What has made you happy today?

Email from D in Oz, besides a phone-call the other morning from her.

Just thrown open a patio door to let the lovely evening air in, sunshine and blue sky half an hour ago. You can feel the difference in the breeze----it's not an icy blast !

Finding my car keys after several days of looking for them - they were in my DDs coat pocket, despite everyone swearing blind they hadn’t seen them. Can’t tell you how pleased I am!

Getting out into the garden today to clean the mini greenhouse, check the plants I'd overwintered in there to find most had survived (pelargoniums). I've trimmed away all the dead leaves and stems so that the new growth has room to breathe. Tomorrow I will sow some seeds. That had been my plan today, but the cleaning and checking took longer than I thought it would.
It has felt like a very productive day. ?

Making meatballs with fresh beef mince

Making fleece covers for the raised vegetable beds with DH
Successfully trimming our JR's dew claws (she hates it)
Winning the family sweepstake (£14) in the virtual Grand National.

Two hours in the garden in the Spring sunshine, planting seeds and tidying up.

Being able to order warm Pjs for my grandson after a store which had closed over a week ago, mailed to say they'd opened online ordering again. Yipeee!

Watching the female Giant Otter on Animal Park being reunited with the mate she hadn't seen for a year. They were both SO excited to see each other.

Lovely walk with my dog in the woods and just got a Tesco delivery slot for next week.
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A long walk with my lovely husband in our beautiful forest, accessible from our house, seeing wild euphorbia, anemones and the beginning of some bluebells.

A hot bath when I got back.

Two large g and t's.

Texts from my daughter about our veg box which she has organised. A beautiful, caring girl.

Watching old episodes of Howards Way, reminding me of being a 'girl about town' in Southampton!!!

My daughter in law dropping off lots of fruit, I was down to 1 crinkly satsuma.

A peaceful walk along our little river. Blue sky, warm sunshine. very few people, loads of space, quietly running water. So lucky to have the river close by.

A decent nights sleep , for once , ( thanks to a sleep podcast ) . I managed to get a supermarket delivery, he’s just been , so thankful , I’ve been trying for weeks for a slot !

Picking wild garlic and discovering lots of recipes for it online. Foraged and free!

DD2 sent me her 42 page Annual Report for her funders for proofreading. Only a few minor things for correction, but lovely to feel useful for once.

Thank God for that Urmston - same here.
And husband went to our huge Tesco this morning - well stocked up. He bought a whole salmon (head and tail included).
Which I've now cut up , sans head and tail, into 5 pieces and now in plastic bags in our freezer.
Much smelly hands and mess.

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Seeing my babies getting bigger by the day, they never stop munching on the green stuff!

No Covid-19 symptoms affecting us. And all the family are symptom free too.

I hope to sleep well tonight.

Playing hide and seek with the GC via WhatsApp video!

Being alive
Feeling loved
Helping my daughter to sort out her overlocker
Chatting to another daughter on messenger
My trip home to sort some stuff out
Helping someone track their family tree
Eating homemade fruit cake
Watching episode 2 of my girl

Some lovely photos of my grandsons enjoying their home schooling.

A friend called to wish me Happy Birthday 24 days too early, it was lovely to chat and exchange views on our hair roots showing.

I have been trying every day to get a delivery online and they have always been full. Got one today! Delivery tomorrow

A friend has emailed me into a Poetry Swap. You are given an email address to which you send a favourite poem. Then you ask a number of friends to do likewise.
I sent a Stevie Smith poem to a woman I don’t know and received a lovely thank you from her.

I was phoned today by a school friend whom I haven’t spoken to since about 1992. We do exchange Christmas and birthday cards, but it was a lovely surprise to be phoned. ??

My walk today , accompanied by a robin who flew from tree to tree part of the way, singing his heart out with the joys of spring , it was lovely.