More Easter stuff

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Love me, love flowers

We had a super chilled day today although i did manage to clean the living room, the kitchen, dig a bed and plant out the lettuces, all the sweet briers and also go to the Asian market. As well as cook a meal from scratch, and cuddle the children.

I also listened to lots of music while gardening and while cleaning the house... and Ghin danced around with me as we found coins and cleared surfaces and folded stuff. It was raining but it was ok. It shone later on and i managed to get out for a couple of hours. I now want to redo my compost pile, having been inspired by Benno Otto. I was watching my garden after i had a bath. In it were a pair of blackbirds, three starlings and a pair of coal tits. They were hoking about for food and i think that is why i do not appear to have slugs in my garden. Either that or my slugs have not discovered the lettuces which have gone unmolested for the past five days. Who knows when they will strike the slugs?

Pond with new bed dug today now filled with lettuces

I love the Eurythmics' Miracle of Love... there are a few songs which they have written which just hits the spot. It reminds me of being 15 again and also of the journey which i have made to get here. This song, Must Be Talking to an Angel and also Here Comes the Rain.

Balling wool....

Today i feel so at peace and delighted. I cannot explain it. It must be all those incredibly happy bacteria which has been running around Ballybay in that compost.

Oisin's project done this Easter
Oisin completed his project and he is as chuffed as. He said, i have learnt so much - i learnt about solar, i learnt how to solder, i learnt how to build a regulator and i learnt about electricity. I really love my project. Ah Easter! As a friend said yesterday, I am so glad that spring is here. Amen.

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