Warm and wet at Womad...........

So - if it's July, it must be Womad - we go every year................ 
 

This year, there were loads of us - daughters, partners, grandchildren............

Cousins enjoying themselves -

 

and chillin' -

 

 

Tilly chillin' -

 

Ruby enjoyed boogie-ing -





 

and Tilly rocked a new hairdo! -

 

 

There was hot sun and rain and camping and food and drink and flags and a fairground - and MUSIC!   The Malawi Mouse Boys were cool -

 

 

 Malawi Mouse Boys 

 

The giant puppets were cool too -

 

 

and the giant flowers -

 

 

Max enjoyed trying to step into the giant bubbles! -

 

 

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Arrived home to find lilies out in the garden - gorgeous scent -

 

 

And lots of butterflies on the Buddleia and Phlox and bees on the lavender -

 

 

 

So now lots of washing to be done before next week - off camping in Normandy :)

 

 

Have a good week!

Vaguely blue..........(no, not me!)

It's my turn to 'do' the window in the shop next week, and I thought I'd do a vaguely blue theme - so I've been collecting together blue china, glassware, etc. And today I found some more pieces, like this funny blue pottery pig -

And his new friend, Blue Cat - (I have to say, I don't really like this, but it'll give the colour I want) -

Some pretty blue glass bowls -

 

And handpainted china -

 

I shall put my blue console table in the window, and several smaller white and grey tables -

 

Tin Horse is unusual, isn't he? -

 

 

Found this stained glass butterfly too - very pretty - it's about 8 ins high, and hinged -

 

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Lots of flowers blooming in the garden -

 

 

When I water the garden, this little chap likes to be watered too - he sits on a leaf and I give him a shower! -

 



 

I've got pots of flowers all over the place -

 

 



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Treated myself to some new shoes yesterday :) -

 

 

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And two gratuitous pics of Tilly - one of her at a wedding recently, looking angelic -

 

 

And one showing her cheeky side! -

 

 

Have a good week!

Tilly's first strawberry and Saturday's Castle Green Fair

Tilly had her first visit to a PYO farm this week.........

"What's this, dad?"

 

"Let's have a taste. Mmm, num, num, num...."

 

 

"Yay, I like strawberries!"

 

They moved house recently, and Tilly has a new bedroom - which she seems to like! -

 

 

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If you find yourself anywhere near Hereford this coming Saturday (29th), the Castle Green Fair is worth a visit -

 

 

Food, music, and stalls.................including mine. I shall have...............

 

Enamelware -

 

Wooden steps that fold -

Little cupboards -

 

Baskets, cloths and blankets -

 

Barbola wall plaque -

 

And lots of china and glassware -

 

Hope it doesn't rain!

 

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I also bought a lovely blue painted console table this week. Looking for things to 'style' it with, to take a pic, I found this old photo of Archie, a grandson - now 9 - when he was about 4. We were visiting Techniquest in Cardiff and he took his glasses off to be face-painted as Batman, then popped them on again! Bless!

 

 

 

Have a good weekend!

Flowers in the house.........

Linking in with Jane at Smallbutcharming HERE  for Flowers in the house -

Lots of flowers in the garden at the moment here, so I'm forever making up posies. This one's pink roses and acid green Alchemilla -

 

And this one's a mixture - Johnson's Geranium, Astrantia, Alchemilla, white and pink roses, white and pink Valerian, Love in a mist, Scabious -

 

 

This one looks pretty on my new shelf unit -

 



 

And a simple - but highly scented - jug of honeysuckle -

 

 

Some yellow Flag Iris -

 

 

All the flowers are from our small garden -

 

 

 

 

Well, I've been working hard today, so I'm off to have a hot bath, then I shall visit all your Flowers in The House blogs!