Is this Spring?

Oh joy of joys I actually hung my washing on the line today - and it dried perfectly. Is this the sign of Spring we're all waiting for?  Also the string of solar fairy lights that are hanging on our fence all year round - suddenly lit up last night when it got dark - proof in itself that the sun really had been shining and re-energised them!

All of a sudden flowers are springing up everywhere

This was in Hyde Park on Sunday - we were visiting the V&A museum - aren't they gorgeous?

I must just show you this lovely book that I treated myself to a couple 

of weeks ago - I love it. 

I'd seen it in the Homemaker magazine back in January which featured this Camellia blanket - and I just had to have it

I so enjoyed making the pram blanket last year for my new granddaughter that I thought I'd have another go. So - off I went this afternoon to buy this gorgeous yarn

I have a feeling I'm in 'Essay avoidance' mode again - but my evenings are for relaxing so tonight I'll make a start. Don't hold your breath though - it could be months before you actually see the finished article but I'll certainly have fun making it.

What do you do for relaxation in the evenings? 

Welcome to my new followers Bella, Kathy, Patricia, Amanda, The Tasmanian Minimalist and She wouldn't believe it.

A host of....

 

 

 

...Golden daffodils - don't you just love them?

 

 

 

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

 

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay;

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

 

William Wordsworth, 1770-1850

 

 

My daughter E gave these to me when I returned from hospital on Monday and they really did brighten my day. I just want to say a huge thankyou to all my dear blogging friends for all your kind thoughts and wishes for my recent eye surgery. All was well - I had my tear ducts syringed - and have a couple of black eyes to prove it!

 

Have a great weekend and be back soon