Hello Spring....and a Winner

 Hello March and (this week anyway) hello Spring too.............the sun has been shining, the birds have been singing and the garden has new spring bulbs opening every day.............

 ............today is another lovely sunny day here and i have already had a little potter in the potting shed, which i have now tidied out and organised ready for the new gardening season..........

 ...........i've swept out the cobwebs and disposed of some things we no longer need...............

                   ...............brought in a few pots of grape hyacinths and primulas.................

 ...............and dusted all the shelves and the pretty things i use as props for photoshoots........

 ...............it is lovely to be out there gardening again, and mr p has re made the pond so now we have it filled with water again, reflecting the trees and moving clouds, and the birds have already happily discovered it too......we still have to add the edging and plants but the main bit is done........charlie is looking forward to when there are frogs in it :).................

 ...........the tete a tete are flowering now....the bigger daffodills are still in bud..........

 .............the colours are so bright and spring like in my crafting this week too.......

 ...............i have been quilting my kitty quilt a LoT of the time, but for a change i began a new hexie patchwork using the bigger hexie templates that i made for joining my star quilt together..........

 ..........love these fabrics, they make me think of seed packets........they are more fabrics from the pam kitty picnic collection.....i am loving using my stash of this as i expect you can tell ;)...............

 .............a lovely old needlework book came my way this week..........fascinating to read...............

 ...........and we had a walk in our favourite local gardens and saw the crocus field in flower.......so magical every year, such a pretty sight, the old gnarled trees make a wonderful backdrop...........
it is time now to announce the winner of the tickets for the country living magazine spring fair.......the first name out of the hat was........sweetpea family .........congratulations to you, sue, and if you can let me know your address i'll post the tickets off to you straightaway................thank you to everyone who entered, and there will be another - worldwide- giveaway here very soon :)

...........thank you, lovely readers, for dropping in here to see me, and for your sweet comments which i love reading...........i wish you a happy crafty week, with sunshine and flowers and a feeling of springtime in the air...............back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoooooooooooooooxxxxxxxxxx