Update

[imhilien]

It was a foggy late winter morning today, as in 'uh, should the fog be that close to the house?'. The first cherry trees to flower have done so, daffodils and magnolia trees are in bloom too.

My part-time secretarial job was made redundant recently, which I'm a bit sad about. I had my own small office with a door I could close when I wanted to. So after three years I'm job hunting again. I had a part-time job interview the other day, which seemed to go ok. *crosses fingers*

My mum had her birthday recently and we went a few hours south on the motorway to a tea plantation with a restaurant that serves lovely food. Afterwards we went to the city of Hamilton nearby and went to the museum that had a Jane Austen exhibition, where they had replica outfits that the characters in her novels would have worn. A few things were pointed out as genuine, such as a long pashmina-type shawl. Some very delicate genuine items were kept in glass cabinets, such as a white silk wedding dress. It did look very small though (maybe it had shrunk?) and I kept thinking 'how tall was she??'.

Comments

[vilakins]

I've been to that tea plantation and had lunch there! Maybe I'll go back next time I'm up north, and finally visit Hobbiton, and also, you know, have the first real holiday for more than 10 years. You never know...

Our trees are starting to blossom too, yay, and it's getting lighter in the evenings which makes me happy.

[imhilien]

The plantation is great, isn't it. Hobbiton - you must go there. *waves hands mysteriously*

It's a relief seeing lighter evenings, yes.