Before you start if you like to read your blogs in peace, turn off the speakers!
I was very angry today and when I feel like that I have to put on some happy music and loud!
Just like the piece I have chosen here by George M....if you like it turn it up and bounce away as you read!
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Once I have finally manage to drag myself out of bed....not easy! and hobble downstairs to make that first great cup of breakfast tea to start my day, the very first thing I do is look out of the kitchen window to see what is happening with the weather!
I like to sit an enjoy my mug of tea with a book or magazine and most definitely NOT the letters that fall onto the doormat in huge pile every morning and never fail to annoy me in some way!
I confess to having a little spend-up on Amazon, but I did only buy from the New & Used section this time - great idea big savings can be made here. This is just two of the 5 books that I ordered.
'Falling Cloudberrys and Apples For Jam by Tessa Kiros. I have to say these are more than just cookery books they are full of beautiful pictures and both tell a little story about family and food.
My happiness was short lived !
I will not tell you about the 'horrific' Bank charges that I also received this morning. And all because the Amazon payments came out so fast from my Halifax account they were debited before a credit that was due in had arrived....isn't it funny how they always manage to take money out of our accounts in a flash yet money going in is sooo slow. Is it a scam! are we being robbed under our noses....yes I dare say.
Next job. Feed the dog's!
Upstairs to get myself ready for the day and make the bed.... my two bedside reads at the moment are a Ghost story and my most favorite of all the house mag's...even more so as they have sent me a gorgeous Emma Bridgewater spotty cup & saucer for my afternoon tea...
Back out into the garden to wash-up the dog's bowls and water the plants. This is an old Belfast sink that my son-in-law gave us. N. had the iron stand made to measure by a local Cotswold blacksmith. I am going to paint the iron stand but I have not yet decided on the shade of F&B I want. A big sink in the garden is a brilliant idea if you have room.
Back into the kitchen for a quick tidy here and then one of favorite 'hobbies' to paint my latest finds.
I have managed to get N. to help this time....I think he is fed up with all my projects blocking is garage space!
My F&B collection of oil eggshell paint and one of the little bird box's that I have asked N. to make for me. This one has a lead roof...removed for the painting and the other one has a grey slate roof. I wanted three all to be different, so far I have two ready for painting.
In between painting I do bit of dusting and hoovering, well it has to be done.....no order to my housework...as and when. I have to say
Cath Kidston's pack of two pretty dusters do make it a bit more 'fun' ? is that the right word? or am I just sad!
A dash to the high street to have a big moan in the Bank!
Afterwards I found myself yet again in the charity shop spending money I should be saving to pay the Banks massive charges...and was rewarded with this!
I have been searching for weeks, no, months for a nice crochet throw for the camper van.
I had bid on several on EBay and lost or backed out as the price rockets.
There it was, perfect and only £3.99 !
All Cool Campers should have at least one of these to throw around your shoulders as you sit by the campfire, telling ghost stories !
Home again.
A little walk around my garden to inspect how little I have left of my Hosta's after last nights feast by the slugs and snails!
Finally pop the kettle on before lunch.
Katie and Jude arrive just as lunch is served...
I did manage to buy one crochet squares blanket on EBay.
But silly me, in my haste I did not get the tape measure out to check the size. It is a bit small but so beautifully made. Guy likes it too.
And lastly my
Cath Kidston expensive crochet throw. The colours go perfectly with the camper interior which is mainly pale blue and bright pinks.I will have to show you the camper interior one day.
After lunch or brunch, more painting. Then on goes the kettle again as Katie and Jude sleep on the sofa!
Nothing like a nice cup of tea in the afternoon! Gosh there is a lot tea drinking in this house. And two of my litttle 'boys' enjoying the afternoon with me in the garden.
Next I dash to the allotment to water and a spot of weeding.
It is so peaceful here...the thought of actually going is not one that pleases me, but once I am through the padlocked gates I am happy, it is the quietness that I love and seeing my vegetables growing before my eyes.
Home again, whacked out....cook the dinner and finally I collapse on the sofa until Hub says,
time for bed Carol...wake up!
Where do the hours go? I never achieve all that I hope to at the start of the day.
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Then Mr Postman delivered a surprise parcel! Vanessa at Just Originals justoriginal.blogspot.com/ had made this beautiful little dish for Jude's nursery and a wonderful Lavender smelling Heart. Thank you Vanessa and Fi for your lovely Hand Made Gifts, they all look lovely in their new homes.
At long last one of the many projects that I started managed to get finished, well almost - the eyes are not as good as they were and Katie spotted a couple of bits I missed!
I did buy two of these chairs from a very tatty junk shop - for just £11 each. They were in perfect condition with a very nice little weaved seat, until Mr N. decided to stand on one!
A very cosy lounge with a working stove that we used every evening. A tiny little kitchen but very sweet. I loved the Pea tiles around the sink - they were from Laura Ashley.
This strip of land leads out from the mainland at Aldeburgh. The sea is on one side and the marshes on the other. We drove along this strip of land which leads to the Martello Tower. 
An old building in Aldburgh on the green.
It is an interesting and enjoyable walk along the beach which stretches for miles.
