Come on Spring

It's always about this time of year that I start to dream of Spring, lighter evenings, warmer temperatures, just generally less ugh!! I know we're the right side of the Winter Solstice and the days are getting longer but I want them to hurry up already! 

In preparation - or to fake it for now - I've given my few plants some TLC

This is the before shot. The back row is a plant I picked up in Poundland, ages ago for 50p and somehow its still going! My miniature rose. A dead herb (can't even remember which one!) All are in charity shop pots and haven't be re-potted in an age - nor have they had new soil or any food!! The glass bulb at the front contains a succulent of some sort I got in Wilkos and the plant in the square pot was donated to me by N, again no idea what it is!

And here we have them re-potted - larger pots and new soil! The dead herb got binned! Unfortunately in the process of re-potting the little one I knock all it's leaves off so that may be heading in the same direction! All the plants then got new locations...

This little guy needs some friends (or maybe replacements!)

This one gets pride of place in my new planter from Leela on Magdalen Road

One on the photo shelf

Can you see the rose hiding on the bookcase? After doing all that I decided the planter out on the balcony fire escape needed some lovin' too so that got all the dead plants and live weeds pulled out, new soil put in and now it's ready for me to come up with a low level plant/bulb to put in it! No before pic but here it is after...

There is definitely something great about getting your hands dirty!

Well Hello There...

My last post was 31st December 2014 - how rubbish am I?

A friend mentioned a few months ago that they missed my blog (you know who you are!) I'm not entirely sure why but hey there's no accounting for taste!

Well, I thought I'd try again - no promises, no schedule, just random thoughts as and when. I may try to do the 'Lately' post semi-regularly and possibly start the 'Food Waste Friday' fridge photo's again but we'll see how it goes.

Has anything changed in the intervening 3 years...

I still have three jobs. 

I'm still living in the same place. 

I'm still trying to de-clutter and simplify. 

I still eat too much rubbish and drink way too much cherry coke! 

I gained another great niece. 

I went on an amazing cruise as a 40th birthday present to myself (now that's a post all on it's own!) 

I bought a bicycle from a friend and it's sat in the garage for a year!

I've spent a birthday and a Christmas at someone else house cat sitting.

I've laughed and cried and groaned and celebrated and commiserated and all the other stuff in between.

I've drifted away from old friends and found new ones and cemented those ones I can't get rid of ;-)

Is there more I want to achieve? Yes

Am I going to do it this year? Maybe

Am I going to beat myself up if I don't? Probably but I'll try not to.

So - I'm back, sporadically, any requests?

See you soon.

Cx