Blog entries tagged Spring https://inapeanutshell.com Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:38:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/buzz-buzz.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/crabandbees2017 - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/crabandbees2017 - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/crabandbees2017 - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/crabandbees2017 - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="te... Shelley Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:22:42 +0100 Spring Garden https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/neighbours.html <p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/spring_neighbours - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/spring_neighbours - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/spring_neighbours - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/spring_neighbours - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/spring_neighbours - 5.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p><img src="http://... Shelley Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:32:43 +0100 Spring Outside Animals https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/goodbye-winter-hello-spring.html <p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/spring_catchup17 - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/spring_catchup17 - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/spring_catchup17 - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/spring_catchup17 - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/spring_catchup17 - 5.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p><img src="http://www.i... Shelley Sat, 06 May 2017 21:57:30 +0100 Winter Spring Maisie Life Garden Family https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/an-almost-springtime-walk.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/almostspringwalk - 2.jpg" alt="" /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/almostspringwalk - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/almostspringwalk - 3.jpg" alt="" /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/almostspringwalk - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/20... Shelley Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:43:21 +0100 Winter Spring Maisie Life Home Abby https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/getting-the-garden-in.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/gardenstart2016 - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/gardenstart2016 - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/gardenstart2016 - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/gardenstart2016 - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="te... Shelley Thu, 09 Jun 2016 19:14:35 +0100 Summer Spring Our Yard Maisie Garden https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/a-new-skill-and-a-helping-hand.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012//nestingmaterial - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012//nestingmaterial - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Maisie has mastered a new skill: cutting. She finds so much joy in cutting prices of yarn with this little pair of scissors. It&rsquo;s a skill I&rsquo;ve been both looking forward too and dreading. Cutting is so permanent. I still remember the day my... Shelley Sun, 29 May 2016 22:00:13 +0100 Spring Maisie https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/easter-weekend.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/easterweekend - 1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/easterweekend - 2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012//easterweekend - 3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/easterweekend - 4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-alig... Shelley Fri, 22 Apr 2016 03:17:05 +0100 Tea Spring Snow Sewing Outside Mittens Maisie Life Holidays Around Town https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/snow-and-ice.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/snowcastle_2015_03.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/snowcastle_2015_04.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/snowcastle_2015_05.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/snowcastle_2015_06.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-a... Shelley Sat, 11 Apr 2015 23:00:16 +0100 Winter Spring Snow Maisie Ice Family https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/hello-march.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/willows_1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>March is finally here. February is the shortest month on the calendar but it always feels like the longest month of the year. This year it seemed particularly cold and we were all fed up with it a few weeks ago. March is the last real month of winter and it's the month when the sun really starts to make itself felt. We may still have some pretty cold days (like today) but we know th... Shelley Wed, 04 Mar 2015 06:24:46 +0100 Spring https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/1469.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/1469blog_01.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/1469blog_02.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/1469blog_03.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/1469blog_04.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="htt... Shelley Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:25:34 +0100 Spring Outside Maisie Life Knitting Home Family https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/we-go-for-walks.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/walking_01.jpg" alt="" /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/walking_02.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/walking_03.jpg" alt="" /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/walking_04.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/walking_05.jpg" alt="" /><img src="ht... Shelley Mon, 19 May 2014 07:12:56 +0100 Spring Outside Maisie Abby https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/getting-ready.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/gardenprep13_01.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/gardenprep13_02.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/gardenprep13_03.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012/gardenprep13_04.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center... Shelley Wed, 29 May 2013 07:17:53 +0100 Spring Garden https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/ready-for-summer.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012_garden_may_01.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012_garden_may_02.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012_garden_may_03.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/2012_garden_may_04.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img ... Shelley Tue, 22 May 2012 11:00:10 +0100 Spring Garden https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/a-trip-to-the-greenhouse.html <p>That first trip to the greenhouse in the spring is always a bit special. So colourful and so fragrant. All I was getting was a few bags of potting soil but I took my time looking around first.<br /><br />I checked out the animals: chickens, goats and a couple of donkeys were all I could see but a friend of mine said she saw a couple of sheep last week.</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/greenhousemay12_01.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: ... Shelley Sun, 13 May 2012 10:37:09 +0100 Spring Green Garden https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/early-spring-in-the-yard.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/spring_yard_1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/spring_yard_2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/spring_yard_3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/spring_yard_4.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inap... Shelley Wed, 09 May 2012 10:48:50 +0100 Spring Outside Our Yard https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/scent-of-spring.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/first_dew_1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/first_dew_2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/first_dew_3.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>It's twenty after seven in the morning and I would rather be blissfully sleeping in but I'm a morning person and the sun is getting up pretty early by this time of year s... Shelley Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:35:40 +0100 Spring Life https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/today--659.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/springwalk12.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>&hellip; there was fog in the morning.<br />&hellip; I wore my spring and fall coat.<br />&hellip; I wore a skirt that only came to my knees.<br />&hellip; I saw two puddles.<br />&hellip; the snow had that heavy, damp crunch to it.<br />&hellip; I walked through a pile of slush.<br />&hellip; the sun was still up when I left the gym at 7 pm.<br />&hellip; I saw pussy willows beginnin... Shelley Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:43:19 +0100 Spring https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/so-i-bought-sandals.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/new_sandals1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>It snowed again today. Not as much as yesterday but still &hellip; snow &hellip; in June.<br /><br />Last night I wrapped up all my outdoor plants in tents made of clear garbage bags for a bit of extra frost protection and spent the rest of my evening working on various quilting projects. I'd been planning to work on sundresses and maybe even sew the buttonholes on a blouse that's bee... Shelley Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:18:01 +0100 Spring https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/hello-june.html <p>Was that snow really necessary?</p> Shelley Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:22:47 +0100 Spring https://inapeanutshell.com/blog-topmenu-39/gardening-inside-and-out.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/gardeninginandout1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>These are the seedlings I started before we left for vacation at the beginning of April. They're trying to take over the family room. Most of what you can see there is squash and tomatoes but I've also got peppers, ground cherries, some flowers, and a bunch of herbs going. The squash plants are getting massive. Some of their leaves are as big as my hand and I have to check and a... Shelley Mon, 16 May 2011 07:04:29 +0100 Spring Garden Abby