Suddenly It's Spring

A Spring Mantel

Depending on where you live (and I love, love checking that in the stats of the blog), you may be familiar with "April showers". Well, here in  Brittany where the Little White House is, we have March showers, April showers, May showers, June showers, well I guess you get it!

Suivant où vous habitez, vous connaissez peut-être les giboulées de mars... Et bien nous sommes en plein dedans en ce moment ici en Bretagne (et en général cela dure au moins jusqu'au mois de juin). Cela rend la prise de photos difficile, surtout quand après cinq photos, la batterie lâche! Le temps de la recharger et il pleut!

So taking pictures of the Spring mantel was very difficult: I had to wait for a sunny spell (otherwise my camera takes really crappy pictures) and for the camera battery to reload after taking five pictures. Also, I had to go to work, so I didn't even try to take a picture without me showing in the mirror... Instead I decided to practise my best Kate wave for you!

J'ai descendu le carton "décor de printemps" dans le salon, à la grande joie des chats qui adorent tous les deux les boîtes et trouvent que les oeufs font de super ba-balles.

I brought the Spring/Easter decor box in the living-room. Always a treat for the cats who love playing in boxes and think eggs are balls !

Then the hard thing is to decide what to use and what not to use. I knew I wanted the bird cloche to be on the mantel, because it was a Chritsmas present from my cousin (the one who has a wonderful etsy shop - link on my side bar) and I hadn't used it yet.

I painted the eggs soft colours that I already had on hand and I stole the bouquet. Before you call the police, let me explain.

 

The back of my weirdly shaped garden has a gate that goes into two of neighbours' gardens. One of the house is actually "to sell" and has been so for two years:  no one lives there and the garden is very neglected. But there's a really nice camellia. Last year, I thought it was really a shame no one was enjoying it.

So this year, I cut a few branches, so at least someone is enjoying the pretty blooms.

Le bouquet vient du jardin de la maison derrière chez moi... La maison est inhabitée depuis deux ans, en vente, et l'immense camélia ne fleurit plus pour personne. Je trouve cela triste, alors, j'en ai ramené quelques branches à la maison.

Spring here is on its way, but it's not coming in a straight line... We just had a hail storm. How is it going in your part of the world? 

Le printemps est en chemin... Mais il ne prend pas une ligne droite cette année. Où en est-il dans votre coin du monde?

 Thanks for stopping by and see you soon.

Merci de votre visite. A bientôt.

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