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SPRING WHERE ART THOU?

On an extended vacation methinks.  Well at least I have tulips.


I really wanted two bunches of yellow tulips, but they only had one bunch left, so purple it was. I think I'm converted!


Loving the light through the purple petals.


Mid-week we made plans for today, to go to Wells and stuff our faces with street food, but the wee beastie storm had other ideas.  The wind started howling down the chimney again and snow started to flutter past the windows.  To be honest, I was quite happy with that as I had plenty to crack on with at home and wouldn't feel the guilts.

It's a far cry from last weekend, when we journeyed down to the New Forest to see our gorgeous girl and her lovely boy who were having a short break holiday with the kids and his parents.  We haven't met his  parents yet as they are a six hour round trip away.

The journey there using the Satnav.......what a fiasco, but strangely hilarious... and long.   In fairness, we did get taken through some picturesque little villages like Tollard Royal with it's thatched cottages and verges blanketed in snowdrops.  Occasionally,  I thought I could see grass growing in the centre of the one vehicle wide lanes it took us down.  I fully expected to end up in a field,  but we got there in the end. We phoned the girl and boy to announce our arrival and were informed that they had popped into the nearest village to buy supplies.  They suggested  we pop straight to the lodge, where they were staying, and introduce ourselves to his Mum and Dad, so we did.  It was such a relief that his parents were such lovely people,  you felt at home immediately. We spent a wonderful afternoon, the kids organising Charades, much to Mr.'s horror (he did play along in the end).  We all had a few glasses of wine, apart from poor Mr., which always helps in my book.  The girl and boy put on a lovely spread of continental meats, cheeses, olives and bread, which helped to negate the booze.  Even the sun decided to make an appearance!

We decided not to take the dogs because my sister offered to dog sit. She had a pleasant time too she said. When at home, she always has household chores calling her and it was great to just sit, relax and read.

Oh, and I had a great Mother's Day! Because the boy had to take his girls back to their Mum on the Sunday, which if they'd driven back to ours, would have been a six hour round trip, I celebrated on the Monday. We had a fantastic day together and I was very spoilt.

Well, I've  digressed a bit there from today's goings on. However,  I can tell you that Fanny the Featherlight is out of mothballs,  as I plan to do a bit of sewing in order to finish my project bag Wip.  Hoping my next post will feature it!

Fanny the Featherlight, my little beauty!
Hope your day wasn't ruined by adverse weather conditions.

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