After what feels like months of grey, rain and gale force winds, we have had spells of sunshine today and I am choosing to focus on colour.
In the January sales I treated myself to a set of colourful ribbons (Cox and Cox) and a set of threads (Amazon) and some bright pins (eBay). On grey days, they hint of Spring.
The cats have been spending the long rainy days keeping me company – Max asleep on the ironing board (why must he do that? I always have to go over it with sellotape before I use it!) and Rio on the chair next to me.
I think the cats have become so used to constant rain they had not noticed today’s sunshine, so I ushered them outside.
I went out with the cats and found the crocus and snowdrops are coming out!
The pots of young raspberry plants where the raised beds will be in due course, and the wind chimes in the Bramley tree add further pops of colour.
In the kitchen, I have been making seville orange marmalade, stacking them on the windowsill to catch the light.
All these thoughts of Spring make me want to dig out the bright Easter fabric I bought a few weeks back. Now, what to sew….!
Deerey Me! 
What gorgeous photos.
I put you on my facebook as a ‘like’ a week or two ago.
Clare xx
Thank you Clare! and thanks for the Facebook like too! xx
Love the pins!
the pins seemed appropriate when Valentine’s Day is fast approaching.
Those threads look fab! Really cheerful. Definitely need to invest in a thread stand now to go with my bobbin box 🙂
I have a four tier thread rack, which is beautifully made, but I had not realised it is only wall-mountable, not free standing…so do be more careful than me when choosing one. (It also is way too small – in addition to the thread rack and the box of rainbow threads I have a huge antique Indian writing box overflowing with spools of thread…I think I may be a threadaholic)
Lovely photos – especially like the look of your marmalade, yum!
Alison
The marmalade looks delicious!
Lovely photos! And lovely cats 😉
We had sunshine yesterday too – but today we have frozen mist, so it’s really slippery.
I want Spring – now!!