Thursday, 1 April 2010

Happy Easter.

Hello Everyone, I hope you all have a wonderful Easter, my family is coming over on Good Friday so I am cooking dinner for them lots of hugs and conversation, what could be better? The weather is not very Easterish but never mind it is still a lovely time of year and always seems to bring me peace in my heart.
Drop thy still dews of quietness,
till all our strivings cease,
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess,
The beauty of thy peace.
JG Whittier.

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Chintz Plates and Antique Lace

Here are some of the items I found whilst I was away in Lincolnshire. I love Chintz China and found all of these bits in several different places they are so pretty, I will definitely look for more. The dish with the handle is Royal Albert and is just lovely. The lace is all old stuff that I found in cardboard boxes and drawers and anywhere it could be shoved but I found some of it this is just a small amount I am showing you I bought loads for such a small amount of money and I will get greta joy using it on my sewing. The little pink dish is coalport a bon bon dish Iwill use this a lot. I do love old and pretty things and I feel very lucky that I am able to indulge myself a little, to someone with lots of money they would be worthless to be they are precious.





Tuesday, 30 March 2010

Antique Heaven

Hello Everybody I am backfrom my sojourn in Lincolnshire we had a brilliant time and the weather was kind. This is a photo of Lincold Cathedral it is very beautiful we were allowed to take a photo inside which I was glad of because it is stunning.Getting to the cathedral is a bit hard because it is at the top of a very steep hill but, to make it interesting whilst your heart beats like a tom tom there are sweet little shops on either side of the cobbled hill also cafe's and restaurants so you can have a rest half way up if needed. There are sweet little houses so I presume people live on the hill too they must be fit. The pictures with the tables of china were taken in Horncastle which has an antiques and collectable trail and is loved by Americans we did most of the trail it took us all day the places are huge with two and three floors plus outside space too they are like old factories or warehouses which have been turned into Antique Heaven. The tables with the china were so magical and whilst looking around I spotted a Chintz creamer which I immeadiately bought for pennies. We also visited a place called Hemswell which has the aerodromes where the planes took off for Germany in the war years, I think this is where the Dambusters left from there is a pub on top of the cliff road called The Dambusters Arms. We had a lovely meal in a cafe on the Hemswell site which was full of war memorabilia. There were a bout 14 antique stores on this site they were huge we managed to look around 4 I bought some more things which I will photograph and put in my next post.









Monday, 22 March 2010

We are off in the caravan for a few days, I will post when we get back. Take Care

Sunday, 21 March 2010











My Birthday was great.

Hello everyone, I had a great birthday with lots of goodies from my family and friends and lots of family time too. The cushion you see here was made for me by my daughter Kate it is so lovely. I bought her a Tilda book for christmas and she made me this cushion out of it, the flower you see in the middle is beautifully embroidered by Kate this is something she has never attempted before and she's very proud of it. I will post some more pictures of my lovely things, Kathleen made me a lovely Vintage fabric book it is so pretty. My son bought me one of the brooches I collect by Lea Stein it is Scarlett O'Hara I love it. I had Fabrics and buttons quilting books perfume and so much more I am a very spoilt Mum. I am off now to recover my Linen chest and then I am going into the garden I have Daffodils about to pop.

Monday, 15 March 2010

Carpet delivery and fitting today

Hello everyone, First of all I hope all you Mothers had a lovely Mothering Sunday mine was great, I had a visit from Kate and Andrew with flowers and cards which were lovely but seeing my kids was enough to make me happy. Kate and I did a lot of wedding talking, the kids stayed for dinner and we had lots of chat around the table, I love it when we can talk and laugh together.
My bedroom is having its new carpet fitted today, all the painting is done so the carpet is going down. The new bed is being delivered tomorrow, and the mattress on Thursday so, a busy week. I am looking forward to putting up all my pretty things and using new bedlinen for the first time. It is my Birthday on saturday 20th I will be 64 that is a bit of a shock as I still feel about 26 but I am very happy I am still here with my Lovely Tony and my kids. We are going away in the caravan next week for a few days, we were going in Feb, but ir was so cold we delayed, but we are giving it a go.

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