Sunshine Weekend

YAY! What a fab sunny weekend!

The sun is even shining here this morning, although it was a crisp frosty start to the day (more de-icer needed!) it is Soooooo lovely to have the sun shining on Essex again :-D

We spent a much needed afternoon in the garden on Saturday (after taking little miss to see TANGLED – FAB film!).

(notice the missing tooth in the pic below!)

It’s been looking a little bit worse for wear outside, but it’s very exciting now that everything green & colourful is starting to spring up!

The cherry tree is starting to blossom, and even the jasmine I thought I had killed, as it had done NOTHING since we put it in this time last year, is starting to look like it’s ALIVE again!

I had ONE Chrysanthemum survive the snow & ice this year…

Shame the same can’t be said for my chilli plant (which I SHOULD have brought indoors before it turned cold) and ALL my lovely Fuschias which all turned brown & shrivelled up in the bitter December we had…

We even have some growth on the edible plant front:

With white radishes (that I’ve actually decided I don’t like! any recipes ideas to disguise them would be great!)

Winter/Spring Cabbages

and Lambs Lettuce (which I thought would never survive the blanket of snow!)

Then on Sunday we visited the local Pets Corner, a regular feature on my blog!

Where we saw some week old chicks!

Then we went to feed the ducks:

and after taking the above… I was AMAZED to spot this handsome fellow lurking in the background!

So I crept closer to get a better shot – how impressive!

Hope you all had a great weekend too?

Rose XXX