Sunday, March 30, 2014

Spring

The shock of missing an hours sleep is softened by waking up to Spring. I know spring officially starts in March but the weekend the clocks go forward always feels like the arrival of spring to me. 

I think the more severe the winter the more pleasant the coming of spring and with the storms we've all endured it makes it very sweet. Lambs are in the fields, flowers are popping up, the sun and the rain dance with each other and it's warm enough to leave my coat open when I'm walking the dogs. The days are filled with anticipation and the promise of summer just around the corner. Excuse the pun but it seems people have a spring in their step and things just feel more youthful. I love this time of year. 

We all think about doing a spring clean and shaking of the winter dust and it's the time of plans and projects. (I think that's a Leo Tolstoy quote) So I have a bit of energy to get stuck into some new projects. Luckily I went to the UK last week and came home will a van full of stuff to get my teeth into. With our new stock of Autentico chalk paint the possibilities are endless!

And although I didn't get to see mam today for mother's day (but thankfully I did see her last weekend) today was a great day. The weather was lovely and I was rather productive. I put up new curtains in the house to brighten it up a bit and painted an old desk I had. Tomorrow I will make a start on the new window display at the shop and probably move things around again. And at the end of the day I sat in the porch watching the sunset making my plans.  Over the next few months and we have some exciting stuff happening so watch this space…..