Jar String-Vase & Signs of Spring

There are signs here that spring is on it's way. Yippee!

With temperatures as low as 14 degrees (that's 57.2 F for all my US friends) here in Sydney over the weekend, that is a welcome thing. Last week we were having lovely sunny days where I finally got to dig out some T-shirts that had been banished while I was pregnant (they are just starting to fit again), so to have a sudden drop in temp over the weekend was a bit of a shock. All I can say is I am glad for the brave plants in the garden that already started flowering - they are a real promise of what is to come.

With that said, I just HAD to bring some inside to make the place just a little more cheery. I wanted a vase with straight sides, and since I don't have any, I grabbed another jar that we had just emptied, removed the label, washed it, and went to work.

I grabbed some string and lampshade glue and set about transforming an otherwise plain jar into something that I really like (too bad I didn't make the string more permanent! I think if I were to do this again, I would slather the jar with glue where I want the string to go).

Spring is my favourite season (with summer and Autumn being close runner-ups). I don't bring flowers indoors half enough - mostly because they don't last as long as they do outside, and I feel bad about spoiling them, but the flowering peach is smothered in sumptuous blossoms, so I thought it could spare a few.

Hope your week is off to a great start... I'm off to the dentist. (Boo!)

Hellooo Spring!

The first day of Spring! I have been waiting for this moment for the past 3 months. Don't you just get a lift in your soul when Spring rolls around? Here are a few snapshots taken around my garden over the past couple of weeks.

Jellyfish and I planted pots with Grape Hyacinth and Scilla. We got Star Violets as a bonus. :) (Oh and the Scilla aren't flowering yet)

Spring Star

Grape Hyacinth

These little purple stars are ALL THROUGH our lawn near the back fence - it is beautiful. They are a bit smaller than the size of a 5c piece.

A native grass - these get little berries on them that are edible.

I DO love my blossoms!!! I think these are the best this year that I have seen in the 8.5 years we have been living here.

This morning I donned a new bright Green T-shirt (I might have to show you some other time) that the Mr. Brought home for me the other day, some sports gear, and took my boys for a walk, and then back to the park for a play on the way home. The sun warmed air was drenched with the fragrance of flowers in the gardens along the paths. The birds seemed to know that it is Spring, and were singing up quite a chorus. There was a spring in my step, and I just felt great to be alive! :) This afternoon I COULD sit at the sewing machine and work on something for Little Clam, but I would rather just curl up in the sunshine and read this.

So how does Spring affect you?

First Day of Spring!

Yay! I have been waiting for Spring to arrive since (it seems) forever, and now it has finally arrived. And with it some explosions of wonderful.

Some strawberries that the Jellyfish, Little Clam and Mr. Kelp helped me eat for lunch. These were a first for Little Clam, and he seemed to have an exquisite time revelling in the squishy sweet juiciness of it all!

Some sweet Daisy thing that decided to put itself in my veggie patch

Some Clivias just coming out in my garden. Sadly these are a little sunburned.

Freesias.

Spraxus.

A miniature Azalea.

AND...

A GIVEAWAY! :) Aneela of Comfortstitching is having a giveaway of some of her gorgeous quilting scraps. Pop into her site to have a look and enter.

Lots of lovely designs to play with (if you win!).