Spring splendour

There has been such a huge change in the weather in the last couple of weeks - not that we have had a cold winter; in fact it's been quite warm mild for winter! But Spring is definitely in the air!
Longer, sunny days. Flowers popping out everywhere. Birds singing, plants budding.

Joining with Barb, we went on our Spring Splendour walk.It was so lovely to be out in the sunshine.

And even more interestingly, we saw our first snake in the UK!

Sarah and I stood still, waiting for Alexandra to catch up - and then I heard the hissing-like rustling. A little green/brown head popped out, the body slithered a few inches forward. Stopped. Then curled back on itself, and went back the way it came! Amazing how our first reaction is "Arrgg! A snake!" But standing quietly to watch it, really was amazing! Still, we were glad to be on the other side of the fence - lol

Sadly, we noticed that the silver birch trees outside our flats were seeping sap. 2 of them have had branches  hacked, pruned, cut (by mistake?) and seem to be unhappy :(

(p.s. - all these photos were taken by Sarah and Alexandra)

Easter Goodies

What a beautiful morning - I am sitting in the sunshine - and we have a had a lot of that lately!


And to add to our sense of delicious well-being, our South African Easter eggs arrived today. We just cannot  not have white Beacon eggs

or Beacon Marshmallow eggs!

And so, as soon as the South African shops advertised that they were in store, we ordered! we have used both Susman's as well Bokke Food. Both companies have given us excellent service :)

This time we ordered through Susmans, as they have a

                                                       special for March. 

And so we were able to also buy:

Boerewors

Kudu biltong

Droewors

Sour jellytots

AND

Milo! (Although, I should be able to buy this at Tesco - and I see they have got it from the UK, not SA - but up till now haven't been able to find any)

What a feast :)