I realise that I have been a bit obsessed with bluebells this month and playing on Wordle confirms this. The words photographs and bluebells stand out, also beginning and finished which sounds as if I am achieving something!

I like the way the word cloud gives me a summary of my past few posts, a snapshot of what is happening in my life.

You can create a Wordle word cloud here.

Woodland - late April

This is the third set of pictures of the woodland I have posted in April but each time I go I take more photographs. The bluebells are perfect at the moment.

Other plants are growing too and everything fits together like a well designed garden, bluebells with yellow archangel

and bluebells with greater stitchwort.

Its much shadier along the path now

as the taller trees come into leaf.

Easter holidays

Its Good Friday today but the Easter holidays are almost over. In the last two weeks eldest son has come home form university and now gone back again to revise for his exams at the beginning of May. We've had a great couple of weeks enjoying the lovely weather. The photographs that I'm sharing today are from a short trip to south Wales at the beginning of the holidays.

This is Oxwich Bay on the Gower peninsular which is a perfect beach for strolling along the waters edge.

The weather was so warm it seemed like summer rather than April.

On our second day we walked on Sugar Loaf hill near Abergavenny, same clear blue skies

although a bit cooler and windy at the top.

Signs of spring growth all around, bilberries just beginning to form,

leaves appearing on the trees in the valleys

and everywhere very cute welsh lambs.

Woodland - mid April

What a difference a week makes at this time of year. A week ago the bluebells were just starting to show, now there is a carpet of blue and the wood is filled with their scent.

The yellow archangel is flowering

and there is more leaf growth on the hazel trees.

finished sewing and knitting

A quick catch up with two finished items. First this bag which was the second project in Alice and Ginnys' sewing classes.  Lots of different sewing techniques were introduced while making this including my first attempt at machine applique.

The course I took was "kick start to sewing" and it seems to have done just that, now that the bag is finished I have bought some material to make two more cushions.

Next on to knitting and I have finished my waistcoat.

The yarn is Twilleys "freedom spirit" in a blue/purple colourway. It is knitted in reverse stocking stitch which softens the colour changes.

Having finished this waistcoat I have now cast on for another one, this time in fairisle knitting - photographs to come when I have done a few rows of the pattern.