Easter Greetings

Happy Easter!

 As you can see, the Easter bunny has already visited us - along with the chicks and a rather bizarre pink unicorn and a couple of frogs that are just hanging around!  The little chicks in the basket are hand-knitted and when you pick them up you find a creme egg tucked underneath.  They are so cute.

The word on the calendar this month is Iktsuarpok.  It is the Inuit word for the feeling of anticipation you get when waiting for someone to turn up at your house and you keep checking to see if they've arrived.  I wonder if the same word could be used for the anticipation of the arrival of Spring?  We've had a cold, wet month here and altough it has warmed up a bit we are really looking forward to some dry, warm weather and being able to go out without needing coats, and having the windows and doors open.

This is the river at Angles sur l'Anglin, with the water well over part of the island in the middle.

At the beginning of the month we went to the annual " Fete de Laboureurs". This year the weather was so cold that the vin d'honneur was hosted indoors in the salle de fete at St Pierre rather than on the terrace outside the cafe.  So, in turn the meal was moved to the salle de fete at Angles sur l'Anglin, meaning that our plans to walk both ways were scuppered!  In the end we took the car up to Angles and when it was time to come home we started to walk and then were offered a lift.  Mark then cycled to collect the car the following day.   

The parade was exceptional this year:

And lucky for Mark we have new facilities in the village, we just love the sign!

Whilst mentioning Mark - if you are in Burnham Market, Norfolk, you can see a selection of his ceramics at the Burnham Grapevine Gallery, along with paintings, prints sculptures and ceramics by other artists.