Spring is here at last

Spring is here at last, it’s been a very long and wet winter! We are about to go on our annual trip to Cyprus, the same family run, calm and out of the way place as usual. I hope it will be a good time to see snakes emerging from their hibernation. It is earlier than we would have liked but our daughter is expecting her second baby in May and I will be on Nanna duties with Milo and helping our daughter. Our six year old grandson Bob, asked why he wasn’t coming with us, I told him that I think he would be a bit bored. He too enjoys looking for snakes so he was happy when I told him that he can help with this year’s reptile survey when we get back. I love the annual survey but we didn’t see as many reptiles as usual last year and I’m really hoping everything is well this year, after such a soggy winter.

This will be our first holiday since I gave up my bugs, it is really weird that I don’t have to get everything sorted out before we go. I’m really pleased but it’s also incredibly strange. I don’t have to feed and clean a zillion little animals and I don’t have to write out a long list of instructions for my daughter to follow. It will be super to come home in the early hours and go to bed, rather than go straight into the bug room and start repeating the process all over again. I also won’t have to come home to all the emails and issues that I used to but it feels odd. I do however have a greenhouse full of plants and seedling that will need care and my wildlife garden. My hedgehogs will need feeding and my gardens may need watering. My daughter will still be getting a little list ☺️ I just hope that there are no problems with getting to Cyprus and also getting back again but if EasyJet are flying then we are going!

My bug room has now been transformed into the “green room”, almost everything is coloured green, lots of plants, my small bug collection and all my bits and pieces. It is my sanctuary and although I feel a little guilty, I had to give away the giant dolls house that we put in there. It was way too big, we have toys all over the house and I want this room to be mine and suit me (has only gone to Milo’s cousins so he can still play with it, they have more space). Honestly, I’m not yet feeling I have the extra time that everyone told me I would have. Both the plants and wildlife take time in the garden. My gorgeous grandsons take time (god I love them!). My mother in-law has been in hospital for eight long weeks and is now being assessed to hopefully go into an assessment home (the world has gone mad). There are other issues that I can’t really mention in my open blog but suffice to say life is busy and I need my week away 😅 I loved it when my daughter told me this week that her and Milo were watching telly and the show mentioned Nanna naps. My daughter said that she would call an ambulance if she found me napping 🤣

Got to be quick now, I’m going up to London soon, my quarterly Competitions Day, yes, I am also still doing my competitions and dreaming of free holidays (not so easy to win these days but I have won plenty in the past) and I’m still learning Spanish but just this week I found out that I have actually finished my Duo Lingo course. Amazing as that might sound, I honestly can’t speak Spanish 😂 We are still planning to visit the BTS Show in May but it depends when the baby arrives, it is due on the day of the show! If the baby hasn’t arrived by then, I’m sure Milo would love to come along. After all he does now have his own baby tarantula, that Nanna gave him for his birthday last month. Enjoy spring everyone!

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