Sunday 4 December 2011

Getting ahead of myself .....

Blimey I have excelled myself this weekend and have got the tree and most of the decorations up a day earlier than planned.  Seems strange though this year without the snow outside to give that festive feel.  Yesterday on my walk with the dogs I did some foraging .... some branches for spraying gold, pine cones and some sloes to make some sloe gin .... nothing like a drop of mother's ruin !



I didn't realise till I downloaded the photos that there is a ladybird on the pine cones if you look carefully ... heaven knows where she is now.

I made it to the car boot this morning and did find one lovely bargain .... a set of pretty 1930s pink glass bowls - large fruit bowl & six serving dishes



Can't wait till it gets dark later and I can turn on all the twinklies ready for a peaceful Sunday evening.

Hope you have all had a good weekend x


5 comments:

  1. I've been doing my pine cones. I drilled a hole in the base then used "No More Nails" to stick in the canes. Now picture this - I thought it would be a time saving idea to dip the cones into an old tin of white emulsion - WRONG WRONG WRONG. I'll leave you to imagine the mess on my clothes and on mums grass! xx

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  2. Looking lovely Lala ...

    I'm not ahead of myself at all!

    My Mum had/has a set of those dessert dishes in a turquoisey blue! She must have bought them from your neck of the woods.

    LOVE the Christmas header btw.

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  3. Ooo my Grandma used to have those bowls !!!
    I wish we'd have a bit of snow to make me feel more festive, the only organised thing I've done so far is write my Chrimbo cards this afternoon !
    Twiggy x

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  4. I tried earlier to leave a comment, but either Blogger or my computer are playing up.
    I laughed my head off at the first comment - just wonderful!

    Amazed at the weird fact that in December we are able to see live Ladybirds trundling on pinecones and then I left the request that if ever you should find that same dessert set, but in clear glass, then can you buy it on my behalf. I have the large bowl (its one of my favourites and I would love the smaller ones to go with it!).

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  5. I wish I was getting ahead of myself - I seem to be getting behind instead!

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