In the garden

I have been spending quite a bit of time in the garden working on the shady borders in the early morning and the sunny ones once the sun has gone it.

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 These are all for my benefit really

 sp that  I have a record of what spring flowers

 I have and where

 as all too soon they fade and die down

until next Spring

 This time of year the shrubs look really fresh and lush

 The beds are absolutely weed free!

 This long bed is the chooks favourite for scratching around for insects and worms

 The alliums are a bit thin this  year!

 'Kath's Border'  is looking really good this spring - around the garden room

I'll take a picture of the long border this week - there are some plants just coming into flower!

 

But this side of Kath's flower bed is the chooks favourite

they spend a large part of the day just laying side by side in a row

fast asleep in the sunshine - so cute!

Dolly gets bored easily so only naps for a short time then off she goes

you can see her at the end of the bed - deciding whether or not to wake them up.

And she did!

Celebrating Spring Time - with a Bind it All Mini Book

The April showers stopped and the sun came out - and the spring colours looked amazing.

Fresh greens of the new foliage, shades of yellow and orange of daffodils and narcissi, and the pale blue of the Forget-me-nots with little yellow middles.


So this is the way I see Spring. The arrival of birds which migrated elsewhere for winter, and the first sign of hoverflies and bees.

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For this note book I used 1/2inch Bind-it-all silver O wires. Luscious lemon ribbons. I cut out the covers from mountboard, used fabulous K&Co paper, which I scanned and altered the colours to yellows. I inked the edges with deep green, and coloured the paper frames I cut out to tone in with all the colours.

I made the paper flower embellishment, inspired by yellow and white Hellebores (Christmas Roses) in my garden, with a drip of rain in their centre.


This is the outer back cover of the little notebook.


And the inside covers.