
This time last year we were still adjusting to life under the very first lockdown, and it’s such a contrast to have the world opening up after another three month lockdown and nature waking up after a long, cold winter. We’ve spent a lovely Easter bank holiday weekend strolling through parks, playing in the garden and visiting family.
It’s been a while since I’ve written about our garden, but we’ve continued working on it right through the winter months, replacing the fence separating our garden from our neighbours’, constructing more pemanent raised beds and building a summerhouse. We’ve already enjoyed morning coffees and evening meals in the summerhouse, and it’s such a lovely spot of shade in our sun-trap garden.


The daffodils I planted last autumn have begun to flower, providing a burst of yellow sunshine under the window, and it won’t be long until they’re joined by the tulips. As the daylight lengthens and the weather improves we’re spending more and more time outside, and our daughter has taken to bringing us her shoes and coat whenever she wants to toddle around the garden, play hide-and-seek in the summerhouse or fly on her swing.


We’re still regular visitors at our local parks, and the cycling seasons is obvious there too as the Greylag geese that spent winter in the pond have flown North again, and the bare trees have burst into blossom.
Yesterday, we took a trip slightly further afield to Rouken Glen and combined a walk around the park with our first trip to a garden centre this year, where we bought a plum tree and I went a bit wild stocking up on seeds.


We’ve had a strange combination of sunshine and low temperatures over the past few weeks but despite the cold, spring has definitely sprung and I’m so grateful for the changes in nature and the gradual easing of lockdown restrictions. Take care, and have a lovely week. X
Lovely photos and your Summer house looks great, I can just imagine how perfect it must be for enjoying a cup of something hot out there whilst admiring those daffodils. Cold here too today but sunshine shining through. π
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Mere minutes after I hit publish, we had a little flurry of snow – no idea where it falls from when the skies are blue! βΊοΈ The summerhouse is lovely, just need to paint and furnish it now. X
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It really is wonderful to be outside again with a tiny bit of freedom. Lovely photographs.
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Thanks. I don’t think it’s healthy or natural to be cooped up inside all the time, I’ve been so grateful for our little garden and our parks during the pandemic but looking forward to a bit more freedom to travel in the near future. Hope you’re keeping safe and well. X
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Loving the summerhouse, you are making really good progress in your garden x
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Thanks. We’re about to get our kitchen extended so expect the garden to be an inaccessible mess this summer. π Xx
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