Today the weather has been BEAUTIFUL for once, lovely and sunny and hot. We made the most of it and went for a long walk in West Wight. We started off at Yarmouth and after buying some lunch in a little deli headed off into the countryside. We managed 5 miles, passing through the outskirts of Freshwater, stopping off for lunch at Golden Hill Fort, before admiring the view and some scary military-looking architecture outside Fort Victoria. 4 hours later and we were back in Yarmouth eating some delicious Minghella ice-cream and feeling pretty pleased with ourselves.
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We are currently on holiday on the Isle of Wight, enjoying the peace and quiet of my mum’s house whilst she is away. Tonight we visited Ryde Regatta with my sister and nieces. The fireworks were amazing even though my youngest niece thought they were going in her eyes. I fed her lots of candy floss and the delivered her home for my sister to deal with.
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Today I visited the Cath Kidston sale again and after much deliberating came away with a large sewing box. As you can see I have an almost identical smaller version but it hardly held anything. The new one is much much better. Some new purchases also arrived courtesy of ebay, some lovely vintage bias and ric rac. And my lovely boyfriend surprised my by buying me the new Orla Kiely doormat I saw in Heal’s. It’s almost too good to wipe your feet on but it’s too big to frame!
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Today we were very happy that it finally stopped raining and we could spend some time in our garden. Whilst digging out the tree stumps we found lots more treasures: bottles, quarry tiles, more bottles, more quarry tiles, an old bedstead, a pair of coal tongs, broken pots and more quarry tiles. I need to find a way of re-using the quarry tiles in our garden as I think they could make a nice feature. I also managed to find time to visit the Cath Kidston sale at the Marylebone branch. There wasn’t much I wanted (probably as I already…
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Where have I been that I didn’t know about these lovely fabrics? I also bought the latest copies of Country Living and Gardeners’ World today – something to read whilst we are stuck indoors due to the constant rain.
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Bought some delicious supplies at Peyton and Byrne in Heal’s today. Their cakes and teas are lovely! I also bought some lovely vintage-style wooden pegs from Heal’s. I liked the packaging more than the contents and hope they’ll come in useful. The pegs with the pebbles are for holding down a tablecloth. If the rain ever stops we might just be able to use it – but I’m not holding my breath!
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I love this new door mat, designed by Orla Kiely and on sale at Heal’s, with all profits to the Terence Higgins Trust. I love Heal’s but don’t usually find anything I really want. This, however, is made for my front door!
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Tonight I made this cute frog from a lovely pattern on The Purl Bee website here Frog, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young.
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Whilst visiting my aunt she gave me a little pot containing a cutting of lily of the valley from my great-grandmothers garden. She died in 1956 so I think it’s crazy that this plant is still around. It has come to me via Swindon and Worcester and I’m wondering how it is going to take in our little city garden. It was given to us at the weekend by my aunt, along with some geraniums destined to update my window boxes. I’m not naturally green fingered so I’m praying this little plant survives.