Things are growing around here. My amaryllis has shot up and flowered, the daffodils are springing up, opening their petals and then being blown around like mad in all the wind and rain that we are having.

I've planted my seed potatoes in a new patch - more than last year so we are hoping for a bigger crop. It felt good to get this years' veggies started. I was reminded recently that the fashion for having a lawn was started by the French aristocracy to show how wealthy they were in that they didn't need to cultivate all of their land to produce food .. made me realise we could be producing much more food than we do...my neighbour does some veggie planting in the front garden too. I might try that this year as we were running out of space last year.

And Martha is growing too...we go to music group now which she loves. Life is constantly changing... she says "mum" and "mumma" which is lovely and she has had her first homemade curry. Lots of new experiences and all good fun.