Brighton

This weekend we had the pleasure of having Ivan’s youngest sister to stay for the weekend. The question was, how do you entertain a 17 year old on a rainy Saturday in Sussex?

Answer: Take her to Brighton!

First stop was the Pier for amusements, fish & chips and rides! There was one ride called the ‘Mouse’ (no idea why!) which looked quite innocuous but soon turned out to be of the white knuckle variety because of the way it flung your carriage around really high above the sea.

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Next stop was the shops, then the Royal Pavilion, a hot chocolate break and home via some bizarre house boats.

Agatha

I love Agatha Christie. She led a hugely varied and interesting life, not all of it happy. Her stories, I think, are brilliant still today – she had such a wonderful imagination and ability to entertain through words. She has sold a staggering 2 billion books to date – 2 billion!!! Her work has only been outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare. What an incredible achievement.

I have a small collection of her books in various tatty, pre-owned, paperback volumes however her publisher, Harper Collins, brought out a reprinted series of her work in hardback not so long ago – the Facsimile edition. Amazon are always sending me tempting emails when they release another of her titles and I just can’t help myself!

“The Seven Dials Mystery” has just arrived. Aren’t they just so fabulous?

Shelf

Bank holiday progress on our house! Ivan put the hall shelf up which looks great :)

The pottery is from The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle. I think it looks great with the black Nelson bench. I love the texture it gives to the house. Now we have a space above the shelf for a painting, print or wall hanging. Hmm...






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The black fox

Once Ivan overheard a little girl say to her father on seeing our black German shepherd, Margot, "Look, Daddy, a black fox!".

Well it seems that the little girl may have spotted this sign somewhere along her travels...







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Littlehampton

Recently it was Ivan’s birthday so we tootled off to Littlehampton on the south coast for a day of pebbles, fish & chips, and sunshine. Ah and lovely it was too. The sight of the sea is such a great leveller, you can’t beat it!

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Or not as the case may be! I tried to combine Lottie's Loom Room with the new blog and it's kind of worked, but also not at the same time. The most alarming thing is that I've lost most of my list of blogs I like to read! 

Warp

Thank you all for your comments on the warp. Following your advice I’ve decided to give it a go but I have to wait until the decorator has finished my loom room – my loom is currently hidden under dust sheets! If I manage to unearth my warping board I might get started on it this evening.

The black dog is now covered in white paint. She’s too nosy for her own good.