Bluebells

Started a bit straggly but the blue intensifies as each week goes by - should be at full throttle by early May.

Daffodils

All flowers are early this year. This lot were really showing off - hundreds of em.

Spring begins to bloom

A bit of a lag after the snowdrops, then suddenly it all starts happening...dandelions in massive profusion, primroses thick on the ground, and flaking the primroses , the violets - not so many but demaning attention, like the zebra to the wildebeast.

Herons have babies

The herons have been busy. We have found four blue eggshells - about the same size as hens eggs below their nest in the island wood.

The Brothers - 2 yrs old english setter /german pointer cross

The house-sitters cottage

The one storey cottage, from the south


Through conservatory, to front door.

Sitting room corner - with wood burning stove (and Olly)
Out of the front door

Bedroom/sitting room door
View into grannys yard

View from the kitchen window

Conservatory


Kitchen
Sitting room desk
Second sitting room desk
Bedroom

Raiding the attic - Great Granny's dresses

Norah Burbury - great grandmother and society grande dame - a debutante in the Thirties, at Bletchley Park in the Forties, and retired to bed in the Fifties. We have some of her dresses, incredibly glamourous, if a little shabby with time - and had a bit of a fashion session this weekend. Fine for parties, but when o when are we going to have use of the ermine parasol complete with little tails? Here's a few tasters: