Red Nose Day and Pretend Sunshine x

It started this morning at 7am............I was quite happy and snuggled under my duvet thank you very much, before Tilly Bumblebee decided to shout in my ear " IT'S RED NOSE DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!".......Yes indeed it is.....

I had promised them we would decorate some cupcakes for the cake sale at school, AND make a crazy hair style for them, AND make eggs on toast ( the ladies are doing ever so well and laying one a day each!!! So impressed with them.....think they might deserve some porridge later )

And so this was the scene before school.....

I am feeling unashamedly smug with myself for 1. getting ALL requested activities done. 2. getting the bumblebee's to school ON TIME, with book bags, coats, clean faces, and donations. Smug, smug, smug...............

One thing I am not so happy about today is the weather.......so I am going to pretend that yesterdays sunshine is still here...

My tree's blossom is nearly here, it is the brightest fushia pink...the trouble is, I don't know what the tree is. Any suggestions would be really helpful, I am thinking perhaps a crap apple? But she has a little disease I think, I just can't bring myself to chop her down, the birds love her and for those few weeks every year, she's stunning....

Now Talulla wanted me to show you her bag she made....all by herself. She fashioned it on Lucy from the Narnia film, when Father Christmas gives her the little magic medicine in a pouch.....

And yup, we have a jam jar on a window sill with a petal and grass potion brewing inside.........really pleased she has the making bug though.......

Mr.Q is up in the big smoke today, doing worky bussinessy stuffs, Tilly thinks he has gone to buy Mummy diamonds and crowns.....if only......

Happy Friday, dig deep for Red Nose Day........xxx

Happy Friday to you all

Escaping....................x

When there are boring jobs, sorting, and paper work to be done....I always seem to find some thing far more important to do, that just can't wait.

Like sewing a present for a special someone.......now that JUST could not wait.

And faffing with the wallpaper samples for the bumblebee's room.

Sticking my head in the wallpaper paste bowl, ignoring pending boring jobs, and...well.....having a bit of fun really!!

I have littlest Bumblebee off school with a nasty cough today, and whist I slapped on the paste and positioned, and re positioned, she wandered in from my bedroom ( where she had been flopping ) and gave me the thumbs up, what more could I ask for eh?

I just felt that, in a few years I did not want the girls growing out of their bedroom decor, but needing to keep it girly, but not too grown up. With the Green Ground Farrow and Ball walls, bits of pink here and there, some bunting, AND now the wallpapered chimney breast I think we have the answer.....

Actually.....I feel quite jealous, their room has far more space than ours, with lovely views either side. Just hope biggest Bumblebee comes home and likes it too!!!!

Now then........what other jobs can I find to do...........xx

My button spoons..........................x

Snuggly socks, particularly ones which don't belong to you....are....my best.

I think I am slowly starting to like the unfinished school room type floor boards, hummmmm perhaps it's because they are soooo good at hiding dirt?????????

Today has been a project day.......... I had buttons, glue, and spoons.........You see, every morning the Bumblebee's race for a special spoon for their cereal....It's a big drama, and so finally I decided to put an end to the morning Armageddon and make some more....

What's not to love about vintage buttons?

I can quite understand the cheeryness of a button spoon now........in the morning, I shall also be using one. So cute! 

I have many unfinished jobs in the house, and a few today were completed, I feel quite proud of myself!!! Only a few hundred more to go............

My lovely dad gave me a pair of London prints oooooooooh 10 years ago I think? One of London Bridge, and this one of The Tower......The Bridge frame was painted and distressed yonks ago...this one remained painted for the past year. So out came the sand paper......Aaaaaaaaaaah job done!

So now I have another project up my sleeve ( yes you would think I might be inspired to finish off all those other nagging jobs would'nt you?? Nah, that would be too sensible ).....

Meet my wallpaper samples I have collected up.......a friend gave me the idea actually......and I can honestly say she is happy for me to magpie it....... ( does a "uh huh " count as a yes???!!! )

Will try and finish it for the next post....along with my Exeter piccies which seem now, well over due...ooops!

Enjoy your weekend, smile, drink tea, eat cake, enjoy some sunshine, and relax.....see you next week xxx

Spring cover fantasist .......................x

I buy far too many magazines...........but what can I do when a cover looks so good?

Cucumber sandwiches with little flags, pastel coloured iced biscuits, and a yellow Easter cake topped with chicks and bunting.......am def. going to have a bit of bunting on my Easter cake. AND my sandwiches will be adorned with flags, with the sweet waftings of hyacinths on the window sills......

I love leafing through housey magazines with a cup of tea, I think perhaps I am just nosey.......looking at the lovely houses inside wishing I had a timber framed conservatory, and a bespoke kitchen with a smeg fridge, and an aga, and, and, and, and....the list could go on couldn't it? But lets be happy with what we have, because we always want more, more, more, and really..............

I was happy to just find this.......in the spirit of spring......

YELLOW NAIL VARNISH!!!!!!! Ooooooh and to think I nearly walked past it in H&M at the weekend. B.T.W they have some rally nice colours in there, but Mr.Q had had quite enough of wandering around by that time....and I sensed I was on thin ice! ( A longer post of our trip to Exeter will follow soon )

Do you love ribbons?????????????????????????????????????????????? Me too, I like wrapping presents in them, and putting them in the bumblebee's hair....and so I bought in bulk today as you never know when they might be needed.

Thank you for all your sun shiney wishes, we have had a rather good few sunny days non? As I sit tapping away, the sun is streaming through the lounge windows, onto some very sleepy lazy dogs on the sofa! AND it is 5PM!!!!!

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Just a few things on a sunny day.....x

Today the words are not flowing. This is my third attempt to write this post today. Have I drunk too much tea? I know I have not had any chocolate ( which, ask my Mum...makes me quite excited! )....I feel all gobbledygook and tongue twisted. I quite often have the same affliction when crafting, and reading.......and almost always when gardening.
I must move on..........
Waking up late, with bumblebee's wanting to read school reading books to me whilst I am trying to apply my mascara ( was as good as it got this morning, hair didn't even get a brush ) then finally getting out of the door to find that naughty Jack frost had been.....AGAIN......does he not know I have no spare time to scrape frost from the windscreen???!!!! THIS.FROST.MUST.END!!!!!......Although.........


Today is infact warm and sunny, blue sky overhead in Somerset, which makes me smile. So was wondering if you fancied a peek at the other garden today?

To be honest it is still a huge mess.......mud piles everywhere, branches and even the christmas tree in a huge bonfire style mound. The neighbours must be thrilled.......but we are on the way to it becoming a serene quiet calm place, for chickens, vegetables, and den making, and lets be honest the weather has been dreadful eh?

My little apple tree is doing well, all bricks found around the garden, soon we will add timber for raised beds and gravel for the paths.......

Have you met my Daisy Do-Da? Actually her name is Daisy Do-Da Marmalade and she is a fluffy, cuddle cat.

And how about him?????? I think he is called beetroot but the bumblebee's are constantly changing the chickens names, so I forget.....talk about shaking your tail feathers......

Can we all wish for more blue skies and sun please? And while we are at it, perhaps an extra half an hour in the morning? T.T.F.N lovelies x

Today I am loving.....................x

We had beam love on our last post...............................
Today being Friday......hip hip horray....I am still feeling the love.......
I love Bumblebee's pencil hedgehog......

Candle teacups.......

Naughty Aggie sneaking on the sofa.......caught you out lady....

Things starting to grow..........

And gifts from friends to nurture and grow................

.....and admire some wafting daff's........

My Fridays loves.........are you feeling the love today? x

beam love, beam love...........................x

I have this little folder..........( well quite a big bulging folder )

Inside are my prettys and inspirations, cut out from magazines and kept to make me happy. And they do, make me ever so happy.

Friends and family know I have had a little thing about painted beams for a while now.......I am aware how divided people are on this, but I love the clean crispness of that Scandinavian style, and with our eclectic home I think a bit of clean crispness is in order to tone it all down!!

And so....while Mr.Q was climbing the roof last week....( don't ask.........we had a hole in the wall and a leaky lean- to roof...good old Mr.Q to the rescue has fixed it..... ( but as with all old houses...it's just fixed for now! ) I decided to get going on my beams. Now I know I should have sanded them, used the proper paint for the job etc etc...but I have tut tut used normal emulsion  paint....so far so good!

Now our beams are real, just not that old....and I really don't like that horrid dark stain people put on them...makes me itch just thinking about it....

And tut tut I didn't remove any furniture...just painted around it all, in fact some pieces were extremely useful to stand on......and the bumblebee's enjoyed jumping over and around it all too...

Three or four coats later...ta daaaaaaaaa. It was a lovely bright room to begin with but now.....ahhhhhh.

And I think it shows up the lovely beam across the fireplace too...think this is elm?????

I am super duper sooo pleased with it...I have the bug now.........I think the flooring the dining room must be painted white now AND the kitchen floor and beams too...........oooh I love it when a plan comes together.

You likey?

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