April 2011

When I was out in the park gathering twigs for my hooky hearts a little while ago, I ended up with a few too many. Rather than sling them out, I popped them into little water filled glass bottles/jars and dotted them about the house on windowsills. Slowly over the past few weeks, the buds have begun to open and unfurl and I have been amazed. Truly. How wonderful Nature is, its ace!!! The above twig is in the bathroom and is a cherry....ooooooo there are buds, there are buds!! And soon enough there may even be blossom!! My very own Bathroom Blossom!!!!

These twigs are on my kitchen windowsill, the leaf buds were tight shut when I first put them there, but now they are in full flow and it's like having a mini tree growing indoors. The green of fresh new leaves is sooooooooooooo beautiful, it's wonderfully vibrant and I love it. I'm so glad that here in my patch we are well and truly into the Spring season now, I adore this time of year.

April, April, I could blow you a thousand kisses just for being you!! Isn't the above picture so impossibly pretty? Its from the Ideal Home calendar, beautifully inspiring as ever. I think I will copy this sweet idea and pop some blooms into egg shells this Easter. I've got quite a few egg cups about the place, I'll try and round them up in preparation.

This is the April page on my Laura Ashley calendar, reminding us that Easter time will be coming soon and I for one Cannot Wait. I love Easter. Love decorating for it and celebrating it, but best of all I love that every Easter we jaunt down to visit my folks by the sea. I've missed the sea so much, I'm craving it. I'm writing this and in my head I'm reciting bits of that Sea Poem, you know the one..."I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied..." Yeah, I feel it a-calling for sure. No, not going to deny it either. Take me to it.

I purchased Eggs last week, of the mini speckled chocolate variety, nom-nom I have a huge weakness for these little things. It's marvelous to have a glass jar of these loitering about the place to provide a welcome chocolate hit when the need arises. It's been quite a frequent need this week, I always crave chocolate when the stress levels rise :: by stress I mean the low-grade variety caused by Small People with Very High Temperatures. Little B is coming through a very horrid cold/virussy thing combined with cutting his pre-molars, ouch. He has been utterly miserable, poor mite. Chocolate eggs have been entirely necessary (for me, not him).

Talking of Little B....I am happy to announce that he is now a fully fledged Toddler, complete with the most cutesome little buckle-up boy shoes. He took his first tentative toddling steps about three weeks ago and it has been absolutely joyful for all concerned. We've not walked far outside yet, just up and down our street a bit, with some daily pottering about in the back yard. I've taught him how to handle a sweeping brush and how to stack flower pots and how to pass me pegs as I hang out the laundry, so it's all good. We like pottering outside together, I foresee much of that going on this Spring.

A couple new purchases for April, I do like to treat myself to a wee Supermarket Sweep every so often. I bought a new mug which is almost my Ultimate Favourite Colour of All Time but not quite. It's a bit more duck-egg than Tiffany, but it's spotty and fresh and spring-like and I like it. I also bought some more paper napkins (darn-it I forgot to photo them, they are printed like red n white gingham check, very pretty)....

.....and new light Spring/Summer cotton rosie jammies. I fell in love with these as soon as I saw them, and the love affair has grown ten-fold since I made them mine and brought them home. They make me so happy!! I put them on whenever I can get away with it (erm, yup, have 'em on right now) and they instantly make me feel relaxed and dreamy and content. I have to tell you that wearing them whilst crocheting is almost off the scale of my personal pleasure-o-meter. Seriously.

I don't think I'm writing this April post very well, it's not very Aprilish really is it? I do apologise. How about a bit of an Attic view then??

Taken on 1st April as is my little ritual, it was a bright and blustery day if I remember rightly.

Scuddy clouds, a little threat of rain that didn't come to much. Perfectly right for April I'd say.

I was thinking to myself not so long ago that last month I passed my Blogiversary :: Three Years of Attic24. Three years!! I've written over 500 posts in that time you know. It's quite something to be now into my fourth year of calendar pages/attic views. Lots to look back on. Last year I found it too difficult to write these kinds of posts on time, but previous years I love that all that seasonal pondering is archived. You can read all my "Calendar posts" by clicking on the Calendar word in my category cloud thingy over there to the left. You don't have to. But sometimes I do just that and meander back through the months and seasons, I find it quite soothing and therapeutic.

Pffffffffffffffffffffff...running out of steam.....needing to go to bed shortly, it's been a tough day. Before I go, I want to tease you a little.....show you a snippet of something I worked on last week.......

A pretty little Spring time project, I think you're going to like it. More coming soon.

Been lovely to have you visit, thank you so much for dropping by to listen to my April chatter. I'm off in my rosy pyjamas to the Land of Nod now, I like it there.....see you soon for some hooky floral springtime goodness! ♥

Edited to add :: for those of you in the UK, the rosy pyjamas are from Tesco x

 

Comments

[Kathy]

Your blog just continues to make me smile...THANK YOU!! :)
~ Kathy (Oregon, USA)

[heath]

A wonderful inspiring post so lovely to hear your
April news-so full of colour when i was feeling a little sad worrying about my son at uni. Enjoy all the special moments with your little one

[Heather @ Littletinbird]

oh blimey, those little boy buckle up shoes - Lucy what are you doing to me here, seriously?
xxxx

[Kate]

It is so exciting this week- all the buds are bursting.I see the other side of the valley from my window and the wood there is covered in a a haze of green that just wasn't there a few days ago...and as for your jar of eggs.
I love those eggs.
They look lovely ( my number one excuse for buying them), they taste lovely.I have small boys staying next week, so I shall need to buy some for them,won't I?

[faith76]

Looking forward to seeing the pretty little springtime project the little snippet of it looks great. The twiggy's have made me smile - I love spring and watching things grow.

The view from your attic is beautifullllll x Leah x

[Linda Gilbert]

April is my special month --- a life time of happy memories month.
Thanks for sharing your April with me

[Louise]

Fabulous April post! Three years is amazing! Well done and I can remember back to your first anniversary and I still L♥VE your blog just as much. Thank you so much for sharing. ☺

[Jennifer]

Delightful post, Miss Lucy! I do enjoy looking back through your seasonal posts for inspiration. The little boy buckle up shoes are killing me with their cuteness!

[Molly]

Thanks for all the lovely spring pics! You made me smile :)

[heather]

Thankyou for a lovely happy April post Lucy :)))

[Mojca]

So lovely to hear from you, you're the greatest inspiration there is!

Congratulations to Little B 'The Toddler'!

[Catherine]

Brightened and smiling! Thank you! Cx

[PinkCatJo]

Thank you for such a lovely post. I found myself smiling all the way through it. I love all the joyful and colourful photos especially of those cute buckle up shoes.

Is it very cheeky to ask where you bought your PJ's? They are delightful. x

[Jillian_R]

Lucy - I love the mini speckled chocolate eggs that come out this time of year too. I love reading your blog and April is such a wonderful month. Congrats on little B becoming an official toddler. My youngest just turned 21 on the first - seems like yesterday I was looking at little feet too. Enjoy those jammies!

[Kathy]

Your blog is the best one around! I look forward to seeing if you've posted as soon as I get home. We don't have much of a spring (yet) in Boston so seeing your blog brings it right here - thank you.

[Cindy]

Oh, is that stained glass on your kitchen windowsill, behind your April buds? Whatever it is, is gorgeous! I love you calendar observations, spirng is one of my favourite times of year! The dog and I, thrilled over the changing season on our walk this afternoon! Cindy xxx

[amy in cambridge (my fair city), ma]

What a treat! I think I check in almost every day to see if you have a new posting. Can't get enough. Looking forward to that new hooky project.

[Ruth Hucks]

Hi Lucy, I love your blog. While searching images of ripple blankets a couple years ago, I came across it for the first time and was introduced to blogland. You remain my favorite :)

Your projects always look so tidily finished. Would you please show some pictures of your techniques of changing colors, ending and weaving ends in?

Thanks so much,
Ruth from South Carolina

[Jacquie]

Chocolate is definately the antidote to stress here too . I've been nibbling on mini eggs today ...not for stress today , just because they're yummy :0)
Love the flowers in egg shells and the peek at your latest project !
Jacquie x

[Andrea at Apples and Pears]

A lovely post! How sweet are those shoes :) xx

[Brenda]

THank you yet again for a beautiful glimpse into your world Lucy - a lovely place. How cute are little B's shoes!

[Deborah]

ooooooh, I love the look of the spring project..... can't wait to see more.....

happy april!

[Jennifer W]

I love visiting to see what new projects you are working on! You are very talented! Thanks for the inspiration!

[Figgy Pud]

Love your blog Lucy - it really brightens up my day! Thank you. F x

[Ali]

I'm not sure if it was the long cold winter that has made this Spring seem so glorious, but it truly has been spectacular. I want to freeze frame it right this moment and savour it.

Hope your tiddlers are feeling back to normal soon.