Sunshine. Cloudlesss sky. The daffodils under the kitchen window have finally opened, washing is billowing gently on the line, there's a coffee cup on the arm of the garden bench - it was so lovely, I had my breakfast out there. With one notable exception, every car in our road was washed yesterday. With one notable exception, everyone in the road cut their front grass (we each have a small patch about 6 foot square, let's not get too carried away with the enormity of their combined energy!). Of course, the sloth at number 1 is the exception, but you knew that. Mr Dunnit spent yesterday returning from a golf escape in Spain. Which you understand, fully explains why my car is still dirty and the lawn is un-mown.I love the promise of spring. I love the fat buds and bursting forth-ness of it all. I love the longer daylight hours. The dark doesn't make me ill or anything, but I'm happier with heaps of daylight - preferably sunshine. I rather like the changes that herald a new season, even though Winter is a trial for me. And I know that these seasons change on a regular calendar, laid down by some brilliant Roman some hundreds of years ago. I knew it was coming... but I'm not ready for Spring! I've got stacks to do inside that I haven't quite got around to yet, without having to take on the self-imposed guilt of the garden chores too! And one day of spring weather (really - it was 16C here yesterday!) bouncing through the windows of Casa Dunnit reveals more neglect that I can face! The windows need cleaning inside. The cushion covers and the bedspreads need washing. Oh you know. There needs to be some spring cleaning action. Oh and I think I'll probably forget to worry about going through the wardrobe...lordy, I hate that job so much! Then there's the toss up - once I've wrestled some 'free' time from the domestic guilt, do I craft which is what I want to do, or do I go into the garden. You see, the garden has been a building site for two years and last summer we started the great reclamation. Last year, I did figure out that I don't really like the gardening, although I'm more than happy to plonk about and do the clearing up type of work - edging, weeding, keeping it looking nice. I tried to explain it by saying that I use up my creativity indoors on my paper crafting habit, and therefore I don't really have enough creative energy left for the garden, dahlings! And then I got over myself and admitted that it's because I'm too lazy and too in need of ultra fast gratification to be a gardener. So, now I'm going to stop blethering, clean the one window that I need the sunlight to stream through, and get on with my cupcake cards. The garden will grow whether I'm working on it or not. The cupcake cards won't, but their deadline will grow nearer!
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You know I am totally the same about nice weather - there is always pressure to do outdoor activities when it is nice out. But I prefer my crafting. Hence the reason I sort of like rainy summer weekends!
Lovely weather I went out and left the gardening and the crafting.
i love spring too..wanna swap we're in auumn now..lol
What a great post - I recognise so much of my own life in there! I feel exactly the same as you about the garden - nice to keep it nice, but that's about as far as it goes. But the promise of Spring, and Summer beyond that... what bliss!
Loved all you blethering and the LO too. It truely depicts nature. Monday was a bit dull and wet here but today was glorious and my first Daffodils have now opened.. Spring is here.
fab photos on your LO!
I too thought, enough is enough, chores must be done..so last week, began the grind.....Interestingly, thats when I picked up the book....I went up one evening to sort out my wardrobes...opened, groaned (me)...and then I remembered the book I'd finally picked up from behind my bedside table earlier that day....The wardrobes are still bursting at the seams and the book is a refreshing change and worth every penny of the £1.99 I paid at the Services on the way to Cornwall last year.
Re gardening....I'm envious (again).....we had big and then downsized our house and garden thinking life is about convenience and having fun, not weeding and spending half a day mowing it (not me)....so we went from 140ft to 25ft....and now hate every part of our outside space.....my vision of your garden seat with the coffee cup and your daffs outside the window made me NEED it back even more.....so enjoy your space....or give it to me....lol..or employ a gardener - £10 every week or so....could be worth every penny...xx
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