weekends of the year!).  So we had the weekend to ourselves.  Once we'd taken Matt to school for 9am on Saturday morning, we were able to potter around.  I made a cake, had a coffee with my mum, and made some birthday cards.  We then drove to Kent to meet up with friends for supper.  Such a relaxed day.  Sunday - a lie in on a Sunday!!!  What a rare treat.  There was even time for a spot of shopping before collecting our very tired, and grubby son.

I didn't take any photos of us - it was all a bit relaxed and not very photogenic, but thought you might like to see Matt's preparation for his Duke of Edinburgh award weekend.  Matt's school run CCF (combined cadet force) and Matt is in the "army", hence the kit.  He is very proud of this - as you can see by the shiny boots.  I don't recall him getting kit ready the night before for anything either - but it was all laid out the night before.

Getting ready requires precision.

Can you spot the crochet?

And then it was time to go...

To be honest, I couldn't see the attraction of camping out under tarpaulin in a basic sleeping bag on a roll mat.  (Not even the luxury of a tent). No proper food - only ration packs, and having to do a night watch in the freezing cold.  

Various other "exercises" were undertaken - which seemed to involve an awful lot of camouflage paint which proved tricky to remove! But he loved it - and he definitely appreciated his own bed last night!

Hope you had a good weekend too.

Sara

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Busy, Busy, Busy

Hi there

A really short post from me this evening.  I had a busy start to the week in the office, and then yesterday, Mark and I took the day off to go to the Ideal Home Exhibition.

We had a great day.  I'm afraid I was particularly excited to buy a "spinny" mop.  I know, slightly odd, but life would be boring if we were all the same!  We bought a few other bits too, mainly for me - a new hairbrush and ceramic curling tongs, and a new scarf.  

Mark had his musical portrait played!  Quite an unusual concept where a small group of musicians asked him a few questions, looked at him, and then improvised a piece of music which they felt represented him.  Quite a unique experience.

I wish now I had taken my camera.

I've also had a great day today, back in London too.  I probably won't go back for the next 6 months!  Mum and I had booked to go to see Billy Elliott.  Neither of our husbands fancied it, so it was a just us.  A nice lunch and then we saw the matinee performance.

Again, I didn't think to take my camera, and wish I had.  The show was fantastic, and the theatre was really beautiful.

Hopefully the sun will come back for the weekend, and I can take my camera and share some photos, as I'm definitely better at photography than writing!

Hope you're having a good week.

Sara x