I'm bored of pumpkins and gourds now.
I want it to be Christmas in the shop.
I've worked out the re-jigging purchase of new furniture that will be required
made product and shop decorations
and have my finger poised over the upload images to website button.
Hyacinth bulbs in copper pots have crept in and there may or may not be a herd of reindeer on the shelf above my
Heavy metal
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Transvision vamp
Lapelman does autumn
a time for berries, dried lavender, heart shaped cyclamen leaves and hydrangea paniculata from the garden
and ribbon.
and juggling
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and all the lights are changing red to green
Take several terracotta pots
take the same number of plants, mini cyclamen, mind your own business, hyacinth bulbs and such like.
Place plant in pot
Line up
If it's for fancy times add a runner and log slices
the log slices almost hide the fact that the runner needs ironing.
I used 19 mini cyclamen and 8 mind your own business.
There would have been 20 mini cyclamen but somebody
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Rooftops
The shop is in the town of Stamford, the finest stone built town in England.
It's enormously popular with camera carrying tourists, keen to snap the architectural details.
Quite often they stand at the top of the high street and point their cameras in the general direction of the shop.
for the roof lines
rather than my window displays.
I was going to take a picture of the
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this is a message that's been recorded especially for you
This week I have been mainly cooking stir-fry.
Not terribly authentic, but incredibly tasty and warming and comforting.
Anything with a Chinese lady on the bottle works for me, and my wok is old and truly "seasoned" anything you cook in it tastes oriental. Fry the belly pork on a high heat until crispy, remove, drain the fat off and chuck everything else in in order of
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I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
The shop is in a state of flux, Halloween gone, all the furniture re-jigged yesterday, and bits of sparkle poised to go up.
I had an idea for an "installation" but it's not working, and I'm getting cross with myself, and everybody else.
conversations have gone like this
Me: It's not right is it?
Him: It looks amazing
Me: No it doesn't
Him: It does
Me: What would you know
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The triumph of hope over experience
Samuel Johnson's comment on second marriages.
I've had some brilliant chats with customers today.
The rose is alchemy, it's beautiful. Becca take note.
and I've been fiddling about with upholstery trimmings.
and struggling with this week's floral coalition post.
and if your weekend is half as exciting as mine is shaping up to be............
Let's rendez-vous on Tuesday and
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God's own county
That's how people describe Yorkshire
North Yorkshire of course
the bit we grew up in, the best bit.
The dales and the moors and the coast.
and so The Mother Hen, The Other Miss Pickering and I set off on a voyage of reminiscence, in The Captain's brand new, only had it 3 days car.
Thank you xx
It was the most
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and I'd give up forever to touch you
'cause i know that you feel me somehow.
Goo Goo dolls
Last night whilst watching election coverage, I fell down the rabbit hole that is 90's music.
These are the Instax pictures from the weekend. I took 297 digital pictures, and these 5 Instax.
I'd never used one before, I bought one in a charity shop which was a dud, and didn't have high hopes for this one from a sale room,
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Christmas part 1
We are calling it disco woodland
Gold, white, grey and wood.
Glitter and sequins feature heavily and I have specimen 3ft Christmas trees, if you like me you like to have one in the bedroom they are perfect.
I'm over austerity, I want bling albeit with a modicum of subtlety
and I wrestled The Hound into some tinsel. Look how pleased he is.
Next week I'll bring you
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Cherish the thought
Of always having you here by my side (oh baby I)
Cherish the joy
You keep bringing it into my life (I'm always singing it)
Cherish your strength
You got the power to make me feel good (and baby I)
Perish the thought
Of ever leaving, I never would
Vintage Madonna provided the soundtrack to this make.
I have never understood why brides want photographs of the getting ready
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If it makes you happy
It can't be that wrong
Sheryl Crow
Yesterday a survey was published. it said that florists and gardeners were happier in their work than anyone else.
They painted a picture of us all cartwheeling with joy. I can't cartwheel or do a handstand, the splits yes, but cartwheeling, no. My BAGA career was short lived. I think I got the first badge for doing a forward roll.
I'm curious as to who
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It's a mugs' game
We now have our very own mug.
I've wanted to do one forever. I like a good mug, and still have all the ones from my childhood, mainly the ones that came with Easter eggs, or on the very rare occasion when i found one with my name on.
These may or may not be in The Mother Hen's garage, do you still have a box at your parents? With all the things that you don't want at yours,
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Where is my John Wayne?
Paula Cole
The Dawson's Creek soundtrack.......
This year I intend to decorate the front of the shop with a fresh Christmas garland.
I am hoping that no-one steals it, but given the wreath i left outside last night was still outside this morning, we may be ok.
I've been assimilating things to go in it, asparagus fern so very Downton Abbey, poplar alba, hydrangea, and blue
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Let sleeping dogs lie
The Hound is in full hibernation mode.
Waking only to partake of lunch at The Lord Nelson.
As usual he was the centre of attention, conversations ensued as to his breed,the acknowledgement of how good he is, how they don't need as much exercise as people think etc. etc.
Cityboy1 was here this weekend, and we also dined here. We chatted about his work, and how his current
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First take your hula hoop
then have a last hula.
grab some moss and wire
moan about the rain
contemplate relocating to LA
photograph The Hound
add moss to hula hoop with wire
receive a strange birthday card and spend a good hour trying to fathom out who it is both to and from
add foliage to mossed hula hoop
bang nail into wood
ask nice man to finishing banging in the nail.
hang wreath
curse
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and most of all
I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you.
Do not click on this link if you are a man. you won't like it.
This was a message on a card today.
Meanwhile back in the shop, Christmas is here, vintage dachshunds have collars of holly berries, bunches of greenery for all the Kirstie Allsop devotees, cards,
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Goldfingers
I have now taken to spraying flowers. In the process I have sprayed my hands too.
Golden ranunculus for buttonholes
and some door wreaths, not really wreaths but it's a slippery slope if i start using the words "door treatments"
A lady just came in to say that she was a florist and didn't want to buy anything, she just wanted to steal all my ideas. I liked her, much more than
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For one last time
I'll take this ride
Hamilton has bid farewell to McLaren.
It's been emotional.
109 days until the next race.
On Saturday I was introduced to somebody.
"Oh i know all about you, you're the one with the blog, my wife says your life is like a Richard Curtis movie, nice tits by the way"
on Sunday I found myself face down on a wet pavement, crumpled in a heap, bleeding.The
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30 minute love affair
all in the blink of an eye
there you were standing there.
number of compact flash card readers broken 2
outlets in the countryside that sell compact flash card readers 0
days it takes Amazon to deliver one 2
national fashion magazines sending cake as apology 1
fancy ladies in one room last night 150
stems of cotton and pussy willow sold lots
shots of espresso this morning 5
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