the winter garden

It seems odd to talk about winter when we are bouncing towards spring with a hop, skip and a jump but I’ve really noticed in the past few weeks, all that is flourishing in the garden amongst all the plants that have shut down for the winter months.

Made even more lovely, no doubt, with the few frosty mornings we’ve had of late. 

Last year our garden was bulldozed and blitzed and made lovely, shiny and new, giving us a veritable blank canvas for planting. 

Quite a daunting task to undertake and it is still a work in progress as we wait to see if everything will flourish in harmonious abundance in the borders of our cottage style garden.

little april showers

This afternoon the biggest darkest cloud slowly moved over the skies above us looking a little bit like the alien spaceship in Independence Day.

I even put down my cup of tea {never happens} and stared out of the window in an end-of-the-world disaster movie type of way....

the washing on the line {that had been hanging there for a week} almost seemed to sigh here we go again...

the cats began to regret scratching at the back door to go out a few minutes earlier.

and, suddenly remembering that I’d sent the little lady off to nursery without her wellies,

and with barely a flicker of the new boys sleepy baby blonde lashes...

the april showers lashed down, there was even hail and a bit of thunder... 

and I grabbed my camera and headed into the waterlogged garden.

Ooh, I do love a great British downpour, don’t you?

Happy wellie wearing weekend. x

✴ green living

I'm loving the green that surrounds us. Everything is thriving from the fabulous sunshine and although the garden is lacking in colourful blooms {must do better next year...} I'm learning to love the green and the leafy.

Jasmine leaves in a tiny glass bottle and small ribbon-tied bunches of ferns are making my heart sing this week. 

The botanical greeneries and crisp white linen make me think of an Edwardian parlour, I'm not sure why but there it is. 

So gloriously glorious and springy are the green and white hues, a perfectly elegant and cheap way to decorate a room and so very weddingy too! 

There I go again, obsessed with all things weddingy....

All things green....

ferns and jasmine from a shady nook in the garden,

transferware sauce boat from a nearby charity shop and a gift from a thoughtful friend 

{thank you Miss S.}

Burleigh chinese style bowls {x 2} in pale green 'Asiatic Pheasants' pattern, local charity shop £3

home grown and home made pea shoot and walnut pesto, recipe here.

{I used old baby food jars, which are a perfect size for pesto and improvised jampot covers with fairy cake cases!}

More Flea Market Finds here

Also, still time to enter my giveaway I will draw winners next week.

Sorry if you have had trouble commenting, blogger was a bit disturbed last week and I fear I have a lost some comments in the process. Hopefully now normal service is resumed {because wasn't it a pain?!!!}