Packwood

March

Well as ever, March was quite an eventful month. We started out with that awful virus that was going around, debilitating the whole household for a good week, then the boiler was condemned and we spent another evening at A&E making sure that the carbon monoxide poisoning hadn't harmed us too much. Between the illnesses, here is a taster of what we have been up to.

A close up/Macro photography workshop at my camera club.

First wedding job of the year!

An early birthday lunch with Anna and the Godbaby.

Friends getting wed.

Beautiful tulips from the Mr.

Easter goodies

A few of my birthday gifts from this morning!

Catching Up

Oh, I feel that I haven't done anything much for weeks! It has been a tiring few weeks and blogging has just slipped down the list of things to do!

We have been playing at the park, visiting our local heritage railway, getting on with all of the boring things in life, becoming more active in the groups that I have been taking part in and visiting Packwood House, one of my favourite places ever.

Now, I must make more of an effort to keep on top of this little space!!

This Week

 Improvements in the garden. Growing broad beans, strawberries getting big and finally some colour.

 A super duper shopping trip instigated by Dan!

 Quiet country drives exploring our neighbouring villages.

An after school National Trust trip to Stoneywell. 

 Our first meal from our garden.

Catching Up

 As usual, the week after a holiday is a busy one. Catching up on washing and settling back in a home. Unfortunately, back to school and work too. Camilla (the camera...!) has been firmly rooted in her camera bag, but I have been snapping on instagram, so here's what we have been up to.

The new, 'emergency' boots I bought on holiday have become a great pair of garden boots! Easy on and off when the lawn is a litle damp! The basket was giving me a helping hand too, as usual ;) It was so nice to come back to my little (and I mean little) garden empire. It has come on so much from starting out with nothing at all. I can't wait to show you how it looks in a few weeks!!!

We returned from our holiday late Friday evening and Saturday was a fine day, so we decided to have a barbeque, the first outdoor meal in our new house, very exciting! We had yummy (and healthy!) kebabs with a range of salads followed by marshmallows, of course!

Sunday featured a last minute nip in to the city, I was treated to some goodies from lush. A lavender scented bubble bar, very fitting for our wedding anniversary.

And in the evening, we went to a local restaurant to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. They even had wheat and lavender in jars and bottles on the tables. It was far too perfect. 

 And then when we were home, we snuggled up and watched The History Boys, brilliant film!

 Tuesday we made fajitas. Mr Bee was very excited to assemble his own dinner. It was glorious.

 Breakfast on the go. A strawberry and oatmeal smoothie from my new breakfast recipe book. YUM!

Soup Wednesdays. I made roasted tomato and basil soup for dinner and baked a delicious pesto swirl loaf to accompany. It was divine!

Nicer weather! Our afternoons after school have been blessed with a little bit of sun! Three evenings this week we have been able to sit and play in the garden. We have been dreaming about days like these. 

And lastly, a beautiful bit of cow parsley on the school run. Beautiful!

So that is a little snippet of our week. What have you been up to?