Joys of Spring

Yes, it's chilly here. Had managed without heating (after the early morning two hours) until the evening fire for a couple of days, but the NE wind yesterday changed all that. It hasn't rained yet today though.

There was what I think of as a 'lek' of herring gulls cavorting above us this morning . They've quietened down now.

Hello Bags , another sparkling day in Kintyre. Still that nip in the air. Missed you today. Hope all is well with you.

yes, all fine. Trundled to the local (ahem) metropolis around the loch to pick up DD2. Popped into a hardware shop for a cobweb broom after parking the car and walked up to the station with it. So as soon as she came out of the railway station she new instantly that that strange looking woman waving a broom in the air was who she was looking for: "That'll be my mum", she thought.

Lunch at 'Rivendell', as I call it, and chatter all the way home. She's being given a tour of the 'estate' by DD3 at the mo.

And I've started the Summer thread so look for me there in future.

Moving over right now........>>>>>>>>> but it's a cold start to those summer days.

Heard the cuckoo this afternoon whilst lying on a warm wooden bench in the middle of NT parkland, watching fantastic cloud patterns against a blue April sky.

Bluebells lovely too.

I am NOT posting on a 'Summer' thread yet! Talk about wishing your time away!

Fab!

Lovely image jings! We are very lucky to have a cuckoo hunting in the field next to our house. Just watched him catching huge fat caterpillars one after another. Must have phenomenal eyesight because he's hunting from a telegraph wire and finding them in long grass and last year's dock stems.

Just seen the first flowers on my lilac tree , white , my favourite , so pretty and lovely perfume although it is stronger when the sun is out which it appears to be doing at the moment

Nonu Lilac is an all time favourite of mine. I would love to have it grow in our garden. Sadly, the salt air and strong winds dictate otherwise.

Soop that is such an annoying thing when you can"t grow something because of various reasons . I find that several types of plants don"t grow in our garden very well

We left two lilacs behind in our old garden. They were originally supposed to be dwarf, for use in containers! One of them grew to twelve feet, the other to eight! It was my mother's favourite - she always cut lilac for the house.

Lilac lovers, have you read Elizabeth von Arnim's books, starting with Elizabeth and her German Garden? I think you'd like them.

Bags I take a look in the library when next we're in Campbeltown.

You can borrow mine, soop!

Bags Yes please. Grand to be able to say...see you soon. Such a treat!