Jennieworld Today

So, only three more school days before my children break up for the Easter holiday. I’m going to be on the look out for places to take them, and activities to do. I’m really hoping that the weather improves, although my father tells me that the weather is due to get colder over the weekend. So we’ll have to wrap up warmly! Something which is a possibility this weekend is a trip to Cosmeston Mediaeval Village, which is hosting a re-enactment again, like the one we went to last year. We all had such a good time there before, so that’s a strong possibility. Another option is the Heath Park Miniature Railway, which usually has an open day or two at Easter time. Anyone else got any good ideas to pass on to me?

Something else that I plan to do is to make a great big chocolate cake for Sunday, to celebrate the end of Lent. We’ve both done really well in keeping away from chocolate, sweets, biscuits and cake since Shrove Tuesday, so we’re both looking forward to ‘breaking our fast’ on Easter Day.

It was such a nice day outside this morning, so I had a quick walk around the garden to see what was ‘new’ since the last time I took my camera outside. Lots of buds and little flowers where there weren’t any last week, reminding me that warmer weather and longer days are (surely!) getting closer.

This is a close up of a couple of buds on our magnolia tree outside our front windows. Unfortunately, the tree took a bit of a battering in the winds and storms of last week, but hopefully these will still come into bloom soon. I love the scent of a magnolia blossom.

Finally, when I saw these daisies with their bright, clean faces peeping out from under the top-heavy stems of the daffodils, I couldn’t resist snapping a quick picture. It’s not my best photo, and I should have spent more time positioning it better, but I just loved the two flowers together so much, I couldn’t leave it out.

I hope that you are lucky enough to see such glorious evidence of the earth waking up after the winter wherever you are. If not, I hope that these photos will bring you a little joy, a ‘virtual garden’, if you like!