Return to Mrs U-turn

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Daily life often takes me past Mrs U-turn's house. The "For Sale" board has been put up and I still get a lump in my throat when driving past.

I have now been approached by one of the executors of her will, so l will continue to look after the garden until a buyer has been found.

Winter scent

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The small town garden houses a number of little gems, no, not lettuces, I should add but plants that surprise.

Weekend Eye Candy

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Serendipity - Brazil II

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Brazil II gavroche

The sound of Spring

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For most of us new green shoots, daffodils and buds on trees mean Spring is near.

Today, it was sound that conveyed the change from winter to me:

Surviving the frost?

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Whilst it was great fun to spend a few days in London last weekend, it was with a fair bit of trepidation that I returned home.   

Grasses

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This week took me to the small town garden, specifically the front garden.

This time of year is when this tiny plot looks it worst:

Happy Valentine's Day

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Dispensing with the traditional red roses here but I hope all will be forgiven as I have lined up not just one but two little Valentine's Day's treats for you.

Golden Spider Silk

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If you find yourself in London before 5 June 2012 with an hour to spare and are prepared to be amazed, then consider heading to the V&A for the Golden Spider Silk exhibition.

Weekend Eye Candy

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Variegated Euonymus (peeking in from next door)

Chocolate week - Jonques et Sampans

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As the frost has descended on our area and won't shift even by midday, I have time to "play" with scarves.

Another candidate to fit in with "chocolate week" is Jonques at Sampans. In the bias fold, this scarf is showing a lot of creamy white; I have to tie it with the corners showing to get the brown too show.

Chocolate week in the scarf drawers - Onde de Chic

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Not the edible kind, but chocolate colours for scarves. Thinking dark brown, caramel, white,....

My prime candidate would be Onde de Chic, a scarf that I already blogged about here.

Anglesey Abbey Gardens - Shrubs & Trees

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This simple but effective planting of silver birches (betula utilis var. jaquemontii) nearly made it as my weekend feature but in the end I decided that Anglesey Abbey Gardens in winter deserved a second post.

Weekend Eye Candy

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Tours de Cles

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Another contribution to the "holidays" theme and whilst not depicting a holiday, it was bought whilst holidaying in Paris, on probably a day as cold as today.

Tours de Cles features a contrast hem and depicts keys arranged in a circle and also medor studs. I need to rummage in my old copies of Le Monde as there was an article about this design.

Brazil

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The theme on the scarf board is "Holidays" and what better scarf to distract me from the grey and freezing weather than "Brazil".