There was so much pleasure in packing up a picnic basket and getting out of this house at last, leaving all thoughts of sickness behind us and just getting out there to enjoy ourselves. Well, we were still cautious - more so than most it seems. My lot did tend to stand out as they still had long sleeves, long pants and gumboots so they could go sploshing into the water and explore with warm, dry feet. Around them, children were splashing about in bathers, shorts, t-shirts and (gasp) bare feet! It did look lovely to enjoy such freedom but I am not prepared to risk going back to another two weeks of being house bound with four sick children. Summer is coming and there will be plenty of time for bare feet.
It has also been a wonderful time in the garden with fruit trees beginning to blossom, promising crops of juicy plums, apricots and peaches. Oh, yum!!!! We also managed a trip to the plant nursery to choose a shade tree for the back garden. At the moment it is still a rather tall and very bare twig but with time, will grow into a beautiful, frilly, white flowering Crepe Myrtle big enough for the children to climb and for those of us too old for tree-climbing, to sit beneath with a cool drink. I am so looking forward to seeing it grow.
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