anyhow...we're here together & that's what i like...
a weekly *catchup*...a chat...a natter...a little tete a tete...
what a week...
let me pour you a tea...
hot & strong from my very new...very beloved white chippy-looking teapot...
i have just blown up to school...
through the village on my bike...
kiddos in tow...
what a sight...kids whooping...wind howling...
what is it with the wind that has the kiddos going happily mad?!
anyway we got there by the skin of our teeth...rosy-cheeked &
& our day started yet again with a flurry!
if we were really meeting this morning for a little tea slurping...
i would tell you that i am on a mission to finish all my little paint jobs...
yep...i bought the lovely big industrial sized pot-o-white-paint...
& i am pretending it's almost spring here in ol'blighty...
& freshening this big ol' house up...
out with the old & in with the old-now-up-cycled & freshly-painted-new-&-chippy...
the first being all the gorgeous vintage stools for little A to stand on whilst brushing her pearlies...
i love a wooden stool & a beautiful old bathroom sink...don't you...
& if we were really having a tea at mine...
i'd even let you drag that lovely stool around with you to put our *mugs* on if you wanted...
it really is lovely...& Audrey wouldn't mind...
well...i wouldn't even bother to tell her...
kids can be funny about their old-vintage-up-cycled-teeth-brushing-stools can't they...
so our secret...
anyhow...how are you?
i'd ask you that with a grin if you were popping in from the maldives or some such gorgeous spot...
but if you were popping in from australia ...i'd ask it with {again}...worry & concern...
as a cyclone is now heading towards the very north eastern coast of oz...{go here for news}
35 kms/22 miles wide at the eye...300 km/190 mile an hour winds...
the worst our country has yet experienced...
people have been evacuated to safety & they are expecting to be hit by midnight australian time...
that's lunch time for me here...
needless to say i am on radio 4 & on the web checking the progress...
what is going on with the world's weather...???
again...it's just an awful feeling to be so far away at times like this...
floods & now cyclones....
if we were really meeting for a tea today...
i'd be having sugar in mine...it's that kinda day...
& i'd tell you that i actually saw a non-kiddo movie last night...
with two girlfriends no less...
we did a quick little Q & A around the car...
"last movie seen?"...
Shrek 3...
Toy Story 3...
&
Gulliver's Travels...
in 3D...thanks very much
yep you can understand the need for a REAL movie...
so *The Kings Speech* was, needless to say, brilliant...
the music was beautiful...
the photography heavenly...
the settings, particularly in the speech therapist's office, were to die for...
old wall paper...beautiful windows...large sit-in-me sofa's...
& the acting...well sorry Gulliver...but the acting was incredible...
long live Colin Firth & Geoffrey Rush...
so after a night out...wine & dinner pre-movie...
today i am all happy & busy & ignoring of the cold & grey skies...
it's amazing how you can talk yourself into anything really...
heating cranked up...
huge wolly cardi & uggs on...
it almost does feel like spring is upon us...
& if you were really here having another little pot with me...
on that mention of spring...
i would show you the gorgeously-perfect-spring-purse my british bestie gave me yesterday...
isn't she a lovely bestie to have found over here...
isn't the purse a lovely thing to throw in my bag...
*Kath Kidson* really does sum up spring over here in ol'blighty for an aussie girl...
if you were really having tea at mine...
you'd probably want to meet my *BB* wouldn't you...
she's a good tea drinker...
doesn't say no to a
& she's often here for a catch-up...
so maybe one day you shall be blessed too...
& have a little chat with her whilst i'm brewing tea in the kitchen!
if we were really meeting today for a mug or two of tea...
i would probably lend you an extra scarf...& a wooly hat...& a spare pair of uggies...
to get you out the front door & down my front path...
those of you from the southern hemisphere particularly, may not feel like coming back without them...
keep them for as long as you need to...
just as long as you keep visiting...
i love our *virtual catch-ups*...
have a wonderful day...
keep warm...
or
keep safe...
or
have an extra ocean dip for us...
depending on where in the world you are...
&
she is a wonderful talker...
with photos to tug at your heart strings...
i promise you!
xxx
p.s
a huge thanks for all your wonderful
thoughtful
comments on my new header yesterday...
it's now a stayer
xx
