Soaking up some ssssunshine

I've been loving the warmer Spring weather we've been having! We've had loads of picnics and bbqs lately and it's so lovely to wake up and see blue skies... Saturday morning we lazed about in the sun at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. The Boy loves exploring there and we often end up wandering around the less populated and more overgrown bits. I am a huge wimp and am always on the look out for creepy crawlies. The most exciting things I have seen there so far have been a mongoose, a giant spider (see pic above) and a few crabs. So imagine my utter HORROR on Saturday when I saw a snake. Yes, a proper snake. Not a hosepipe as my husband asked later but a real, big, fat snake all curled up and sunning itself right next to the path. Once I my knees stopped shaking and we made to back to the busier part of the garden I calmed down enough to realise it was 'just' a mole snake. (I can't bring myself to post a pic but you see what one looks like here.) They're not venomous and thank goodness this one was totally oblivious to our presence. But I think I will stay away from the quiet, interesting paths until next winter when my snake friends head back into hibernation. *shudder*

Also, I just wanted to say thanks so much for the fab comments about my new prints and a big welcome to my new followers :-) I haven't been blogging much lately but hopefully I'll be online more often once things have settled down a bit. x