Slept in til OH came home around 11:30! Have been running round like an idiot trying to get lunch done etc, loaded the dishwasher, but forgot to turn it on....grrrrr. think im all sorted now tho, have even washed my hair
Good to have you back BM
Your new decor sounds lovely Dove, i like pale colours
OK bekkie you can have some too . The more people who help themselves the more chance I've got of resisting. Hope you're feeling better after your 'nap'.
Beautiful day here so far but a chilly breeze. Very pretty daff Panda. Ours are only an inch above the ground so far. I'm off to see what is out there...
We have misty sun here, so I'm off out when I've sorted the kitchen, to see if the buff-coloured crocus I noticed the other day have opened. No daffs for a while yet, but the snowdrops are lovely this year.
"Soft linen" sounds just the job for my living room. I'm currently trying to persuade OH that it wouldn't be an unnecessary extravagance to redecorate... I reckon we'll have to, anyway, when we've taken the plunge and had builders in to waterproof the floor (a downside of being built into the hillside is occasional puddles round the feet of the sideboard... )
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Weather a bit miserable here so been for a swim with Charlie, done the i*****g and thought we deserved some scones for a treat, thought would be selfish not to share.
Going to get some decorating done here soon, but afraid it is just whitewash right through upstairs, too dark otherwise, very small windows & lots of dark beams. Wish we could have a man in to do it like Dove, but OH says nothing wrong with my arms.
Noticed a lovely camellia flower opened this morning, looks like quite a few to follow too, daffs still a bit to go though.
Must go, before all the scones are eaten by a certain little boy!
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Magnolia I once had a new build home covered in it OH liked it. Now the dining room is Damask Rose and terracotta in the kitchen, cream lounge. I want a green bedroom but OH says no, well let's see who gets to the paint first ..if he beats me magnolia will be happily accepted.
Panda you have a daff open I have them just showing, also tulips poking through faster than daffs and also hyacinths beating them, crocus are slow. Bluebells are showing but they are in a pot. Hellibore's well happy and I have a few snow drops in various places. I also have an anemone in flower.
I copied Happy Marion from her thread and have cut some Forsythia and put it in a vase and it is starting to flower Spring around the corner..we can hope
Hi folks. Finished my weekend shifts and had a lovely chicken dinner
I'll be taking a fabulous bubble bath once my food's gone down and I can dream sweet dreams of what I can get done in the garden for the coming week
It's been an incredible afternoon, with clear skies and a mild 10 degrees, walking round the garden I discovered allium peeking through my borders, Clematis buds popping and all my pots of tulips showing signs of life as well!
Sunday lunch guests have all gone. I feel much better today. The children were lovely and lunch went very well.
My bedroom is primrose yellow and lilac with wisteria stencils, all painted by me! Yuk and Passé I hear you cry, but I like it. Sunny and cheerful. It was inspired by an old Changing Rooms programme.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Runnybeak - tell your OH it looks nothing like magnolia - what is he like?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I can echo that, it looks nothing like magnolia
I have seen it in the flesh and it looks lovely 
Slept in til OH came home around 11:30! Have been running round like an idiot trying to get lunch done etc, loaded the dishwasher, but forgot to turn it on....grrrrr. think im all sorted now tho, have even washed my hair
Good to have you back BM
Your new decor sounds lovely Dove, i like pale colours
Coooor malteasers mmmmmmm
OK bekkie you can have some too
. The more people who help themselves the more chance I've got of resisting
. Hope you're feeling better after your 'nap'.
Beautiful day here so far but a chilly breeze. Very pretty daff Panda
. Ours are only an inch above the ground so far. I'm off to see what is out there...
Thanks Lesley
More rugby here this arvo
Have put some soup on - broccoli, sprout and Stilton soup 
Welcome back BM - you've been missed!
We have misty sun here, so I'm off out when I've sorted the kitchen, to see if the buff-coloured crocus I noticed the other day have opened. No daffs for a while yet, but the snowdrops are lovely this year.
"Soft linen" sounds just the job for my living room. I'm currently trying to persuade OH that it wouldn't be an unnecessary extravagance to redecorate... I reckon we'll have to, anyway, when we've taken the plunge and had builders in to waterproof the floor (a downside of being built into the hillside is occasional puddles round the feet of the sideboard...
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Afternoon tea anyone, homemade jam too?
Weather a bit miserable here so been for a swim with Charlie, done the i*****g and thought we deserved some scones for a treat, thought would be selfish not to share.
Going to get some decorating done here soon, but afraid it is just whitewash right through upstairs, too dark otherwise, very small windows & lots of dark beams. Wish we could have a man in to do it like Dove, but OH says nothing wrong with my arms.
Noticed a lovely camellia flower opened this morning, looks like quite a few to follow too, daffs still a bit to go though.
Must go, before all the scones are eaten by a certain little boy!
Magnolia
I once had a new build home covered in it OH liked it. Now the dining room is Damask Rose and terracotta in the kitchen, cream lounge. I want a green bedroom but OH says no, well let's see who gets to the paint first 
..if he beats me magnolia will be happily accepted.
Panda you have a daff open
I have them just showing, also tulips poking through faster than daffs and also hyacinths beating them, crocus are slow. Bluebells are showing but they are in a pot. Hellibore's well happy and I have a few snow drops in various places. I also have an anemone in flower.
I copied Happy Marion from her thread and have cut some Forsythia and put it in a vase and it is starting to flower
Spring around the corner..we can hope 
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their day
Hi folks. Finished my weekend shifts and had a lovely chicken dinner
I'll be taking a fabulous bubble bath once my food's gone down and I can dream sweet dreams of what I can get done in the garden for the coming week
It's been an incredible afternoon, with clear skies and a mild 10 degrees, walking round the garden I discovered allium peeking through my borders, Clematis buds popping and all my pots of tulips showing signs of life as well!
Woop woop
P.s we'll come back BM
Sunday lunch guests have all gone. I feel much better today. The children were lovely and lunch went very well.
My bedroom is primrose yellow and lilac with wisteria stencils, all painted by me! Yuk and Passé I hear you cry, but I like it. Sunny and cheerful. It was inspired by an old Changing Rooms programme.