saskatchewanwildnature

It's a long dark journey from Autumn to Spring in the UK, but over the last couple of weeks we've been lucky enough to hold on to the sun's last rays until after we've braved the rush hour home. Spring is coming, it'll be here before you know it! In celebration of March, here are some cheery, spring time Instagram photos from my account, @PromisingYellow. . . Are you also yearning for spring? Last month was Valentine's Day and boyfriend followed my not so subtle hints to buy me this gorgeous bouquet of flowers. It makes such a difference to a room and they've brough so much colour and cheer to my kitchen. ^__^ ...and in turn I baked boyfriend a d basket of goodies! Scones, shortbread, jam filled biscuits, oatie hearts and chocolate shortbread - delish! A snap from the very end of last summer during doggie walking time. Beautiful white wild flowers (possibly meadowsweet?) in the sunshine. RAINBOW!! - one of the few good things about dark, dreary, wet wea...

It's about this time of year when I kindle my cosy Autumnal spirit into full blown Winter Spirit  (and dare I even utter the festive C word?) with Autumn/Winter Movies, (see my favourite 11 cosy movies here) Bailey's hot chocolate and my annual Ski Holiday with Cee Cee, Tonya, Jessica and Lauren in Jane Claypool Miner's 'A Winter Love Story'. Do you remember Point Romance books? I still have quite the collection including this, my first and favourite: A Winter Love Story . As you can see it's well-read!! And that's because I've read it nearly every Winter since I was 13.  Every year I return to Paradise Lodge , go skiing with Tonya and Lauren, hate Angel and fall in love with Davey and Jon all over again . It's a wonderful, warm story about 4 girls trying to have the ski trip of their lives while dealing with their own drama. Green tights, yellow and purple sweater, orange and purple earrings --- aah yes, the 90s were interesting! Cee Cee is prob...