It’s the start of the annual ‘Spring Festival‘ this Sunday in Wellington’s Botanical Garden. Tulip Sunday on 28 September kicks the winter blues away and calls in the joy and colour of Spring. The festivities continue throughout the two-week school holidays, culminating in a Family Picnic on Sunday 12 October.
These photographs weren’t taken this year, but hopefully we can all feel well enough to break out into the sunshine and enjoy the tulips soon. Poor Dan is really crook now – so much for ‘the force is with us’! Charli isn’t very well either. That just leaves me and Sophie. I’m still very weak on my legs and dizzy in my head, but slowly making progress. However, I do need to visit the pathologist when I’m well for a ferritin test on account of my very high iron levels. Sophie is sneezing and coughing and I hope she doesn’t come down with a fever too – she’s been such a patient, happy, little trooper this week (even though she was awake at 6am this morning!).
Anyway, when I woke this morning I thought, ‘must think positive thoughts’ and had to grab a ‘good feel’ photograph and plaster it up here to cheer my spirits. Yesterday was a glorious day of sunshine and today looks set to be the same – maybe I can manage to take the girls for a little fresh sea air whilst Dan rests up.
Hope you’re all keeping well and germ free! Love, Sarah x
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Our loves…how lovely to see the glorious tulips come up on the screen….Spring will come very soon for you. So sorry to hear Dan has gone down with it and Charli not too good. You too Sarah love still need to take it very easy. Thinking of you all heaps and hope all gets better soon Big hugs and love…Mum and dad
Thank you so much xxx Feeling SO much better tonight – finally! Still taking it easy though and popping some Nurofen to combat the muscle aches and headache. In a strange way this virus is ‘good for me’ as it’s forcing me to detox my system and rest up – which I needed to be doing more of anyway! It really was a beautiful day today and the girls played so well all day – running in and out of the house, spending hours drawing and writing. Dan was in bed for most of the day, poor love. Talk over the weekend, love Sarah x
Keep positive and don’t rush into doing things before you are ready. Flu can really take it out of you and your body will need plenty of tine to recover. It’s lovely to hear how your girls are so creative, that is something that will be with them for the rest of their lives.
Take care.
Hi Sarah – sending you warm spring wishes and thankyou for glorious pics of spring – it was a foggy start here with a sharpness of autumn but then later the sun shone – I hope you felt the warmth of the sun too and that you get to enjoy the spring hols with the girls and Dan real soon – best wishes – Rach x
There is nothing like sunshine to cheer you up and warm up those aching bones. The good news is that you’ll pull through this virus and can then tip toe through those tulips. Second thoughts not sure the parkies will let you. Still, enjoy things when you get better.