April, the first week, which included Easter

Out and about at the begining of the month, I passed the cricket ground, where this tree is beginning to look very green

 Not much further along is our new state of the art Intigrated Care Centre, soon to be open for business

 I don't seem to have many tulips this year, this is the first of about three

 

The weather was forecast to be very windy, so I thought I would bring it indoors so it wasn't lonely

We don't normally indulge in Easter Eggs, but the Fair One sent me some chocs,

 they were delicious

 Two of my GDs enjoyed a sleepover on Good Friday, apparently they talked "all night long". Fortunately I slept while they talked. GD7 loves Frozen, and she loves jigsaw puzzles.

 I spotted this cloud formation, can you see anything in that? I can see a horse with a long flowing mane, and beautiful feathered front legs, head down and galloping.

 This year is the very first time that I have been able to keep a poinsettia beyond March. I'm really hoping to keep this one for a whole year.

 I hope you enjoyed the Easter weekend.

 

 

Rounding off March, rather belatedly

 This is my monthly view of the tree, not much change yet.

 

Step count for this year so far is below target, but I'm not too upset about it, There's plenty of time to catch up

 Another month of Woodoku completed 

 And GD5 enjoyed her 9th birthday

 Seed planting in the yarden room is progressing

 And I know you like herbwords, so here are a couple more

 And thus we are one quarter through the year! 

Monthly Photo Challenge, March, Drinks.

Fellow blogger and personal friend Eileen runs the Monthly Photo Challenge, and this month's subject was Drinks.

 My month was pretty busy, but I did remember to take enough photos to make the challenge worthwhile, although all of them by phone rather than the "proper" camera.

Can anything be better than tea from a pot while still in bed? I think not.

 

I don't normally drink white wine, but when GM offered me a celebratory glass on his birthday, well, I couldn't say no, could I?

 Red wine is my usual tipple, but I don't turn my nose up at the odd glass of port now and then

 GM and I can often be found in Wetherspoons on a Monday, when the beer is only £2.00 per pint. Their Abbot Ale is quite something, although GM prefers a strong lager.

 A cup  of tea is always worth sitting down for, don't you think?

 I did also enjoy a glass or two of red wine during the month

 And when GT offered to take us out to celebrate both GM's recent birthday and Mother's Day, well that was another invitation to accept - so it was back to Wetherspoons.

 This is a list of all the drinks available at our local branch

 I do drink a lot of water during the day, preferring it filtered rather than straight from the tap

 Thank you Eileen. The subject of next month's challenge is Spring.

The last full week of March . . . .

 . . . and life at 43 plods on. 

The rhubarb is showing

 I ordered some mini-plants ( 12 each of begonia and petunia) which arrived by post and have been potted up in the yarden room

 

I finished another jigsaw puzzle, I really love these by Mike Jupp, they are so much fun to do and to see up close

 Herbword of the week

 A few more bits and pieces for the charity shop

 The book cover crochet blanket progresses, we are up to 12 squares now

 

The weather has been changeable, cold, wet and windy, much more like March weather used to be, this does sometimes bring up some quite fantastic sunrises and sunsets, here's one of each

 

How was your week?

March, 3/4 gone, and the Equinox passed.

Life trundles on, the weather has been glorious, and I've been spending time in and on the Yarden.

The strawberry plants have been tidied

 

runner bean seeds and dwarf bean seeds have been put in soak

 This made me giggle

 This week's herbword

 Thursday's sunrise was quite spectacular

 As was the rest of the day, with a belated Mother's day gift, seeds in the post, emptying the old compost bin, and spotting my tripometer

 

How was your week?

March, the second week

It's been a week of recovery from my trip away last week, mostly catching up with laundry, but also making a proper start on things Yarden-wise - I didn't want to do anything that would need GM's attention while I was away, as he has enough on his plate already - so, yardening starts now. My first action was to rescue some flowers which had been blown about by the recent cold winds

 

 

 Both the forsythia and the fig tree are showing signs of growth

 

Indoors, the current igsaw puzzle was finished

 Stash-busting knitting has now reached the grand total of 300g knitted - the back, two sleeves and part of one front half of my cardigan.

 Some crochet has also been done, but nothing worth showing at the moment.

How has your week been?