Firstly I must just say a big thank you to my children for giving me the best Mothers Day ever. A very well planned surprise ( I usually hate surprises) Alistair did an amazing job as well, keeping their arrival and collection from the airport all hush hush, with pre-arranged business meetings that I did not suspect at all. I feel very lucky to have such a marvellous family.
At last the sun came out and we managed to feel some warmth on our skin. We took the chance to get to a garden centre and start our revitalising scheme for the garden. I started planting yesterday and felt suitabley knackered last night. It has been a long wet winter and the garden needs some love and attention. The jet washer is out and I am going to work gradually around the terraces cleaning floors and pots as I go. I started yesterday at the front door and replaced the pots of last years geraniums with larger pots and beautiful dark red geraniums. The potatoes are just popping their heads through the soil and some veg seeds are now planted in old toilet roll centres - they seem to work extremely well for sweet corn. The lemon trees have now been given a strong citrus feed as some were looking very depleted with yellowing leaves as they have certainly produced a bumper crop this year. The house will go back on the market around the end of May and it should be looking dazzingly beautiful by then. We are off to another garden centre today as there is no stopping us now the sun is shining and I can get lots done when i have my ipod earphones in and can listen to great music as I work. Yesterday choice was, Ray Montagnue, Seth Lakeman, Santana and Florence and the machine.
Have just checked the weather forecast and showers are predicted for some of the coming days, Drat and fiddlesticks ( fiddlesticks is an underused word that I'm trying to incorporate into my sentences more)
Here are some lemony pics.