Reasons to be cheerful........

The sun is shining here today and the signs of spring are on the way, the flower on my Amaryllis burst into a glorious bloom a couple of days ago 

I had a girly day yesterday with friends for lunch ,lots of good chat, we had tea and homemade cupcakes in the afternoon.  This cyclamen was a gift, thanks girls.

Flowers and Candy......

Anemones are one of my favorite spring flowers, they remind me of my eldest son, my other half brought a large bunch of these flowers into the hospital when he was born, it was February 1989, nearly 21 years ago. Can't believe my little boy is coming up to this age.

I have been a bit restrained on the book buying front of late but this week I have succumbed and bought two lovely sewing books, one by Poppy Treffey, I just love her work and was very impressed when I visited her stand at the 2009 Christmas Country Living Show. The other one is a Japanese Book, showing 120 designs to stitch. Like all books from Japan it is written in Japanese but luckily they have very good diagrams/instructions to follow, so hopefully I will manage.

My other indulgence buy was a book on cupcakes, from the famous http://www.primrosebakery.org.uk/ in Primrose Hill London.

No relation.

I just love looking at the luscious pictures, real eye candy. I am looking forward to trying some of these recipes out.

And finally some treats of my own, Last Friday's Treats in fact (22nd January) which are still sitting in my fridge, I forgot to take them into work. Everyone was dissapointed, sorry folks. Such a fool, can I blame my age on this one!!!! Hope I remember to take them next week.

Coconut and Pecan Iced Chocolate Layer

Getting ready for Celebrations.......

Later on this week we have a celebration in the Primrose Patch, I bought these flowers in preparation. I couldn't resist the gorgeousness of them . I just love the colour combinations. More of our celebrations later in the week.

Remember the Pussywillow I bought at Christmas, here it is still flowering, amazing.

Yellow Mellow.......

The signs of spring are everywhere, the chickens are laying again, the daffodils are just about out in the garden and I have a lovely display of Primroses at the front door.....happy days

Boiled eggs with solders for tea.... thank you chickens

Yummy double daffs, my favourites

A splash of colour to greet visitors to our home

Somethings to smile about after such a cold and dreary winter. Roll on the light nights too.