Happy Easter x x x

 

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter x From everyone at Sidmouth Poppy x

Mirror mirror.....

I had an idea...voiced it out into the ether of Facebook and lo and behold....

A few days later the post man brought me these lovelies...A housewarming present from a dear aunt.....

Due to ill health I have recently "downsized" to a smaller lickel house.....what a relief....no large garden to tackle....I am that gardened out , it caused me so much stress not be able cope with my old garden that  I have not even attempted pots! Maybe next year I will be ready to face growing things again.......

The new house is a delight.....It takes an hour to clean from top to bottom....and over looks the river...although I fear my lie ins will be forever shattered by dog owners howling at their dogs to come back.......but that is a small price to pay to live in such a lovely location....it's lovely now but I cannot begin to imagine what it will be like in the summer to grab a patchwork quilt, a cushion and a book and walk out of my front door and go a few paces to sit under a tree on the river bank.

Of course a new house house meant decorating ...but I am doing it,slowly but surely...I went mad on a good day and painted the front room thinking I was "normal".....I couldn't walk for three days!!!!!!!!!!So even though I want it all done NOW!!!!!!! I am pacing myself.....Have practically finished my bathroom now though....It was lime green, lime green walls and lime green tiles....now some people may like lime green but I could not live with it...it had to go.....Now I am not flush and pennies do not stretch far and the lime green tiles would have cost far more to replace than I could afford and the thought of DIY made my heart sink...so a tin of tile paint was procured. It's resulted into two tone white but I will have to live with it for now....

I hope to distract from that with flowery goodness.....I put up rosey curtains from Popy's old bedroom as the grey blind seemed harsh......and all the bits are from my old house.......

The hubster has got quite good at putting things up!

It's been fun deciding what goes where.......and what to use from from old house......

But here at last are the stars of this post....my beautiful vintage hand mirrors....

I love them so much...and knowing me will probably not be able to be content with these five...especially now the car boot season has started...I suspect that little expanse of wall will one day be mirrors from ceiling to floor.......What will you be looking out for this car boot season?

Apple and Lavender Cake x

 I have to make a cake every week for knitting club ......
 


 This week I picked some primroses and violets from The Byes and crystallized them......

 To decorate my lavender and apple ring cake x

 And very yummy it was too..........

Very spring like x

A Beachy Mothers day

Wasn't Mothering Sunday a lovely warm sunny day...mine was spent on the beach with my two girls and  my two grandaughters ...in full dressing up box styley x

 

 

 

 A wonderful day was had by all...and poor Daisy was pooped by the time we got home and jumped right into her bed for a well deserved nap.Hope you all had a wonderful day too x x

Need I Say More x

I feel better

See!..... from the above pic you can see after a full nights sleep I am feeling better....managing to actually get out of the house after a week of being indoors......although its not as good as it sounds...I couldn't be bothered to get me ironing board out and ironed my trousers on the floor!....and I decided to go for what passes as girly ...so after ironing my outfit I then discovered my red heels have a button missing but I couldn't be bothered to iron another outfit...well maybe I will look a lot more like Cinderella than I thought...didn't she have shoe problems! Hoping the fresh air will do me some good ...I have already managed to alienate half my facebook friends by asking the calorific value of ...well...snot! As I have been eating it non stop for a week now...see I have turned you off now too!!!x x x x I am out of here before I loose my blogging friends too! Laterz peepz!

Not perfect .........

I know everyone in blogland likes to make out they are bloomin peachy perfick all the blinkin time..wafting around their immaculate houses, creating masterpieces with bunnies and butterflies following them around..well I am

blinking well  far from it...

 I kinda feel like this.....

 

Which makes me into one of these..........

 

So I try and and hide as much as I can....I even loose the will to muck around and try and make things.....everyone should have a bitch teacup for when they are feeling evil.........(tea cup supplied and sent to me my my very good friend MoreTVicar

Normal service will resume  .........eventually.............when I have sucked it up and stopped feeling sorry for myself.......

Seasonal Bunting.......

 As I get older I seem to notice the passing of the seasons in ever increasing detail.......

 The flowers, the fruits, the blossoms, the leaves, the quality of the light......the length of the days.....and I want to celebrate every second of every season.....I have always loved The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady...and I have a couple of the books lying around.....but what use is a book on the shelf when you can use it to make wonderful bunting that can be seen EVERY day.....

 So I have started with a SPRING bunting...........

 I love it....and have hung it in my kitchen, along with the primroses and mini dafs, and a lovely bundle of rhubarb a dear friend brought from her allotment for me........spring has sprung in my kitchen

Of course I will have four lots of this bunting throughout the year.......I need to find a shelf where I can display seasonal bits and produce,,,,and I have lots of pictures left over to make some more bunting so keep tuned x