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I thought it was time that we could enjoy the garden from inside the house as well as out. It does afterall seem as though Spring has finally arrived and the garden is beginning to look nice.<\/p>\n

Cleaning the windows helped. They get coated in salt spray here in no time so over the winter we tend not to bother cleaning them as it is a thankless task. However, with the sun shining and the birds singing I cleaned them this morning so the house is feeling fresh and spring-like.<\/p>\n

It didn’t quite cut it though so I decided to bring a few flowers into the house as well – although,\u00a0I’m sure my flower arranging leaves much to be desired!<\/p>\n

\"Spring<\/a>

Spring Flower Arrangement<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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