The Spring Thread 🌸 💐 🌺

[travelbug20]

I like the Aldi salted caramel blondie hot cross buns & the caramelised biscuit ones too

I’m glad I took advantage of the nice weather the last few days and put my washing on the line because it’s grey and raining today

Caramelised biscuit? Off to Aldi I go!

 

[strawberrysunshine_x]

Anyone hung their washing out yet?

Yesss yesterday and today

 

[Ifyoucantbeatemjoinem]

Is anyone going struggling with the clocks going forward? It's nearly been a week but I still feel so tired all the time like I can't adjust

I'm a really bad sleeper so it doesn't bother me too much, or so I thought. But, I've been awake for over an hour at 5am all week So wrecked! I'm definitely staying in bed tomorrow morning as I'm off.

 

[strawberrysunshine_x]

My dog is malting so much fur now. Spring is definitely here

 

[Ifyoucantbeatemjoinem]

I bought my surfinia at the weekend and will hopefully get them potted up this week. No great warmth here yet, which is fine, it's still early, but I'm looking forward to getting the garden furniture out and seeing some colour appear in the garden.

 

[watermelon sugar]

Sun's finally out

Been really nice where I am all week!

 

[strawberrysunshine_x]

It was 18 here yesterday. Now it’s raining and meant to rain all day . Typical bank holiday weather. I put my cushions out on the rattan set in the garden for the first time yesterday. Bloody typical

 

[Magee]

Just done my pre-summer Boots haul! Sun cream, lighter skincare, mini toiletries for my holiday. Summer is coming!

 

[Whatamadworld]

When does it start properly warming up?

 

[ElektraWintour]

Turned the heating timer off, hoping I won’t regret it when I get up tomorrow morning

This morning was fine but feeling the chill in the air now and my daughter needs a bath tonight so heating is back on

 

[coconochanel]

Gorgeous! Do you plant the Alliums by a wall?

Well at the moment they are in containers.

 

[Sprezza]

How do you make magnolia tea then? Because my little magnolia is having an impressive second flush of flowers so I fancy giving it a go….

Really basic I just steeped some petals in boiling water for a few minutes then took them out and drank the water! It tastes kind of gingery.
I've seen some recipes online where you infuse the petals for a lot longer in the fridge overnight and then presumably drink the tea cold which I don't fancy!
Apparently you can put the petals in salads too

 

[Ifyoucantbeatemjoinem]

I'm partly made up of mini eggs now after the weekend and we still have unopened eggs! Weather still not very Spring yet unfortunately.

 

[Millennial Pink]

Pissing down here today. I want to plant out my onions but I'm not doing it in the wet.

 

[Pesky Tarian]

Yess it's given it practically balmy next week (early teens) but rainy still .

 

[Allflightscancelled]

Aww thanks, @Sprezza . I think even I could manage that . And ‘gingery’, you say ?

 

[coconochanel]

Has anyone mowed their lawn yet?

 

[coconochanel]

The washing is on the line.

 

[bellinibobble]

Sorry @bellinibobble i was AWOL for a bit. The tree is mine, it’s a magnolia stellata. Love a magnolia but these chaps don’t get as big as the ones with tulip shaped flowers

Thank you so much for replying! It’s gorgeous I need one!!

 

[Tangoqueen]

I keep buying plants I need to stay away from garden centres

I’m trying to hold off for 2/3 more weeks - it’s raining for the 3rd day straight now so easy enough