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Welcome Spring

Yes Spring is here, people!  Officially in Spring now with warmer temperatures and flowers blooming everywhere it's so beautiful.  Such wonderful sights that accompany each season - I'm treasuring all of it and taking it in as much as I can.

At Greenwich Park on Mothering Sunday

This morning whilst walking Isabelle to childcare, we saw a tree with beautiful white flowers blossoming all over.  We hear birds chirping happily and even spotted a squirrel out in our garden searching for nuts.  Our immediate neighbours have a tall pole where they hang bird feed and we have since witnessed that not only birds come to feed, squirrels climb up this pole and somehow hang themselves upside down and contort in such a way they can take the seeds out to eat too.  The bulbs that were planted in our garden last winter are also flowering - mini purple Irises, yellow daffodils and some purple hyacinths.  I think tulips will be next.  I'm also starting to point them out to Izzy so she can notice the beauty around her.  She can point daffodils out to me now.  The magnolia tree which we walk past to her childminder is also starting to flower.  Really I'm keeping my eyes peeled!


Gabriel keeps pointing to this planter on our patio steps so I made him sit next to it


Mini Irises in our planter

Izzy & daffodils in our garden

In a park near us

Out on a walk with Gabriel

Colourful wildflowers


Two weeks ago we had a glorious day of sunshine and I decided to bring them to one of our favourite parks.  I had planned about 2 hours there but guess what, we spent about 4h there in total.  We had fun at the playground, and then we sat by the lake and had our lunch while watching the ducks and geese.  Then we spotted a beautiful tree with tiny white flowers, almost resembling cherry blossoms.  Later on, I would find out that they are plum trees.  Plum blossoms!  When we left the kids were so tired that they both fell asleep in the car.  It was a wonderful day indeed - may we have more of such days to come.



Izzy is getting more confident on the balance bike

Enjoying the swing

At the playground next to the lake

The beautiful lake

Sharing their lunch

The blooming plum tree with flowers all over

A close up of the flowers


Examining the flowers


A happy Gabriel



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Doreen said…
Wow nice flowers n nice scenery. Good to see Isabelle n Gabriel are having fun in the park n Izzy appreciating flowers.😘😘😘
23 March 2021 at 04:33
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