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| Cinderella Clock made for a display |
I am always late for everything in life preferring to hold back and wait and see before testing the waters myself.
Some years ago when the husband and I were buying a property we registered with an estate agent who simply could not believe that we did not possess a mobile phone between us. She thought we were lying to her.
Since those days which do seem rather a long time ago now we have been dragged (sometimes screaming) into the modern age by younger friends and family members who despair of our dusty hermit like habits. Time moves on and though Blogger was once a favourite place for us all to meet many have found a new café in Instagram which is quicker to use, and you can take it with you! I resisted for ages, but in the end was completely won over by the vast amount of absolutely beautiful images that people share.
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| Vienna cafe |
Am I leaving Blogger? No, but I cannot pretend that I have as much time as I would like to post and to visit fellow bloggers who I so admire, and so, if you want to follow me more closely I would be honoured if any of you pop over to Instagram and become friends there. Link at the bottom of the post, and in the sidebar. You can still enjoy the galleries on instagram without posting.
While I have been away from Blogger I've not been idle. We have now been at the wonderful old building, The Emporium in Hungerford, for seven years! The shop is doing well and keeping me very busy buying, renovating, inventing and selling. And our poor old rickety cottage continues to vex us trying to keep it upright.
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| The Emporium in Hungerford, Berkshire |
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| From a painting at Watts Gallery |
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| Tinsmiths, Ledbury, their magical alley |
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| Step back in time 18 Folgate Street, Spitalfields, London |
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| Thatched cottages in local villages |
and fallen in love with another European city, Oh Vienna. I shall return.
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| Baroque Heaven, look up in Vienna |
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| Art Nouveau everywhere too The exquisite Secession House |
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| More amazing roof, St Stephens Cathedral |
It was lovely to travel, and so good to come home.
The tall dark and handsome man I'd given my heart to awhile back has done amazing things and become a superstar. In my time I have been bewitched by many special thoroughbreds and could not have hoped that another creature so enchanting would gallop into my life ~ and yet, there he is.Thistlecrack.
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| Thistlecrack trained in Somerset by Colin Tizzard, and ridden byTom Scudamore, out on their own |
I've read a LOT of wonderful books. I hope to post a few soon so that if you have not read them and find them interesting you can look out for them too.
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| Puff has her own ideas about what we read! |
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| The Last Days of Leda Grey by Essie Fox fascinating look at the world of silent films |
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| Wonderful Edna! |
Sadly we had to say farewell to our beloved lodger, little raggedy man Munchkin whose bravery in his illness touched all who knew him.
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| Our Lionheart Munchkin LeStrange |
These times are very trying for so many people. Yet with January here and Spring not far behind I do feel positive for the first time in a long while. We can endure.
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