My daughter says "Don't Panic it'll be fine" It was.

Today I had a few women, who are the sewing group I belong to, come to my house for the first time. Well, if you could have seen me this morning, hoovering, dusting, moving furniture, cleaning toilets etc just for the 2 hours they were going to be here, how stupid is that?? Are we all the same or is it just me?? It was made worse of course because we are renovating our old farmhouse, but then, they have all done that so they know exactly what it is like. We shut a few doors and said, we won't let them in there. Yes, you've guessed it, they arrived and said, "Oh what a lovely house, will you show us round and tell us what you intend to do with it?" All the doors were opened, all the cobwebs from the attics pushed to one side, the holes in the stairs were avoided and it was fine. They loved it, and of course, because they have all done it, or some are still renovating, they have good ideas, so why did I worry? I have no idea, but one thing I do know, I will be exactly the same next time they come around. In all the fuss though, I forgot to take any photos of what they were making, so that will have to be next time.

While we were out yesterday, we were driving down a road and I had to do a double take looking into someones garden. You know when you think you see something and are not quite sure. Well, I asked Richard to stop and turn around so I could have another look. Quite amazing. There must have been about a quarter of an acre of snowdrops. I have the pictures here, but of course, it is nothing compared to seeing them in real life. I don't think I have ever seen so many in one place. It's funny because while we have been here, I really haven't seen many bulbs at all, not like in the UK where we all love our daffodils, tulips, snowdrops and crocus, so it was a real thrill to see these. To get these photos, I had to creep half way down the drive and this was just a few of them, there were carpets of them all nodding their little heads in the sunshine. Not sure what I would have done if someone had come to ask what I was doing. Not speaking the language, I feel a little vulnerable. You can just hear them can't you, "'Allo 'allo, what 'ave we 'ere then ?" I have 6 snowdrops out in my garden at the moment, I wonder how long it will take for them to multiply like these?

We are off to Spain tomorrow to do a bit of shopping. Nothing fancy and exciting but we will look at tiles while we are there for the kitchen, and we want some spices for making paella and I suppose we had better look at wine while we are there. Well someone has to do it!!