***our baby girl's wedding***

hi everyone....soooooo sorry it has been so long since last here....in fact cannot believe two whole whirlwind weeks has gone since clocking in...however you all know the reasons....and to make things even more baffling is that a WHOLE week has gone already since the big day....

A week today at this very time as I am typing I was laying in bed awake (hardly surprising) waiting for Haley's alarm to go off....'6.30' she said, 'no way' I replied, 'hair appointment at 8' she said..... silly hour in my opinion.....anyhow after tucking her (for the very last time), into bed with a kiss and cuddle ....and a couple of tears......I waited and waited and waited for morning ...no wonder I look stuffed in some photos...(champagne had nothing to do with it!!)... alarm goes ....I get up...'cuppa tea, darling'....'yes please'.....bath is running ...tea is drunk and then baby races out the door, 'love you, mum, be back soon'....

I made up beds, cleaned up as photographer, grand-parents and bridesmaids would arrive in a couple of hours....champagne, strawberries and melon slices at the ready I went and prepared my self for the big day....will continue later....as so much to tell and am tired already

these shots show one of many arrangement in church all done by the kindness of 5 our church ladies and friends...the cake Haley decorated herself with lilac butterflies...the crystal tree I made using all those crystals I strung together a few weeks back...reception bouquet...

the 'Queen of Sheba's slipper'....confetti cones that I made and painted from wallpaper, filled with bought lilac rose petals and heaps of Japanese flowering cherry blossom from our garden that I collected and dried......one of ten reception flower arrangements in large round bowl....the room that the four bridesmaids, a good friend of sister bridesmaid and myself...(the boys that came to help decided to go to the pub, bless them...surprise, surprise!!!) spent all afternoon decorating the room ( amid the caos and stragglers from another function that had not finished) Haley's sister and I were the last to leave and 8.45 p.m. home at 9.20

I had to iron 85 chair covers and sashes ( which took hours over a couple of weeks) and cut to size the lilac organza ribbon.....Haley and bridesmaids and friend of... all did the bows thank goodness.....will try to show settings later......

so enjoy the pics will be adding more over the weeks ....so until then

toodleooooooo......

***this time next week***

and we all will be freaking out and trying to remain calm at the same time.....no doubt eldest daughter will be on her way to the hairdressers and I will be waiting for her return so can help her get ready for her big moment.....I think I had better take a hanky cos tho think I am pretty tough I know I will be in tears as soon as the she enters the church with her dad.....we shall see....

she picks her dress up today and it will stay here in hiding.....almost all things are ready...dad finished the seat names last night and I have still a bit more wrapping to do on the pew end holders...Oh and have to get a couple of things to make myself a little more presentable for the big day...can but try! heehee

....dad will get his suit today as well so hope that looks good ....so will try to post in the week if possible

toodleooooo......

***busy busy busy***

and that folks is what I am ....in fact I feel like a blue bottle on a mission....haven't stopped in days to write, think, speak (well... maybe sometimes), sleep, take photos or do anything of interest...tell a fib, went to sister-in-law birthday party on the weekend and ended up having a bad head during the night ...... come morning time, after eating french toast and drinking copious amounts of cranberry juice I was back into busy- busy -busy mode...and we all know why....amazing how much time it takes to iron, paint, glue, sew, create, pretend to create, try to create and then end up creating nought cos one's creation becomes a non goer.......then plan, decide, debate, have a mega debate, debate about debating and getting blinking nowhere fast....ah well it will be all right on the night (so I've heard).....anyway gotta go...no time to chat........busy-busy-busy....

toodleoooo...

***springtime***

is here, and what a beautiful time of year it is....I love it and so does my eldest baby who has chosen this month to get married.....it was lovely yesterday ...sun shining...birds chirping....everyone happy and smiling and even the bees were out in full force, which is just as well as they need to pollinate all those apples...look at the apple blossom..we should have ample crops again this year and if anything to go by from last year I will be giving away loads....remember the baskets full in the garage?

eating cherry tree blossom... ..... ..........apple blossom

Japanese flowering cherry....trumpet flower in g'house

blue bell..... white bell....

dandelion seed head... . ..apple blossom

eldest daughter red and white...

just because she was there.....

so have a good week and see you soon...have people for dinner tonight.....have wedding things to do ...like ironing and finishing the arty things all which will be shown in due course...

toodleooooo......

***is it a claw... is it a spider***

have been getting creative in paint shop pro again tho i don't think Daniel would be amused over his altered images....he has been getting the best beef burgers for meals of late ...his fussy eating habits are out of control...so does one let him starve or just pander to his whims....yeah, well okay, he is nearly 17 but really..... beef burgers morning, noon and night!!!

Never mind I can get him back this way....

toodleooooo....

***checking my number***

I am 7: The Enthusiast

You are outgoing and playful - always seeing the happy side to life. You're enthusiastic and excitable. You love anything new. Multi-talented, you do many things well... and find success easy. You prefer to keep things light with others. Opening up is hard for you. At Your Best: You are deeply involved in each experience. You appreciate life for what it is, and you take the time to enjoy each moment. At Your Worst: You are greedy, self centered, impulsive, and insatiable. Your Fixation: Gluttony Your Primary Fear: Deprivation and pain Your Primary Desire: To be satisfied and content Other Number 7's: Howard Stern, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Jim Carey, and Jenny Mccarthy.

What Number Are You?

toodleoooooo.......

***little jobs in the morning***

that I did whilst listening to the radio.........have been trying to grow this little succulent for ages and it is sooooo slow....I should really give to Kali but Tassie customs would have a blue fit if I imported it....never mind it can jig to the radio instead....

checked the sunflower seedlings in the greenhouse........

and the French Marigolds....which will need pricking out very soon......





and fed Sunny the rabbit who is going home today.....his mum went on holiday and Sunny spends his holidays here at our camp......

so now I must go do some clearing up....have more to tidy up in my sewing room...most has to come out to make way for wedding visitors ......


toodleooooo .......

***silliness***

just because I have nothing better to do with my time therefore....

If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is
made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a
black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?

ummmmmm!!!!............ did you get it right!!!

and this is why you don't play with stones........

toodleooooooo.............

***April showers***

and not the rain kind of showers either....can you believe it!...snow!....snow in April....maddness....and then for the last two mornings heavy frost after really warm sunny days....Planet gone mad I reckon...

have to feel a little sorry for the old planet though...she doesn't know whether she's coming or going....feel sorry for myself as well...sometimes I just dislike blogger so much cos i can't work out how to do things....like the writing when I want to put the words next to my pictures it goes above or below....Grrrrrrr

well that is all I have to say about that....nothing very interesting and now I am well frustrated so will leave you with theses pics of my garden taken the other evening......

toodleooooooo.............

***pretty pretty***

and what will I be doing with these...or in actual fact what I may not be doing as the case could possibly be.....

the flowers I was going to dry and make confetti from so I could sprinkle the little petals upon the bride to be....but then chickened out cos I thought the flowers were just too pretty to take all those little sweet petals off...I would have felt like a complete bully....

Ahhhh....and as for these crystals that I have had to link and link and link each individual one bit by bit which took many hours and some very sore fingers and thumbs....what will they become...mmmmm....not telling..... you will just have to wait and see....

toodleooooo......

***In The Land That Made Me Me***

author unknown

Long ago and far away, In a land that time forgot,

Before the days of Dylan, Or the dawn of Camelot.

There lived a race of innocents, And they were you and me,

Long ago and far away

In the Land That Made Me Me.

Oh, there was truth and goodness In that land where we were born,

Where navels were for oranges, And Peyton Place was porn.

For Ike was in the White House, And Hoss was on TV,

And God was in His heaven

In the Land That Made Me Me

We learned to gut a muffler, We washed our hair at dawn,

We spread our crinolines to dry in circles on the lawn.

And they could hear us coming, All the way to Tennessee ,

All starched and sprayed and rumbling

In the Land That Made Me Me.

We longed for love and romance, And waited for the prince,

And Eddie Fisher married Liz, And no one's seen him since.

We danced to "Little Darlin'", And Sang to "Stagger Lee"

And cried for Buddy Holly

In the Land That Made Me Me.

Only girls wore earrings then, And three was one too many,

And only boys wore flat-top cuts, Except for Jean McKinney,

And only in our wildest dreams,

Did we expect to see,

A boy named George with Lipstick

In the Land That Made Me Me.

We fell for Frankie Avalon, Annette was oh, so nice,

And when they made a movie, They never made it twice.

We didn't have a Star Trek Five, Or Psycho Two and Three,

Or Rockey-Rambo Twenty

In the Land That Made Me Me.

Miss Kitty had a heart of gold, And Chester had a limp,

And Reagan was a Democrat Whose co-star was a chimp.

We had a Mr Wizard, But not a Mr T,

And Oprah couldn't talk yet

In the Land That Made Me Me.

We had our share of heroes, We never thought they'd go,

At least not Bobby Darin, Or Marilyn Monroe.

For youth was still eternal, And life was yet to be,

And Elvis was forever,

In the Land That Made Me Me.

We'd never seen the rock band That was Grateful to be Dead,

And Airplanes weren't named Jefferson , And Zeppelins weren't Led.

And Beatles lived in gardens then, And Monkees in a tree,

Madonna was a virgin

In the Land That Made Me Me.

We'd never heard of Microwaves, Or telephones in cars,

And babies might be bottle-fed, But they weren't grown in jars.

And pumping iron got wrinkles out, And "gay" meant fancy-free,

And dorms were never coed

In the Land That Made Me Me.

We hadn't seen enough of jets To talk about the lag,

And microchips were what was left at The bottom of the bag.

And Hardware was a box of nails, And bytes came from a flea,

And rocket ships were fiction

In the Land That Made Me Me.

Buicks came with portholes,

And side show came with freaks,

And bathing suits came big enough to cover both your cheeks.

And Coke came just in bottles, and skirts came to the knee,

And Castro came to power

In the Land That Made Me Me.

We had no Crest with Fluoride, We had no Hill Street Blues,

We all wore superstructure bras Designed by Howard Hughes.

We had no patterned panty hose, Or Lipton herbal tea

Or prime-time ads for condoms,

in the Land That Made Me Me.

There were no golden arches, No Perrier to chill,

And fish were not called Wanda, And cats were not called Bill.

And middle-aged was thirty-five And old was forty-three,

And ancient was our parents

In the Land That Made Me Me.

But all things have a season, Or so we've heard them say,

And now instead of Maybelline We swear by Retin-A.

And they send us invitations To join A A R P,

We've come a long way, baby,

From the Land That Made Me Me.

So now we face a brave new world, In slightly larger jeans,

And wonder why they're using Smaller print in the magazines.

And we tell our children's children, Of the way it used to be,

Long ago, and far away

In the Land That Made Me Me.

I have tried tio find the origianl author of this

poem by searching Google but to no avail....

anyone out there if you know please tell me...

many thanks to Artsy Etc for the idea....

toodleooooo.....

*** a happy Easter***

and all that......this little collection of an Easter Fairy and her bunny friends are what I made for last year and kept hold of it ..... not sure why but I think it very cute....I know it doesn't portray Jesus or anything but that's okay cos Easter is still Easter...right!....

I hope you enjoyed your Easter too.....we had hubby's mother over for lunch....and bless her she brought chocolates.....mmmmmm

then later on younger daughter arrived only temporarily then disappeared...she has a social life you know.........

the church service was lovely...... full to bursting of beautiful flowers.....

lots of singing and really happy which is what it is all about after all.....well depending on what your thoughts are.....but what ever they may be I am sure you had a beautiful day and I am glad.......

well that is all for the moment....take care all of you and hope the sun is shining wherever you are...it certainly is not here.....

toodleoooooo.......

***retro hot and cool***

so come flounce into my kitchen in your big ruffled skirt, grab a chair and put up your bobby socked feet while I grab us a coke from one of my amazing new fridges.....and while we are slurping away to the beat of 'Happy Days' I'll rustle up some burgers (veggie) and fries on my new gas cooking appliance....and we can while away the hours dreaming up new ways to revamp our kitchens.... I wish

well one can dream.....and dreams can come true.....sometimes


These appliances from BIG CHILL are really amazing and so much nicer than the straight edged boring types of today....I adore 50's stuff, those soft lines, great colours, fab designs....one day when I move I will treat myself but until then I will just have to drool, and it won't be because of the burger and chips....

toodleoooo.......

***more rain an' windy waves***

which are great fun to watch so long as one is warm and safe indoors I suppose......we went for a little drive after being indoors all day....the rain was really lashing down here as as it was around the UK but for here one doesn't normally get it this much....there was a 39ft tide and with the surge the sea was mounting....these photos at Greve d'Lecque were taken around 5.30 in the evening and tho they don't seem much here is cos this little bay was somewhat sheltered being on the west coast....most of the wind was hitting the south and I for one was not going to bother battling the traffic of those trying to get home....all buses stopped work and 6.15 and people had to find alternative transport...typical here though....big panic over not a lot really....sure the waves are big and the sea was over the wall in town but hey does it mean the island comes to a full stop.....

many moons ago after one of these big storms had passed and the rocks beneath the beach had been exposed a Bronze Age Jade Axe Head was found wedged in the rocks....very exciting for everyone but am not sure what happened to it....I don't think it went to the museum though....


mmmmm......see you later I am off to do some rummaging in the sand...


toodleooooo.....