April forgot her showers

April has forgotten her showers this year it seems? Days have been warm, beneath clear blue skies for most of the month. I have been surrounded by flowers indoors and out.   

Work is  reflecting the April garden, hedgerows and fields.

'Forgetmenot'

These little faces are waiting to be paired up with a hare. They will hang beneath. 

'Stitchwort'

A peep at new items waiting to have string and treasures added.

Talking of treasure, I found these delicate pheasant feathers on my way up to the woods.

And these two lovely old books at the car boot sale.  

And this beautiful Oxslip on a sunny bank beneath a sparrow chattering hedge. 

And... a sunbeam charging a dandelion with solar magic. 

What treasure have you found today? 

A golden egg and a mossy garden

I have an egg.

No it isn't a chocolate one. I have to say I'm not really a massive lover of chocolate which ok, probably makes me a little weird? This egg is golden dusted and smells sweetly, did you guess, it's the Lush Easter bath bomb! I am saving it to toss into my bath on Sunday evening.

It's been a quiet Good Friday here. Light rain has fell on and off throughout the day, so I decided to get out into the greenhouse and have a bit of a Spring clean. Plants have been repotted, seeds sown, a general tidy up has taken place and even the green house glass got a little wash too. Not too clean though as I wouldn't want my beautiful feathered friends to not be able to see the glass.  I cleaned the gutters so that the rain could trickle easily into the water butt. Moss had decided that it was the right place to grow between some of the panes. I love moss and after clearing it decided it was just too pretty to put onto the compost heap so instead made a miniature garden, to enjoy for a short while. :)

All of this moss was collected from the glass on the greenhouse, even the strange long variety which I'm thinking could be a lichen, I'm not sure as I haven't looked it up.
Then I added some flowers for Easter decoration.

My summer work space also got a Spring clean the other day. The oil cloth was scrubbed so hard that it looks almost new again now.

Once everything was clean I brought some flowers and pussy willow in, to decorate.
Most of my time lately has been spent on beginnings of wooden hangers.  I've spent time in the shed cutting out and in the sketch book playing around with some new designs.

 I have still more to cut out and anticipate a busy April. Hangers should be ready in May. I will add a definite date nearer the time for any one that is interested.
Enjoy your Easter weekend.  <3