Signs of Spring

Spring has sprung, the grass is ris, I wonder where the sunshine is!

Well perhaps I am being a little optimistic in announcing that spring has reached our corner of the world. From reading other's words of wisdom, I know that the spring bulbs are starting to pop up everywhere, but in our special little micro-climate, surrounded as we are by steep hillsides, we are not quite out of winter yet. Only 13 miles away, the snowdrops are doing their thing and daffs are starting to push through the soil... here they seem to know that we haven't quite finished with the coldest of the weather yet and are waiting for it to be safe to make an appearance.

Still, I have plenty to be sunny about at the moment. My friend, Trina, gave me this lovely hyacinth yesterday which I have put into a hurricane glass and it is now sitting proudly on a chest of drawers. It is filling the front of the shop with it's heady aroma ~ heavenly!

In our office, Dave is doing his programming thing again today, he describes it as 'website brain surgery', so I am trying very hard not to disturb him too much. He really is so clever, I keep saying 'oh, can we just have this or that on the website' and without complaining that I keep changing my mind, he makes it happen. He's worth is weight in gold (& that's a lot of worth).

This evening I have planned a long, relaxing bath (with light!) and to finish my book. Mostly I want to do this as I have found another one that I want to start and I try not to start a new book before finishing the one I am reading. As I finished the last of my bath salts the other night (in the murky bathroom fiasco) I'm going to treat myself to a new bottle of lavender bath gel , make a big mug of tea and shut myself away for a couple of hours.

Hope you have a lovely weekend, chat soon, Liz