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Wednesday, 11 May 2022

πŸŒΏπŸ’šπŸŒΏMay DaysπŸŒΏπŸ’šπŸŒΏ

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Along comes May, 
So green, so lush... 
So beautiful 
My favourite month
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Wonderful walks along the canal... The hedgerows alive with bird songs and blossom... The bluebells amongst the cowparsley on the lush, green Devon lanes. 
Found a perfect, secret, peaceful spot for a picnic along the river Bank... On a bit of a mizzly, drizzle of a day one weekend there was a garden show festival in our market town... Lots of wonderful growers, makers, artizans & nursery garden style displays. 
Also an old brass band played under the historical archway buildings hiding from the rains. Lots of local food producers, pasties, mock tails & cream teas... Also live band singers in the late afternoon... πŸ’š
I got my daughter to choose a cactus for her room collection... Her plant babies (miniature ones) πŸ’šπŸŒ΅
Little hedgehog friends... My whimsical mind on paper... Always thinking up something... 
Love big bows on my little animal friends and frilly Peter pan collars... Seem to start paintings, drawings but never quite complete them lately... We have so much going on behind the scenes of blog life that my minds a little all over the place to concentrate for too long... 
But art is my happy place so I keep pushing myself to try to finish things. 
... And I keep thinking I've not been that creative but I have... Not sure why I keep putting myself down about it, but I think it's because I want more time to create... I do get hours in the week, evenings... But its what I call broken up time... I'll sit, start creating something but then there's a phone call, job needs doing, something I need to pick up or someone needs collecting from an activity. That's life I suppose. But a whole 3 hrs and no interruptions would be marvellous... 
One of my joys is morning creative time... I only get that one morning a week but it feels bliss... Radio on, milky coffee... Morning, Home alone creating... Its a ritual I most enjoy and when I'm most inspired & full of ideas. Even if it's just for a few hours. 
At this time of year when I love being in the garden in my free time or a lovely country, coastal walk I have to juggle that creative time too. I long for my very own little studio that opens onto a garden... Then I'd have the best of both worlds. One day... πŸ’šπŸ˜Œ I'd also like an allotment area too. I think Im day dreaming out loud. Tehe. 
Wonderful weekend adventure to Totnes in Devon... I so love it there. This is the community garden... So pretty. The artizan, colourful, homemade feel of the town set on a hill... Always a wonderful, welcoming atmosphere there... Lots of independent & wonderful shops. 
Wonderful wild garlic & bluebells... πŸŒΏπŸ’šπŸŒΏ
And all the cowslip, cowparsley & oxe eye daisies πŸŒ±πŸŒΌπŸŒ±πŸŒΌπŸŒ±πŸŒΌπŸŒ±πŸ’›πŸŒΌπŸŒ±πŸŒΌπŸŒ±
I love this print I got in Totnes... I love it       πŸŒ±πŸŒΌπŸŒ± anyway, I think I've been rambling on... More than usual. Hope you're enjoying these beautiful May days... πŸŒ±πŸŒΌπŸŒ±πŸ’š
The rains came along this morning but its turned sunny again this afternoon... We did need the rain 🌞🌧️🌞🌧️🌞
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Saturday, 23 April 2022

✨πŸ’›Easter part 2...πŸ’›✨

We've managed to squeeze in a few lovely trips on the second week of the Easter hols. Stevie managed to get a week off work holiday time so it's been lovely to just spend some quality family time together... ✨πŸ’›✨🌞It's also helped that we had a few really beautiful sunny days...

We explored a few National Trust properties local to us or under half hour drive away (trying our best to keep the petrol price down) Luckily, we have some beautiful, historical buildings near byπŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸŒ±
On Dartmoor is Buckland Abbey... Former residents of Sir Francis drake... We enjoyed a picnic in the gardens where the children were busy looking for hidden eggs on the Easter egg hunt... 🐣✨⭐🐣✨
Wonderful kitchen gardens... πŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸŒ±
Exploring the old Abbey, monks barn and Court gardens which where filled with tulips.... 
The heat of the sun in the court yard gardens was wonderful πŸŒžπŸ’›
Enjoyed my Easter treat... πŸ«πŸ’•πŸ¦”
The next day we headed to Antony House, National Trust in Cornwall, we went on the Torpoint car ferry. I've mentioned it before but some of the Johnny Depp Alice in wonderland was filmed there.... πŸ°πŸ’›
Another beautiful sunny day exploring the house &  walled gardens... πŸ’š
I love it there so wonderfully peaceful... 
πŸŒ±πŸπŸŒ±πŸ’šMy hill top garden apple trees are starting to blossom which fills me with joy. 
we took my daughter & her school friend into the city. While they had fun shopping we had a look around the shops too... Afterwards we headed to Saltrum House, National Trust... It was cooler that day... πŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸŒ±
It was late afternoon and still very busy... 
But the house was quiet and gave us peace to look round... An amazing house inside... And outside ducks on the large pond🌱🐣🌱
A few little holiday treats... πŸ’›
It's not like I don't have a cubooard full of cups & mugs! But... I do love a niiiiiiice big hot chocolate mug and I've also been de cluttering a lot of old plates and homewares over recent months... I do need to have another sort out though. I loved this pretty floaty top... I'm obsessed with green & reds at the moment... I've never been on trend I just like what I like... And I adored this fair trade hand basket ideal for market day veg and shopping πŸ’š
We kept it local today... A wonderful walk along the old railway viaduct & railway track which is now a country walkway.... We spotted a beautiful hidden hideaway retreat between the trees looking down from a smaller bridge during the walk... The countryside is full of bluebells, just beautiful. πŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸ°
Thank you for the wonderful comments on my last blog post ... 
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Enjoy your weekend πŸŒ±πŸ’šπŸŒ±
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Saturday, 16 April 2022

✨🐣Easter weekend πŸ₯🐰✨⭐

A little catch up over the Easter weekend... 
πŸ’›✨⭐Happy little joys⭐✨πŸ’›
πŸ’šFirstly, above are my Mother's day tulips from a few weeks ago... πŸ’šπŸŒ·πŸ’šπŸ’›✨⭐ My daughter made me a card, well, actually I was given two from her and Stevie, so thoughtful & kind, I am blessed ... 
The tulips were stunningly beautiful too πŸ’›
πŸ’›A beautiful mother's day walk along the river at magpie Bridge... We saw so many butterflies that day...
πŸ’š Beautiful drives out in Devon enjoying the Spring countryside ✨🌸✨πŸŒΈπŸ’›
Having tea & cakes at Avon Mill nursery. 
πŸ’›Noticing the first bluebells... 
πŸ’šLooking back at artwork from January - April... Been busy being creative ✨⭐πŸ’›✨
πŸ’šSpring walks... Through the lanes of the Dartmoor countryside ✨✨πŸ’›✨
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Decorating for Easter 
I do love the seasonal decorations... ✨🐰πŸ₯🐣⭐✨✨🐰🐣🌸✨✨🌸Little displays along the dresser top & fireplace shelfie
πŸ’›Hot crossed buns... Yum! 
πŸ’›Good Friday in Truro, Cornwall 
πŸ’šEnjoying the craft, food and vintage Market. Bookshops and art shop next to the museum. Driving home through Lostwithiel and stopping for a look round the little town right by the river. 
πŸ’›Beautiful blossoms filling the park with confetti ✨🌸✨🌸✨🌸⭐🌸
πŸ’šMaking little textile brooches using some vintage embroidery pieces, old trims, buttons... 
(I've made two textile rabbits, a foxy and little pixie girl brooches) ✨✨⭐✨
πŸ’›Our local lovely church was decorated so beautifully for Easter ✨πŸ’›✨πŸ£πŸ•―️
There was a prayer board for Ukraine πŸ’›πŸ’™
Praying for peace across our world. 
πŸ’šHonesty box seeds to grow and share & some beautiful fabrics... Lots of sowing seeds to do! 
πŸ’›Stevie gifted me this beautiful book, the flowers inside form a bouquet ✨πŸ’⭐πŸ’πŸ’›
Hope you all enjoy a happy Easter weekend 
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