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March 2014

You can’t trust March

This is a mini story I wrote in half an hour at Writers’ group last week. We were given the topic: ‘You can’t trust March’ and it had to be written in dialogue. ‘Oh I wouldn’t do that if I were you.’ ‘What?’ ‘That – planting out those begonias.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘It’s far too soon.’ ‘Too soon? It’s lovely and warm. I’m in a t-shirt.’ ‘But you could have your coat on tomorrow. You can’t trust March.’

Snowdrop Inspiration

I was absolutely delighted to find a snow-drop flowering in my garden the other day. Snowdrops definitely rank in my top 5 favourite flowers. There was a garden I used to walk past on my way home from primary school, and it always had a blanket of snow-drops beneath a group of fir trees. They enchanted me. Once, I picked one and I felt guilty about it ever since! Here’s some snow-drop inspired handmade clothing and jewellery….