♥ 52 Weeks of Happy ♥ 25/52

Hello Lovelies, 

Thank you once again for your kind and supportive comments . I'm overjoyed to be able to report that mum is now well on the way to a full recovery . It's been a tiring and stressful time , but things could have been so much worse.

Here are my happy things from my birthday week 

1. Colourful annuals by my front door. I do enjoy perennial plants a lot, maybe because  I love to welcome back old favourites each year. But annuals are just wonderful for a hit of colour ........

Maybe you can see my Zinnias, to the left of the Busy Lizzie. Ummmm, not sure these are going to do quite as well. They are still rather small, but I haven't given up hope yet.

In the back garden the vegetable plot is looking quite full at the moment. As well as lettuce, spring onions, garlic  and carrots there are sunflowers growing up the side of the shed and the potatoes in pots are huge.......

In other pots I'm trying peas for the first time ( dwarf ones ) and I was delighted to spot some pods this week...........

2. Berries......... Strawberries and Raspberries are my favourites and they taste so good at this time of year. This was yesterday lunch time , Raspberries and Walls vanilla ice cream eaten in the garden...yummy :0)

3. My birthday prezzie. I'm very happy about this lovely gift. I've had my current camera since I started blogging in 2010 and I still love it , but there are things it's not good at.

 This model has a huge ( to me anyway ) 20 times zoom and I'm hoping it will cope better with low light levels than my little IXUS....initial impressions are good...........

It's a bit bigger than my old Canon but still small enough to go everywhere with me in my hand bag.

4. My birthday treat ( chosen by myself )  was to visit a lovely village which was hosting an "open gardens" event at the weekend. It was delightful and I will share LOTS more pictures in my next post.

Be back soon :0)

Jacquie x