Still enjoying the sunshine and pesky Vikings!

Well, it's another gorgeous day.  I didn't have a great start though.

Squidge has a Viking Day at school.  She has dressed up as a Viking and she had to take in Viking-like food.  One of the items was crusty bread.  So I set a loaf to bake in the bread machine whilst I went out to church group last night.  When I got back the bread hadn't risen properly and was uncooked and very yeasty in the middle.  So I got up early this morning and baked another one...then I extended the bake.  It had risen and was a lovely golden colour, but no!  It was yeasty, doughy and uncooked in the middle and in various places!  What is going on?

So of course then there's a mad dash to the local shop for some crusty bread, G can't go to work until I come back because we only have one car and he's late to pick someone up.  Finally we get everything together, set off for school for me to realise halfway there that I've forgotten the apple juice.  So we turn around...EVENTUALLY my little Viking is at school - hopefully she will enjoy her Viking dinner!

Anyway, I'm sitting here with the laptop on my knee watching the guinea pigs through the window.  I've put them on the grass for a little bit of sunshine.  They love to eat the grass - perhaps if I got enough guinea pigs we would never need to mow the lawn again.

Guinea pigs enjoying the sunshine

Of course, you-know-who turns up for a gander.  She is fascinated by them...likes to sit on top of their cage on occasion.  She doesn't seem to bother them though.

"Aha!", said Boots, "Dinner!"

"Ha, ha!" said the guinea pigs, "You can't get at us!"

So, EVEN MORE EXCITING, I have washing on the line - *sigh* it just thrills my soul.

Such a joyous sight!

One of my baskets has tiny daffodils blooming, I have two more pots which haven't yet bloomed.

Spring has sprung.

Mum brought me some daffodils from Marks & Spencer for 10p!  Bargain. :)  You can see them in the next picture, I love spring flowers, so cheery after the winter months.

On the picture below you can see various little clay pots, etc. that the girls have made for me over the years, right from the green blob on the left that Chatterbox made me in nursery.

Kitchen windowsill

Well, I'd better get ready for work!

Have a lovely day, I hope that Spring is springing near you soon! :)

Hello out there...

Hello, is anyone out there? :)

I've not given up on the ol' blog, it's simply that life's been a little hectic. I will try to get around some blogs this week too.

So how's your Easter been? Mine's been lovely. We've had a wonderful time at church, and we've been out and about. The last couple of weeks of school were incredibly busy, there have been parents' evenings, parties, a course, overtime due to other staff being absent, the girls' dance exams, the award presentation for the dance exams, choir shows, clarinet ensembles...Easter couldn't come soon enough for me! And even when the Easter holidays came it didn't seem to stop. But I'm not complaining, it's been fun.

We've had some beautiful weather for April. The sun's been out, glorious! Today's the first day it's been a bit chill and I've got my cardigan on. :)

Here are a few photos:

Spring lambs at the local farm

Forget-me-nots

Ladybird (that's ladybug to my American friends!)

Beautiful sunset

Sun after rain

Waiting for Painted Lady butterflies to hatch...we had some very hairy caterpillars!

A day at the beach in April!

Who'd have thought we'd have a beach day? The girls loved it.

So, that's all for now. Hopefully will be back again soon and I will try to get around some blogs too.

Hugs.

Springtime beauty

I adore spring flowers. Tulips are my favourites, but I love snowdrops, crocus, daffodils and hyacinth too.

My hyacinth, which when I purchased it last week looked like this:

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Is now blooming with a vengeance:



The flowers are so heavy that I've had to add some props to hold them upright.

They give off the most delicious fragrance.

Happy days.

A lovely day

We had a lovely day yesterday. The girls went over to hubs' mom's house in the afternoon to make clay pots and play with their foster children. Whilst they were there hubs and I went out for lunch together (something we never do) and then on to our local garden centre. It was nice and relaxing.

Here's what we got:



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All these lovely Spring flowers really cheer me up.

My pink watering can certainly cheers me up! :)

Afterwards I finally made a start on cleaning my kitchen cupboards. I scrubbed the tops and doors and then cleaned out the inside of one.

This is just one half of the cupboard I cleaned out. I know it's not that interesting but I'm so pleased I've made a start! :)

I have the Spring cleaning feeling.

Hope you all have a wonderful week.

A lovely walk

You know I love to walk with the girls in the beautiful countryside. So here is the latest 'photo safari' as I remember Melissa once called such posts. You may note there are a lot of 'bend in the road' pictures. I was trying to find a nice shot for a new blog header.

Sunday loveliness

Chatterbox and Hubs went for a bike ride this afternoon, so Squidge and I went for a walk together (so much for a lazy day!). The spring flowers were out in force.

Squidge calls this sculpture 'Jesus' hands'

As we walked we passed a fire engine parked up but no firemen in sight.

We played Pooh sticks - Squidge won

Ah, the hill is on fire. If you click on the picture (above) to enlarge you might just see a fireman beating out the smouldering field.

And here's his mate, absolutely stressed out (lol) lounging by the stream - he was pumping water.

Squidge loves those daffodils!

A lovely walk.