Bob & Betty go British

Spring is Sprung

Yes, at last it's spring! We made it through the cold dark winter. Now we just have to make it through the cold spring. That said, there are plenty of pretty yellow daffodils all over the place, many trees are in bloom and the days are definitely getting longer. It's nice to hear the birdies singing in the morning in between the buses...

I know I've been remiss in not blogging lately but we've been slightly distracted by a number of things. First was the gall bladder. The latest is that I've been to see a specialist who sent me for an ultrasound and is going to refer me to another specialist as the first specialist no longer does the gall bladder operations. The ultrasound showed no stones but the gall bladder was rather small and scarred. So now I wait to see when my next appointment will be. I guess that means I'm not having the operation on March 12th anymore. Hmm...

The other reason for my lack of blogging is that we've been looking for a new place to live. We got all excited by the prospect of living in luxury on the Thames, with space and airconditioning. However, this dream is not all it's cracked up to be. I am definitely looking for something that's a bit quieter than what we're in now, but it seems that London is full of traffic and there aren't many places where the noise doesn't permeate, even along the water's edge. We've seen a few really nice places but I'm rather nervous about laying out what seems like ludicrous amounts of money (when you convert it back to Australian dollars) just to live in something. So then we thought about buying and went to see a mortgage broker. We are now waiting to see if they'll lend us any money and how much. I'm not convinced it's the best thing to do as we'll just spend all our time looking for somewhere to live and the travelling will fall by the way side. Maybe I'd better let Robert buy his porsche, rent somewhere really expensive and distract him with shiney gadgets. Hmm...

The other problem is where to live. We went and checked out Islington last weekend. It seems like a pretty cool area. Lots of Georgian houses converted into flats. Lots of shops and lots of people and buses. The side streets seem a little quiter however. Part of me just wants to stay where we are but I know how awful it is in summer and how cramped it is when people come to stay. It's all too hard!

But back to spring. I was thinking that it would be appropriate to have a photo of a daffodil at this point but I've not taken one photo since Switzerland. Hopefully it will be nice on the weekend and I'll be able to take some flower shots then. In the meantime, here is a shot I took in our backyard in Sydney (daffodils look the same all over the world - trust me ;-)).

posted by Elisabeth @ 9:34 PM