à bientôt

Tomorrow morning my Hb and I will be flying off on our hols and after all the upheaval of new kitchens and decorating and wedding planning we are so looking forward to a relaxing ten days on the French Riviera. This will be our sixth time there so you will have worked out that we like it down there. We will be able to get our batteries recharged for the final run up to the wedding.

I thought I would share a few garden photos with you before I go, I expect there will be big changes in the garden while I’m away, everything is growing like mad now!!!!

Look after yourselves my friends, I’ll ‘see’ you soon!

à bientôt

 

Blossom

The blossom on my cherry tree this year has been beautiful, sadly it’s also fleeting, I just wish it would stay around for a little longer.

The windy, wet weather we have been having of late hasn’t really helped either, there has been lots of blossom confetti flying around the garden.

As always my garden has been inspiring my crafting…….

I’d like you all to meet Blossom, she has been made in the colours of blossom and has lots of blossom on her little skirt.

I can’t believe it’s been over a week since I last blogged, my time, sadly, is not my own at the moment! With wedding business and decorating there just hasn’t been time for taking photos, blogging or even bunny making!!!

I expect it’s going to be like this for a few more weeks (the wedding is 7 weeks on Wednesday), we have thankfully a little holiday in between times, sooooo looking forward to that!

Thanks as always for dropping in and have yourselves a wonderful week!

 

Saturday Already?

Just thought I’d pop in before the week completely disappears!

It’s been a bit of a crazy week around here, I’ve had a painter in the house and absolutely nothing is in it’s correct place, in fact I’m ready to run away!!! We have had quite a few rooms painted and furniture, cushions, curtains and ornaments have been moved from room to room and to be honest I’m not quite sure where to start to put things back in their place! It’s all such a mess, on the plus side though I do have lovely freshly painted walls!

We have also been seeing to some wedding things this week too, just over 8 weeks now until the big day.

So with all that has been happening garden time has been in short supply but there are still lovely things springing into life out there.

Crafting time has suffered as well with not one bunny finished this week!!!

Anyhow we have a long weekend here in the UK and with my Hb here at home for an extra day, I’m sure between the two of us we’ll knock this house into shape again.

Hoping the sun is shining on you all and from the handsome Charlie and myself, happy weekend!

 

Bees & A Butterfly

How beautiful has it been today, just look at that sky!!

I really love these daffodils that have bloomed this week, the centre is such a pretty colour.

My flowering currant is now in bloom too.

It’s not just me enjoying the sunshine and flowers though, there are all sorts of bees and buzzy things out there today!

Bees are so difficult to photograph, it’s not hard to work out why they are called busy bees! Yesterday I signed a petition to ban the pesticides that are killing our bees. We need to help to protect these little creatures!

I haven’t actually seen any butterflies yet in the garden but this little one has appeared at Green Rabbit HQ.

When I finished this little lady, I wanted to give her a name associated with butterflies as she has butterflies on her skirt and her bow and her cardigan is fastened with one too. After a little bit of research I found out that Vanessa is the genus of butterfly that the beautiful Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) and Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) butterflies belong to, so Vanessa it was!

Hope the sun has been shining on you today too!

Happy Tuesday!

 

April Greens

I really cannot believe that April is almost at an end, how on earth did that happen!!!

The most noticeable thing that April has brought with it, is a bit of warmth and that along with the rain has resulted in so much greenery in the garden and so many shoots and flowers sprouting up everywhere.

Not only is it lovely to see the garden growing but also lovely to be able to get out there and enjoy it, between showers that is!

I really am enjoying the flowers, winter has been long and it is good to see them. The little narcissus with the orange centre in the above photo has the most amazing scent.

Well this little lady is not so much April greens but a green April! With her fresh green and white colours I have named her April. She has tiny black beads along the bottom of her cardigan to match the centres of the flowers on her skirt, they remind me of seeds.

So another weekend just around the corner, I hope it’s a wonderful one for you all!
Thanks as always for dropping by!

Happy weekend!

 

Tawny

It was so beautiful at lunchtime today, sitting out in the garden, sun shining, cats at my feet, washing drying on the line!

Guess what it’s doing this evening though ~ raining!! There’s no sitting outside, no sun, no cats (they have more sense) and the washing is dripping on the line because I thought it was only going to be a shower and left it!

I suppose that’s April for you, sunshine and showers!

I’ve been a lucky girl again, when the lovely Emma Varnam held a giveaway on her blog to win a signed copy of her new crochet book Crocheted Keyrings & Charms, I just had to join in and you’ve guessed it, I won. It’s a gorgeous book and it even has a little rabbit bag charm, what more could a bunny lover want!

Well I have managed to get at least one of the little cardigans from earlier in the week onto a bunny!

I’d like you all to meet Tawny.

Tawny is named after a beautiful little owl and she has little owls all over her skirt and her cardie is fastened by one too.

Another weekend almost here again, I hope you all have a lovely one and lets hope the weather behaves itself for all of us! Thank you all for your visits and your lovely comments which I always enjoy reading.

Happy weekend!

 

Springing

Isn’t this spring weather holding up nicely, it is in this little corner of the UK anyway!

It’s not however as warm as the weekend was, the wind has turned quite chilly again, so the gardening has been mostly of the greenhouse variety. When the sun’s shining it’s very cosy in there!

So cosy I always have a little friend in there with me, Lily loves to be with me when I’m in the greenhouse.

Activities though are still mostly indoor ones and I have been busy with my hooks!!

Have a good rest-of-the-week!

 

Paloma

This was the sky late this afternoon, I’m almost afraid to say it but I think spring may be thinking about staying with us. Now it was still quite chilly but if you could find a little sheltered spot there was some warmth in the sun.

The forget-me-not’s are just beginning to open and there is quite an abundance of daffodils in bloom now and the evenings, oh the evenings are lovely, still light until almost 9 o’clock. The thing I love most about the longer evenings is listening to the blackbirds singing, you can tell that they’re happy too. So I think we can safely say this time that spring has sprung!!!

On the subject of birds, I have a new little bird to share with you!

This little lady with her whites and greys reminded me so much of a little dove that I named her Paloma! I know the photos look like I have turned them to black and white but no, those are her colours. I’m actually quite jealous of Paloma with her Orla Kiely skirt!!! Her cardigan is crocheted in grey cotton and she is made from an angora mix yarn so she is soft and fluffy.

Well let’s hope this lovely weather sticks around for a little while longer, I purposely didn’t look at the weather forecast because if it’s not good I don’t want to know!

Thanks as always for you visits and lovely comments and have yourselves a wonderful weekend!

 

Daph & Dilly

The daffodils are coming out all over the garden and I’m now remembering where I planted all those bulbs last autumn! They’re certainly looking a lot happier than when I last photographed them in the rain.

Of course I couldn’t let the daffodil season pass without making some daffodil girls!

I’d like to you all to meet my new springtime girls, their real names are Daphne and Dilys but they like to be know as Daph and Dilly.

They are all dressed up in yellow and green and their little skirts are covered in their favourite flowers.

Dry and sunny here today but still very chilly, at least when you’re inside looking out it does look like spring out there!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

 

Birthday Girl

Despite a rather wet and windy Saturday, spring is still happening out in the garden, bless them they just keep on going no matter what the elements throw at them.

Poor little daffodils hanging their heads in the rain!

Not only do I enjoy making bunnies, I enjoy buying them too! This pretty little thing is Pip and she has been made by the very clever Nicky from The Vintage Magpie, isn’t she gorgeous! You can find more of Nicky’s wonderful creations here.

As far as my own bunnies are concerned well I have been making some little springtime skirts this week, hopefully next time you see these they’ll be on some springtime bunnies!

And the title of my post, well today is my daughters birthday and we are all off out tonight for a family meal!

Happy Birthday Lyndsey, wishing you a wonderful day!!! xxx

Before I go I would like to thank the lovely Christina of From The Hearth Room for awarding me the Super Sweet Blogger Award, that was very sweet of you Christina!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and manage to see and feel a touch of spring and to all mothers everywhere, Happy Mothering Sunday!