Normal Service Resumed!

This morning I did my favourite job I don't think!

The ironing!

Can't remember when I last did a mountain of ironing,

I've ironed on a need to do it basis, few items per day!

Whilst listening on this vintage Cossor Radio to "String of Pearls" on BBC Radio Wales

( It's the music that used to be heard on radios like this all the time)

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I bet some of you have wondered what has happened to the rug

well after being abandoned for nearly a week in the shed,

we retrieved it by which time the snow had melted.

It wasn't dry, but dry enough to re-lay it

where it had always been in the lounge

and as long as we didn't walk on it barefooted it was OK.

It was cold, but smelt fresh. (not that I got that close to it but

I'm sure you will understand what I mean!)

After taking the decorations down yesterday,

this morning I had a good dust and hoover.

YES! It is noticeably clean to us and looks fresh.

So yes it did work!

1~1~11

We had a quiet New Years Eve. In bed asleep! We didn't even hear the fireworks which normally wake us up.
I wonder what delights the new year will bring...........last year our eldest son Michael married Elizabeth, that was a really lovely day.
I don't normally make resolutions as I find they last all of five minutes, but this year I thought I would set myself little tasks, like having a good tidy up and either use or throw things out. I have said this to myself for at least the last thirty odd years so we'll have to see how that goes! I'm sure I'll let you know if it worked or not!!!
I'm now off to take the decorations down, we always do on 1st January so we can start the new year afresh from day one and also going to write thank you cards for my lovely gifts which Santa brought.

Where did it go.........?

Last night when we went to bed there was snow on the ground, albeit messy from where people had walked and icy from where the footprints froze.

We fought off the Seagulls.
They flew into the bird feeder to knock the food we left for the garden birds

A few birds managed to find food even after the bully Seagulls had been

We awoke this morning and found this,
it is as if there hadn't been any snow

except for the tell-tale pile of snow left at the bottom of the garden!

I had some left-over Mincemeat

so I thought I would make a few more mince pies yesterday

We had a chuckle when it came out of the oven!

Didn't last long I'm afraid!

365 days to go..........

................till we do it all again next year! Hope everybody had an excellent Christmas. Ours was extraordinarily quiet. The first Christmas without anybody visitng. We just chilled out and even had Christmas lunch on our laps watching television.

Merry Christmas Everybody

Alex collects these old magazines.

These are the latest editions to our collection,

and they make good reading especially the adverts!

These particular two issues are dated

24th July 1936 and 10th December 1937

Stacking storage devices

Mmmmmmmmm..........think I've seen them

in Debenhams kitchen department

and as for the idea for making cakes pretty dusting icing sugar through dollies, I'm

sure I saw that recently on TV - Kirsty I think!!!!!!

In the summer of 1936 you could knit this dress

(If anyone would like the rest of the pattern I would be happy to send it to you)

I love this letter page from 1937
and wonder if every county had their own hotpot

or is it a version of Somerset Hotpot?

as this one seems to be for Taunton!

Most issues there was a page for children

and discovered a word used in todays language

"MICRO"

If you would like to do this Dot-to-dot?

right click on the picture

and save it to one of your files on your computer

Well I've dug it up!

The rug has been out there since Monday so thought it best it was dug up!

I found it straight away, as I knew more or less where it was.


But because we went out for lunch with friends Bill and Janice
we've abandoned it in the shed till tomorrow when we are going
to roll it and bring it in to dry!
Don't worry I will certainly let you know.........

OK Hands Up Who is Fed up with the Snow?

Yes I know it looks lovely when it first happens, that snow that quietly falls from the sky. You can't hear it like rain and hail, you only see it! We live at the top of a hill, no-one but no-one left their drives in our road yesterday, the postman didn't visit and not sure if the recycling people will make it today either!

Alex before he can go to work!

Neither of us went yesterday, but Alex said he would have to

go in today, my boss said I could have another day off!

My poor Yukka

........and the Roses

For all you lovely bloggers who left a comment

asking about my rug, well it is HERE!

I will let you know if it works when I can find it again!