Spring
Spring a time of new growth and rebirth. How does Spring make you feel? I like the warmer days and being able to open windows and put washing out on the line!
I don't like the dilemma of deciding whether to turn off the heating for the rest of the year or putting it on just for 20 minutes in the morning to heat up the bathroom. We live in a cottage which has next to nothing in the way of insulation so we have blankets and extra heaters everywhere and we all own thermal underwear and socks! The bathroom is freezing as it is a dorma built later onto the 1790's timber frame. Plonking your derrière on a cold seat is bloody horrible, so the warmer weather is most welcome.
Yesterday we went for a walk to a Woodland Trust property nearby and saw our first bluebells of the year. There were also Wild Primroses growing and a Chiffchaff singing away in the treetops. There were also lambs and we ending up rescuing 6 lambs who had got themselves the other side of the fence because some idiot had left the gate to the field open. Remember the Countryside Code for the UK
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| Chiffchaff |
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| Bluebells |
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| Spring Lambs |
The gorgeous Cherry Blossom has all gone now leaving pink carpets on the streets and darker pink leaves behind. We have a lot of blossoming trees where we live and they look absolutely stunning when they are heavy with blossom. Another beautiful Spring tree is the Magnolia. I've always wanted one, but we have a concrete garden (in a cottage - how crap) and I don't know how well it would flower in a large pot.
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| Cherry Blossom |
The daffodils and hyacinths are also dying off although I have some Winston Churchill variety that are all just flowering with double heads. I am leaving all the greenery on the daffodils until Monty Don on Gardeners World tells me it is OK to chop them back :-)
We have had some very warm weather in the South East of England. We went down to Seasalter last week and it was 25 degrees. People were dressed in shorts and t-shirts in April. What happened to April showers?
Yesterday at Tankerton beach it was so windy that my ears actually hurt from the cold and the temperature was only 12 degrees.
Why do British love to talk about the weather? I think it is because we don't get a gradual temperature rise. It goes from being cold to hot and then hot to cold again within days. Our sensitive skins can't cope with it!
So here's to BBQ's and evening walks along the beach, ice-creams and reading in the garden.
Welcome Spring!
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Hello, Here from the A-Z. Spring is a beautiful season everywhere, more so if you're lucky to live in the country/have easy access. The bluebell photo is especially lovely.
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Nilanjana.
Madly-in-Verse
Thank you. Yes the bluebells are gorgeous at the moment and the scent is glorious. x
ReplyDeleteVisiting from A/Z; such pretty pictures of spring you shared here :) I know what you mean about putting the heat on or not. The house warms up during the day and cools down at night; we don't usually need the heat during the night, but do put it on for the hour we're getting showered and dressed in the morning to take the chill off. Soon I'm sure we will be turning on the air conditioner :)
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Oh I miss my air conditioners! We had two at our old house, but moved to a Grade 2 listed property in a conservation area so we can't install any here. We are south facing but the dorma bathroom is north facing so freezing!! Roll on summer for a warm bathroom, but then a boiling bedroom lol x
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