Looking out

I have moved this pot to the edge of our decking, much closer to where we sit and look out, the colours are stunning, and there are more bulbs to come, this is my pot of spring, I smile every time I see the blooms. 

There are so many spring blooms around my tiny plot, most grown in pots or my small bed made into the decking by the back door. I don't plant bulbs in the ground as my heavy clay rots them. Every year I add different things to my clay in hope I can break it down. 

I not sorry for showing this plant(s) again, I am so happy with the growth, the colours zing against the white background, it was a poorly placed door to the garage, hubby has covered it. 

Book 31 this year, I was given this book, I have read her before, it was an interesting plot about a crescent of homes and the people who live there, a bit light for me, with much too tidy ending, but it was enjoyable. 

We popped to Lidl's on Friday for weekend food, not a huge shop our store cupboards are full, this plant came home with me, it's a Bougainvillea, I've wanted one for ages and at £5.99 not a bad price. I'm keeping in my sunny office for a while, let it settle before potting it into a pretty pot. 

It has been much cooler here along the south coast, no frost and defiantly no snow, it was windy, which meant I did not sleep well on Wednesday night, my worry was the greenhouse with a pane of glass missing. Every thing in the garden including the greenhouse was good on Thursday morning, but it was colder, just above freezing, we even had the heating on for longer in the morning, something we have been avoiding. We did get icy rain for a while in the afternoon, lovely blue skies with a huge black cloud every now and then, the breeze ensured the clouds kept moving, everything was OK in my greenhouse. 

Friday lazy day at home, did housework top to bottom, I do like it clean before the weekend, old habits never change, we are both ultra tidy so not too much work, hubby made a marmalade cake. We did pop to shop for fresh food, then sat and read most of afternoon and evening, it was another bright sunny cold day after a very cold night. 

Today I am babysitting George and Molly whilst Will goes to a birthday party, I won't be rushing home afterwards, I want some catching up time with Will. Two of the friends we had lunch with on Tuesday have tested positive for covid, we both had negative test this morning. We are having home made pizza for tea tonight. 

I have seen a cross stitch I am thinking of starting, I have everything here I need, just need to purchase the pdf. I'm also going to make another Tunisian crochet lap blanket, using the hoard of 4ply cotton yarn I have.