glamorous footwear...

Good morning everyone, I hope your all well and are having a fantastic weekend...well have you got everything sorted for Christmas then?, I bet your all super organised and even have some of your food shopping done...I have a few photos to show you this morning and I will be back later with a card too...I was having a really good practice with my camera and this amazing house is miles away from the farmhouse but with the help of the 28x zoom I got this fantastic close up shot...wouldn't you just love a look into that house and a rummage though the outbuildings

we had a little bit of snow while I was there but it didn't lie for long but it was freezing...because the house is stone built it retains the heat so is like a mini oven when it heats up but when its cold my goodness its freezing...this is the view over one of the garden walls towards the village

this photo is of one of the lanes leading up to the house, now that's what you call a puddle isn't it and it is as deep as it looks...the shadow is me but my hips aren't that bit honestly lol...I had a basket for holly with me...I swear its true

now wow how glamorous is my new footwear, but my jeans were so thick I couldn't get them tucked in so I had a bit of a balloon effect going on with them, mind when I went down the lane I was glad I had these on as I slid into puddles twice

this is some of the holly I cut, there is a huge amount of it, but not one single berry, there are a lot of birds about though so maybe that's the reason, because the walls are solid stone I didn't get one of the pictures up I took with me to hang, every single nail, picture hook and even screws buckled before they were even a teeny bit in, I think I will have to resort to sticky stuff and hope they stay up...so I gave up and when I was stepping down from the chair I misjudged and whacked my hip and upper thigh on the back of the chair, good thing we are detached because they would have heard me swearing but it bloody hurt lol, but I did manage to clean some carpets and rearrange some of the curtains Phil hung (he did a brilliant job but they needed a fluff if you know what I mean)...right I will speak to you all later when I pop back with my card....ohhhh by the way did you see I have candy below, don't be put off by the photo the papers really are lush and I will try and get more photos of all of them so you can see them...bye for now
Mina xxx

an oops, some bargains and more photos...

Good morning everyone and I hope your having a wonderful weekend...I did have a card made for today but will all the dashing about yesterday I forgot my camera needed charged and it takes about 6 hours so I will pop by later with my card...so until then here some photos for you...how amazing is this bargain mirror and clock...I paid £5 for the clock and £15 for the mirror and when I give the mirror a little bit of pimping it will look lush...dont you just love a bargain...next I have some before and after shots of the hall in the farmhouse, now remember it isnt finished and need lots of finishing...the first two are the before shots...the floor was filthy and the front door frame unfinished and bare plaster...and of course more of that orange pine I hate so much and you know what happens when it stands still...
one of the windows in the hall...that wallpaper was rank, it had black mould and was inches thick in dirt and dust...we had to wear gloves up to our elbows and masks to strip it
these are the after shots, needs a bit of adding too but I think you can see how fresh and clean it is and look how well that floor cleaned up...even the cladding dosent look bad when its painted
the finished door and frame...not my taste but it will do for now
and the most important thing is its super clean and smells lovely

well what do you think?...its going to look lush isnt it...have a wonderful Sunday everyone and whatever your up to enjoy yourselves
Mina xxx