Is It Spring Yet?

For one day last week

the sun came out...

ATW Tuesday ~ Is it Spring Yet?

I heard on the news the other night that this winter 
has been one of the UK's mildest on record since records began - 350 years ago!

I find that SO hard to believe.

It feels like we have been hibernating indoors for months, 

...whilst a sub-zero world passed by outside.

The children all have serious cabin fever!

So when, AT LAST, the sun decided to defrost our little corner of the world this week

...my kids all headed outside as fast as their little ...

...(and not so little!) legs could carry them!

Taz declared he hadn't felt this warm for at least a millenium, which of course wouldn't be hard, since he hasn't lived anything like that long! He might have been fairer to say since the last millenium - wherein he was a babe-in-arms!

Seriously though ~ it wasn't that warm (about 13C max I think), but it was warm enough to be outside.

And it was just about warm enough to dry a line of shirts ~ even though they did still take all day!

First line-load of the year ~ may there be many more ~ and SOON!

The flowers seem to think it's nearly time ~ we hope they're right :D

Why don't you join in a fun little linky ~ show us what life's about in your corner of our world today!

  

Zoom & Bloom ~ Texture Tuesday

(click to see the 'before')

My shots from yesterday with a little 'Warm-Sun' applied (and a little magic!)

Have fun with a little texture and join in with Kim over at 'The Cafe' :D

My Colourful Black & White Week!

 

At Last the weather seems to realise that SPRING is here :D

We had family visiting last weekend so we took the opportunity to catch some rays!

It's hard to keep the children inside when the sun is shining too, so I didn't try ~ school went al fresco on the first really, properly warm day of 2011

My babies (Solomon & Seth (aka my camera))enjoyed the sunshine too!

To join in with Black & White Wednesday head on over to Lisa's beautiful blog...

To hook up with YOU CAPTURE (whose theme this week was 'youth', so I thought this post fit the bill rather well), head on over to Beth's...

SOOC Saturday ~ Sunshine At Last!!

Around here you would be struggling to have called it Spring just lately, but today, AT LAST, the sun has come out!!


I took my small boys to feed the horses, meet this year's calfs and feel the sun on their skin ~ and of course I took my camera! :)

All SOOC ~ the light was beautiful!

Now for more Slurping Life head on over to Melody's! :)

You Capture - Spring II

Spring ran away this week and more-like-winter returned!

But we played out a bit, despite the chill factor...

'Teens' arrived at our house (counting candles) ~ Uh Oh!

And we played 'Rounders' in the park for some (chilly) Bank Holiday fun with a crowd of friends!

For some more pictures of Spring head on over to Beth's ...