A tiny bit of fun...

Leading up to Christmas, we looked at the not insubstantial
collection of wooden diggers, trucks and trains around the
playroom and decided something different was called for.
So this year, we took a bit of a gamble and
decided to give our two little boys a dolls house.

My dad very kindly agreed to make it and duly set to work.
The results were I must say rather lovely.....

I had a most enjoyable time making little bits and pieces,

buying a few items of furniture and a most beautiful tiny

family to live there.

And the result???? A dolls house that has been enjoyed by both

boys, perhaps a little more by the smaller of the two, but none

the less a welcome change from diggers....

Not in the least, I suspect for their mother.....

And the new little occupants you ask? How are they fairing?

Well its amazing what interesting little parallels develop......

Mama doesn't say, but I think she secretly wishes the

baby would go to sleep a bit earlier......

And the tree, now that the presents have been opened,

is looking a bit forlorn....

I suspect grandma and helper are planning

a bit of post Christmas fabric shopping

whilst the sales are in full swing.

Grandpa is quite frankly wondering where

his next meal is coming from....

And the boys have their own plans for the garden,

branches that need to be pruned and mowing to be

done.





All in all, I think they are hoping for a bit

of peace and tranquility to settle into

the new year and enjoy the beauty of their

new abode.

With two busy little boys at the helm,

I don't fancy their chances,

but we can but hope.......

Spring days.....

Then there is a sunny day.....and everything suddenly seems
to burst forth. We find ourselves making spring garlands,
feeling the sun on our bare arms and feasting on soursobs.
Something inside me seems to relax, the door opens and we
bask in a few days of early spring sunshine.




Out come our little spring fairies, dancing in a circle in the
breeze and joining the celebrations. Every spring they hang
over our kitchen table. I didn't make them myself, but every
year I feel so grateful that somebody did......





Then one morning my children wake up to discover that
'little king winter' has left the nature corner.....and spring
has come. I feel glad that simple things create such
excitement in their lives!





......And of course then it rains....and I remember that:
"Rough winds do shake the darling buds of may......."

Happy early spring !

Living on the cusp.....

I dearly love the first tiny fledgling shoots of a new spring.....
That moment when I realise that I am on the cusp of two seasons
....not quite in either....just yet.... but with all the infinite possibilities that a new season seems to bring.
Especially spring, those first little green shoots......




The first tentative spring craft projects.......





.... The magic in the garden, which inspires it all.....





And the promise of more.....