It's amazing what a difference a bit of sun and a blue sky makes.
My slightly unkempt and tatty Bamboo becomes positively tropical...
the Clematis Armandii pumps out enough fragrance to stop you in your tracks...
my favourite Snakeshead Fritillaries sway above...
the delicate Epimediums,
and the Primroses glow in the sun everywhere.
But this weekend wasn't just a wandering about, enjoying the sun type weekend - it was a productive weekend and it was the best sort of productive - the type you can really see!
Our parking space at the back of the house always produces a stunning crop of weeds the minute the spring arrives and usually I fight a loosing battle from about Easter. So this year I'm starting early and hoping to put down a membrane and cover it with gravel before the weeds get going again. This is half of the area cleared (and massively pepper dusted - pesky cats!) - sadly the other side is still weed packed.
That's next weekends job!
So after all that hard work a bit of sitting under the Olive Tree with a cup of tea was called for - I could almost have been in the Med!
I hope you all had a lovely weekend and that those mothers amongst you were spoilt rotten. I have a house full of gorgeous Cornish Daffodils - four vases of them, and I had my supper cooked for me and some chocolate for afterwards.
Thank you lovely offspring!
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