Despite hurricane force winds, torrential rains and even some frosts (unusual for this house because it's so close to the sea) these two Snowdrops have decided that it is spring. Such optimism and such a positive attitude reminded me that it's been a while since I wrote a Thankful Thursday post.
To be honest I've found it very hard in the moments (and there are many of them) when my mind finds itself on the other side of the world: I miss The Family and my friends and croquet and The Handbag. So much is happening there but perhaps most of all I miss seeing Catriona and Fraser grow from childhood through their early teenage years.
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| At Seilabost 2010 - Fraser doing what Fraser does! |
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| Catriona being Catriona - 2010 |
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| Fun in the Lews Castle grounds - 2010 |
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| Catriona being impish - 2010 |
So I concentrate on the Good Things I have experienced this winter: seeing more of my friends here on Lewis and in Scotland; going to concerts in Glasgow (something I haven't done regularly since I left Cheshire in the early '70s); seeing my garden through the winter and knowing that I will be able to do things in the garden in the early spring that I haven't done for a decade.
And I will see daffodils: mine are already showing their shoots through the ground all over the garden.
