Sweet Spring!!

Bea made me laugh. I showed her Penny’s beautiful camelia so she said I want camelias, magnolias and dahlias!

Anyway for now our tulips and daffodils are already starting to look limp!

Have a nice evening xx

Fran

[skischool]

Very colourful my happy friend and not looking half as limp as the poor little field mouse that Scruffy ruthlessly hunted down this morning in our garden amongst our lilac heather.blooming feral cat.............Ski's and a wild animal xx

[Hidden in reply to skischool]

😃😃 poor Scruffynounete and hunted mousy xx

[Annie31 in reply to skischool]

Cats will be cats!!

[Hidden in reply to Annie31]

That’s what I told him before, instinct! I will have a collection of lizards soon inside the house🐾🐾 so many gifts 🎁!!

[sassy59]

Enjoy your evening too Fran and your garden looks really pretty.

It’s been a lovely day today and I can’t wait to plant summer bedding. Xxx 🌞👍

[Hidden in reply to sassy59]

Thank you Carole. It will come xx 😊💕

[Dubba61]

How nice the little Pansies look peeking through! Lovely sunny day here and Magnolias are coming into flower. 😊👍🌻shops have Summer bedding plants in already. No! I will not be tempted! 😊

[Hidden in reply to Dubba61]

Ahhhh you noticed the pansies..😉 I’ll tell Bea about the magnolias!! She emptied the coffee table and is working on a huge puzzle. Aria is perched up on the sofa with a paw hanging down.

A little temptation is good for you xx

[Dubba61 in reply to Hidden]

Ahh bur, i,m far to easily tempted. 😊👍x

[Hidden]

Your garden looks a pretty show Fran all lovely colours. I'm afraid I cheated yesterday I bought two imatation pansy hanging baskets at least i won't have to water them. It's been a lovely day here. Enjoy your evening to Fran. Majt 😀 🌺 🌷 🌻

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Thank you Majt a little cheating is as good as a little temptation 😉🌸🌼☀️

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Hi Fran, I'm afraid I am trying to find somethings that makes life a little bit easier these days. It's been a nice day today so hope we are in for nice weather. Take care Fran Majt 😎 💞 🌺 P.S. hanging basket are now out on show. 👍

[Annie31]

Still very pretty though Fran!

[Hidden in reply to Annie31]

Thank you Annie!😊They have opened out all at once. I don’t like when they fade..

[Annie31 in reply to Hidden]

I must admit I'm not mad about tulips except for their colour but do love pansies - it's their little faces!!

[Hidden in reply to Annie31]

Little faces smiling back at you 😊

[Yatzy]

Happy Springtime, Fran 🌷☀️🌷 It has been a really lovely sunny day today here, and I thought we had to wait till Monday. Bless your Bea, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as is said...and I behold and love your tulips and daffodils too. Lovely fresh spring flowers! 🌷🌼🌷 xxxx

[Hidden in reply to Yatzy]

Same to you my friend Penny. Thank you for Bea. I think it will mean another trip to the garden centre 😉

Nighty night 💤😘

[Yatzy in reply to Hidden]

Always a pleasant trip! 🌻🌹🌸🌷🌺 Nighty night, Fran x

[breatheeasy1]

Hi Fran another beautiful picture of flowers...I'm so jealous of everyone's gardens! Thank you for sharing. Nice to see Bea is feeling positive and sunny, and things are looking up😊. Hope you are both well...lots of love xxx

[Hidden in reply to breatheeasy1]

Hi Anne, 🌷

I thought Spring would come all at once once the snow and frost lifted. We have waited for warmer and brighter days this year!! ☀️

Yes Bea is a girl on a mission with ideas blooming as fast as our garden flowers! 😃🌼Im getting house and garden magazines on the bed and promotions leaflets from the garden centre!!

I’ll be finding Aria chasing Bantams soon 😃

Sleep well Anne 😴💕

[breatheeasy1 in reply to Hidden]

It's amazing the effect the sun has isn't it? It's been such a long winter😧. I'm glad Bea is full of ideas😊.

Have a good day today dear Fran xx

[Hidden in reply to breatheeasy1]

Hi Anne 🌸

Yes... sun is out today again, sitting on the sofa looking at the garden..

Bea is watching a live concert from Beyonce on tv via youtube..Such a beautiful woman but the words coming out of her mouth..I have definitely aged musicwise although I had promised myself I would never be like Mum who used to come in and tell me to turn it down 😂 so I am keeping quiet and so is Aria! We know better 😉

I bet you get a lot of this with the girls 😃

Have a lovely Sunday xx

Fran

[breatheeasy1 in reply to Hidden]

Hi no sun here yet, Charlotte says Siri (?) predicts rain today. I hope he's wrong!

Yes Charlottes music taste is nothing like mine...loud guitars, make up on the men, and screaming...it makes me feel instantly stressed! As devils advocate I pointed out the similarities between her music and classical music...and she turned it off! Reverse psychology makes me laugh!

I'm glad to hear Bea is enjoying some music and staying 'upbeat' though😊. xx

[Yatzy in reply to breatheeasy1]

No sun here either, and rain looking imminent....Siri’s right maybe! I’m still believing in sun on Monday!! ☀️

Your talk of the music of the younger ones takes me back to when we had our three, all in separate bedrooms, with their own loud and separate music booming away...doors shut so that they could reject us all....!! We were in an old Edwardian semi at the time, and Angela, our lovely neighbour from next door, came round to apologise for her teenage son’s rowdy choice. I said come in for a coffee, and you’ll know why we’ll never hear it!!! Happy days, really....it seems a bit quiet sometimes now.

Our oldest granddaughter, aged 13, now up to the same tricks as her mum at that age, but I note Mum clamps earphones on her, so that it becomes a more private affair!! The world keeps turning! When they’re in my car though, once we’ve solved the argument of what music, it blares away again! 🎧🎼🎸🎹🎷 Just for a while....we soft Grandmas 🤩😍

Have a good Sunday, grey or sunny 💛❤️

[Hidden in reply to Yatzy]

Hi Ladies

Sending you some sunshine 🌞 ☀️

We just grilled some Cumberland sausages we got at Jim’s British shop and managed to set the ceramic cooker top on fire 🔥

It is all happening at Bea’s and Fran’s 😃

So I said heinz reduced sugar baked beans with all that fat

Have a good Sunday too xx

Fran

[Yatzy in reply to Hidden]

😋🤪 Ha! What a kerfuffle....! A very good brunch idea but do hope the ceramic top has recovered 💥🔥 Sounds very cosy at Bea’s and Fran’s otherwise 😸🙀😺 So glad you have the sun ☀️ rain here 🌨

We went to the nursery and I thought of Bea....I bought a cream camellia, just in case the move goes through....what would I do without it now?! Thanks for the tip, Bea and Fran 🌺🌼🌺🌿xx xx

[Hidden in reply to Yatzy]

Kerfuffle indeed!! 😃

Well now organising to see the psg match on the computer on silent as our President is talking tonight for the first time about the events which unfolded and I won’t dwell on here, but the whole country will be watching I expect. So forum off!!

Take care Penny xx

[Yatzy in reply to Hidden]

I’m leaving Man U to West Brom. We ought to win but not looking like it at the mo ⚽️🙀🙈 Enjoy PSG xxx

[skischool in reply to Hidden]

Are you going to listen to your not so popular French president or watch Psg,i think i know the answer to that one my happy friend xx

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Hi Fran enjoy your time with your magazines. Bea is having fun gathering lots of idea's. Enjoy your sausages. Majt X🙋

[megshafer]

Happylondon....how very beautiful...colourful flowers....makes one happy to view.

Thanks to you...hoping you and your fabulous kitties, are feeling very well....take care.

Megxx

[Hidden in reply to megshafer]

Hi Meg

Thank you for your nice words 🌸

Colourful nature is a treat!!

Take care xx

Fran

[Hacienda]

Lovely to see the Colours Fran. We had day One of Sunshine Yesterday, I recorded it in my Diary, Took some photos to send to Family, just to prove its Happening...Spring, at Least..In my memories this day for the last 3 years it had been 25o here in UK, this year the longest winter for 6 months and more. I did plant (hubby did) plant some Chrysanthamums , the frost killed them, Now they are very Limp, But, I think and Hope they may revive just like Myself at the Moment. Happy Sunday Fran,& Everyone else. Love n Hugs . Carolina XXXX

[Hidden in reply to Hacienda]

Haha..you made me laugh Carolina when you wrote you were recording a day of sunshine in your diary 😃 Dear me.. well the advantage of being in Switzerland is that after a usually very long winter it changes all of a sudden to a Spring/summery weather.

Un abrazo!!

Fran xx

[MoyB]

I love the spring flowers too and am waiting for our tulips to come out. Yesterday we went for a ride on the Bluebell Steam Railway and the embankments were covered in primroses and wood anemones. It was beautiful. How about some primroses for your garden too? xx Moy

[Hidden in reply to MoyB]

What a lovely journey 🌸Moy!

Too late for primroses here now, but I will include them in next year’s planning thank you 😊 xx

Fran

[helenlw7]

You’re tulips look much better than ours. We only have two left with flowers! Our puppy thinks they are there for his pleasure and amusement!

[Hidden in reply to helenlw7]

Haha..so funny Helen...Aria prefers leaves and live animals said Bea!!

So let my tulips survive!! Well the orangy ones are of poor quality but the pink ones are doing better.

[katieoxo60]

Good morning Fran, hope you are keeping well, the tulips are a lovely colour, mine are still in bud. Daffodils are wilting but Camellia is in full bloom. My giant pansies are flowering to give a beautiful array of colour however the birds ate all my seedlings have to remember to cover them in future. Time to do the first lawn mow its beautiful and luscious green. It's not so warm today. Keep well and take care x

[Hidden in reply to katieoxo60]

Hello Kate,

Thank you for your comment 🌼

Birds have been after my lawn seedlings too. It was covered with sparrows!! I said come on Aria, do your job you huntress! But she stretched and rolled on her back for a tummy rub, so that was that 😊

After nearly setting the kitchen on fire with the Cumberland sausages we bought locally, eating them with the reduced sugar baked beans, a real Sunday treat for us expats 😃, I needed to have a nap!

I have just emerged 😊..

I’m staying put in bed a little longer enjoying feeling relaxed and easy before I come out into the world again..

Take good care too xx

Fran

[skischool in reply to Hidden]

Well done Aria,don't let your mistress turn you back into a wild animal,retain your elegance and grace........Ski's and a grounded cat xx

[Hidden in reply to skischool]

😃😃Such a pacifist my friend Skis 🎿 and Poor grounded Scruffynounette xx

[katieoxo60 in reply to Hidden]

Funny how cats never chase the birds when you need them too Fran. Must be the week for burning food I fell asleep and burnt the potatoes , thank goodness for smoke alarms.Glad to hear you have had a Sunday lie in . I mowed the lawn before it rained. My back garden is like a meadow, but hard to mow as we mature Good old English rain is often against us too. Have a nice day ,take care , I'm out to meet someone today bye for now xxx