prunes and apricots. . .an unanswered question!

so, here's a thought for which I'd like an answer
(if you have one). . .

at the healthfood shop dried fruit counter
you get whole prunes with stones
or whole prunes without stones.

And you get apricot halves without stones.

Why don't you get prune halves,
or whole apricots with stones?

grab cheerfulness where you find it!

 

The pack of sponge scourers (£1.00 for 20 at the market)

are far too bright and  jolly to leave in a drawer!

 

Grab cheerfulness where you find it cos. . .

 

 

look what the rain did to my precious peonies. . .

 

I'm no gardener (understatement of the century)

but I adore my bed of peonies

which grow and multiply all on their own

and bloom like there's no tomorrow. . .

 

well this year, there wasn't.

sniff.

 

the MOST beautiful little porcelain ginger grater. . .

 

On our last holiday day in America we had to go buy another suitcase.

 

I'd bought so many quilts they wouldn't fit into the bags we'd brought with

(surprise surprise).

Next to TJ Maxx (the same as our TK)

was a little consignment store which just HAD to be visited!

 

Vintiquing one last time, under threat of death if I bought anything large,

I found this beautiful little porcelain ginger grater and knew it had to

be mine. . .

 

I use it most mornings to make fresh lemon & ginger tea

and each day it reminds me of that special holiday.

 

Do you have a favourite holiday memento?

 

ps sunshine doesn't count!

 

the woolly dog blog

 

I just want to tell you about a

gorgeously fresh, interesting and easy-on-the-eye

blog I've found cos I think you'll like it. . .

pop over and have a look at

The Woolly Dog Blog

 

she has lovely things for sale on Etsy too!

 

 

in love with sewing boxes!

 

now, I know that a grown woman should fall in love

with Rangemaster cookers and expensive frocks and

diamond rings and sensible stuff like that. . .

 

but. . .for me. . .

 these 1960s vintage American sewing boxes hit the spot

(which just goes to show I'm not quite grown-up yet!)

 

I love them so much I bought every one I could find on our US holiday. . .

 

(and yes, they were hell to pack into suitcases

for the return flight home!)

 

perfect!

 

in my world, there isn't a better way to start the day. . .

 

hope your morning is filled with sunshine

and you have a dear friend to share it with

xx

Bruce's morning

 

 

I've just woken up and mum's late as usual. . .

I want to go out in my field and EAT!

 

 

hmm. . .there's some spilt hay in the doorway which I can

snuffle up while I wait

 

 

AT LAST! out thru the barn door into the morning sunshine

 

 

and a walk down my field to find the sweetest grass

 

 

where I'm joined by my field-mate Joseph

who thinks he's my shadow.

 

I walk, he walks. . .

 

 

I stop and eat, he stops and eats. . .

 

 

I scratch an itch. . .

 

 

so he scratches an itch.

 

 

I have to eat very quickly in case he gets more grass than me

 

 

I keep telling him that ALL the grass is mine and

 he can have the nettles, but he doesn't listen

 so I'll eat as much as I can before it's time

to go in this evening. . .

facebook. . .

beinglol.com

 

sooooooooooooooooooooo. . .

 

I've been and gone and done it

 

I put my big girl pants on and did the big girl thing

 

and went on

facebook

 

It's only taken me nine years to get round to it

but hey, procrastinating is ummmmm

 

errrrr

 

oooooooooh

 

aaaahhhh

 

well. . . .

 

not a bad thing

is it?

 

 

so here's the link to my page

 

and here's the link to Ted and Bunny page

 

 

I know lots of you are already there

so stop by and say hi

 

just don't mention anything about

Twitter Instagram and Pinterest!

 

 

help please. . .mystery textile. . .

 

I've been trying to figure out what this antique costume piece is

and I'm completely stumped.

 

It was in a suitcase of Victorian undies I bought recently

at our local fleamarket.

 

If anyone has an idea, please put me out of my misery!

 

 

hand stitched antique white linen with a tiny x-stitch initial at the top,

one side has a slot which reaches 3/4 of the way down

 (I thought at first it might be to cover a bustle but

it's too small/the wrong shape) and the other side is plain.

 

Two tape ties are more than long enough to tie around a waist.

 

14" long x 7" at the widest point

 

Help!

xx

 

have a lovely weekend!

 

have a lovely weekend everyone! xx

why I lurve the countryside

 

why I love the countryside. . .

 

just sat down at my desk and heard a noise

looked outside to see a shepherds hut trundling along the road!

(don't suppose the loooooong line of cars behind feel the same lurve!)

vintiquing heaven in the US!

We've been to stay with family in the US, down in the Deep South
in South Carolina.
Gorgeous times, hours of chat sitting in the rocking chairs on the front porch- mega catch-ups, lots of laughing, food, drink, music, a road-trip to Tennessee, stayed in Nashville and watched
The Grand Ol Opry radio show recorded live.

 

My cousins organised mega vintiquing trips- I was in feedsack-quilt heaven- and I bought so many sewing boxes and textiles we struggled to pack 4 suitcases within the weight limit!
(well actually I struggled while Ted looked on with that "why can't you ever buy small things. . ." expression. He had another expression completely when the hand luggage wouldn't fit in the overhead locker on a completely packed plane, buts that's another story. . .)

 

 

 

 

Home now, jetlagged, missing my family, sifting sorting and patting
all these wonderful buys, trying on clothes hats and handbags
and wondering if I'm EVER going to part with
the Dresden Plate depression quilt. . .

 

Here's where we stayed- straight out of Gone with the Wind

 

 

and this is the view from the front porch. . .

 

 

Roll on next year. . .love you, cuzzies!