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When the ‘clocks change’ other things change too. The longer days bring with them an awareness of the accelerating Spring growth all around us, the mower comes out of the shed and once again the noisy rooks in the churchyard sit atop their swaying twiggy nests high up in the sycamore trees. Indoors we change the full-length heavy curtain hung across an old door in winter, for a light cotton flowery one just covering the glass panes in the top half of the door. The washing line is re-attached to the willow tree and the clothes prop is found and repaired, again!




 

It has been difficult photographing my work, which I do outside for light quality, due to the many days of rain and wind throughout the winter and early Spring. It should become easier now with the longer hours of stronger sunshine and hopefully calmer weather, which will brighten our days in every way! I add new work to my shop here every few days, and you can click the ‘notify when available’ button to be advised when an out of stock item becomes available again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The traditional rhyme speaks of March winds and April showers - we seem to have both today as I write this on the first of March. The winds are more like gales, the showers more like torrential rain! I took this photo in March a few years ago, honeybees feeding on the Alder catkins in our garden, so there is hope that Spring might not be too far away, although it is difficult to believe it today!




 

Kelmscott Manor, William Morris’ former home in Lechlade opens for visitors again in April, and as usual I am making a collection of my cards for their Gift Shop using William Morris fabrics and embroidery. I always enjoy this project at the start of the year. It is a beautiful house to visit if you are ever in the area.

 

There are signs of Spring despite the awful weather; the weeping willow is shimmering with a bright green haze of tiny leaves just beginning to appear, the chives are up and big enough to be snipped to garnish the Cullen Skink, and the bladed leaves of the irises are shooting up, taller every day. Next month we may hear the cuckoo – a joyful thought to gladden the heart!

 

 

 

 

 

 

A beautiful sunny morning to begin the new month! I have just photographed these snowdrops clustering around the old willow tree in our garden. They are such a joyful sight each year, and as Wordsworth writes in his poem To a Snowdrop:  ‘Welcome as a Friend’. Later in the poem he writes ‘Chaste Snowdrop, venturous harbinger of Spring, and pensive monitor of fleeting years!’

 

There are now other signs of Spring, like the drumming of the woodpeckers in the churchyard opposite our cottage, and I have seen a bluetit popping in and out of the bird box, just inspection and cleaning at this stage I imagine!

 



I have added more sale items to my shop here, to make way for new stock so do have a browse, maybe some reduced price Christmas cards to put away for next year. (They are in the Christmas shop, Christmas tab on Home Page).

 

As I watch the sun climb higher each day and the afternoons brighten, I am happily stitching bunnies and lambs once again whilst imagining the buzz of bees and joyful birdsong which are just around the corner! 

 

 

 

 

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