Spring-bored?

Ho – it is one of those murky mornings when the sun is tantalisingly winking through the mist with the possible promise of warmth later in the day. We have just had a run of beautiful spring weather – all the daffodils are doing their daffodil thing and there are bets being taken on whether or not they will last until next Sunday (Mothering Sunday here in UK when mothers are handed posies of spring flowers at the Mothering Sunday Church service).
Already the sap is rising and there is a ‘spring’ in people’s step. Out and about, people are smiling at each other! It’s great to be alive!
No more hanging about the house trying to ignore the chores – it’s ‘get out there and DO something’ time of year! So, watch this space for a photo-diary of the resurrection of the Canary-coloured Caravan – which sadly succumbed to the winter weather. Plans are afoot and help is at hand – so it stands a chance of actually happening! I’ll try to record the progress here – look out later on – I’ll pop a ‘before’ picture on the blog.
Everyone is getting involved – OV walked the site and discussed it all with our lovely friendly chippy neighbour (who is wading in manfully!) I have the plans drawn out and a paint shopping list ready for later today and Sherpa kept a beady eye on the printer as I printed out a poster about it (she spends most mornings now curled up on top of the printer, cushioned by a jiffy bag!) Watching the paper emerge is good fun, but involves a lot of leaning – with possible hilarious consequences! (OK I’ll try and get a photo of it for all you cat lovers!)
So, am I bored? No way! What with resurrecting the caravan, mending the greenhouse, building a papier mache model of the Church spire and constructing a cockerel weather vane (don’t ask!) life is pretty full on – oh, and the warm weather has made the grass grow too… so guess what we have been doing… yeah, back out with the mower.
Must spring off now and run the Honey Pot book shop/fair trade outlet/coffee and chat exchange. ‘Backsun.’

Sherpa ‘on top’ of paperwork! and “Before” view of the canary-coloured caravan project!