Vernal Equinox: Day 6

Another day of celebrating the start of spring. It's the big day tomorrow, but we had a very enjoyable day today continuing my plan to make the week as daffodil-tastic as possible.

Grasmere

And where better to see daffodils (or rather 'Daffodils') than at the Wordsworth Museum and Dove Cottage! The museum has a special exhibition on to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Dorothy Wordsworth's birth, as well as the opportunity to see 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' in Wordsworth's own hand, as the manuscript is currently on loan from the British Library. We had a lovely day at the museum and Dove Cottage in Grasmere today. It was perfect weather for a nice stroll around the gardens and woods at Dove Cottage too.

Thirlmere

We ended our little trip to the Lakes with a little walk around Thirlmere. We didn't spot any red squirrels, but the scenery was spectacular.

Dorothy Wordsworth Book and Bookmark

A lovely gift from Rob from the Wordsworth Museum... a book about Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth by Marian Veevers, and a woven bookmark covered in daffodils!

Vernal Equinox: Day 5

Another busy day with work, so another slightly short blog post. There wasn't a lot of time for celebrating today! However, I did do one big thing that was a lot of fun...

Creative Writing Session

I do a weekly volunteering session at Castlerea House care home, where I run creative writing and reading sessions for the residents. This week's writing session celebrated the Vernal Equinox, and it was (of course) daffodil-themed! And somehow, I ended up with daffodils in my hair (which I guess was only a matter of time given how this week's going!)...

Vernal Equinox: Day 4

Busy day at work today for both of us, so we didn't do very much celebrating. We still managed a couple of small nods to the season though.

Daffodils!

If we're going to have a truly daffodil-tastic week, I thought we should probably have some in the house. Bought a 'Bumper Daffs' bunch from Tesco and it filled 2 vases!

Ferrero Rocher Mini Eggs

My brother came round after work tonight. We have a little in-joke about Ferrero Rocher, and it's the Vernal Equinox, so that meant only one thing... Ferrero Rocher mini eggs!