tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54990704288750822442024-03-18T22:01:04.412-07:00the cottage at the top of the stairsJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16290123767127459996noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499070428875082244.post-563497150406464882012-09-16T16:43:00.004-07:002012-09-16T16:43:45.585-07:00Opening Weekend<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I have to say,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">it doesn't look very much like</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">But yesterday it did,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and I had a little wander round the garden...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">... the plum tree is absolutely loaded with blossom,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and I'm sure hoping</span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Courier New;">lots of plums:)</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">the reddest of red.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">just to brighten things up a little.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">it needed it :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">More 'ugly' plants disappeared:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It looks a little barren at the moment,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">When Spring returns,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> (tomorrow),</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I've just re-opened for the coming season,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and what a way to 'kick off' :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Test match weekend in Dunedin,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">All Blacks -v- South Africa,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and a house full of very happy guests.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">"Arrived 14th September - ...our stay here was so wonderful and a pleasure ... saddens us to leave... all in all our experience in Dunedin for the rugby match was the best ever. Thankyou Dunedin, but for most cheers, Jenny and Jake :)"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It's been winter,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and not alot happens round the cottage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Except a bit of planning in the garden,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and that usually involves </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and moving things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I decided over winter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">This was them at the beginning of winter,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">There are glimpses of spring already</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and it felt so good to be outside,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">but I'm pretty impressed with my tomatoes this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Countless hours of loving attention,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and many a conversation with them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Given to me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">So sweet </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Think I might have been a little heavy handed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And to think I was worried </span><span style="font-family: Courier New;">that nothing would grow...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">...what does one do with a gazillion and one cosmos and lettuce seedlings??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and I will never have to buy another lettuce from the supermarket,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and cosmos will flower in my garden for eternity :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I remember thinking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Apparently I may have scattered a few too many :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">When deciding on how many to scatter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I reckoned that some wouldn't grow,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Now, planting these babies out will be more difficult</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">as I do not have a glass house</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">that is 20 metres long!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I can't bear the thought of not planting them, though,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">so I will ponder this little glitch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> a little longer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I think I have quite a bit to learn yet</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">about the art of sowing seeds :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Garden's looking very pretty, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">even though the wind did it's best this week</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">to batter and bend my flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We even had a light dusting of snow one morning this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">These gorgeous granny's bonnets self seed all over the place -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">See you,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">to the front door</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">each morning...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And once I'm through the other side,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">bury my face in the blooms,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and breathe in !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It's truly divine :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">so once it's all been tidied up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">but it will happen :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">In the meantime, looks like there is some wood to stack!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">is a pretty little trip</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">at this time of the year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Everything is so green</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and lush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">And plants seem to sprout and grow taller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">before your very eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Here's Charlie,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">our super energetic cat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">He has a spot picked out for each part of the day -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">mornings are on the front chair ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">then he moves round to the north side of the house...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">early afternoon is spent in the garden against the back fence...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and finally just before dinner time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">between sun traps!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Just as well he is cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">How else could you get away with being soooo lazy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">This was the state of our glasshouse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">'cos I'm determined to make it work this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I am struggling to grow tomatoes here,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">not through any lack of trying though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The first year was a disaster,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">the second year only marginally better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and got all the information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I have cleaned it from top to toe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">('cos somewhere along the way I read it helps</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It's a sweet pea seedling,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">liberally surrounded by a dozen or so snail pellets!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I've not had much success with these either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Mostly when I plant them,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">not a single sprout appears,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and I do not want to see him park his furry body on top of them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">liberally dotted around the house</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">straight to the veins,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and my favourite little gardening fork and I end up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">These are what I found </span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">... celebrated an anniversary this month -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">it's been two years since we arrived at the cottage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">though it seems like only yesterday </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">that we were lugging the furniture up the stairs!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">When we first saw the cottage it was winter time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">so you can imagine my delight when, by the time we moved in,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">it was spring time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and the garden was just starting to bloom</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">like it is now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Spring at the cottage -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">definitely my favourite time of the year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">You just never, never know</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> when you have a little wander round the garden,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and 'aint that the beauty of it :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">it's quite magical to watch,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">when there's lots and lots of empty space and straw mulch,</span></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16290123767127459996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499070428875082244.post-76022321779069331362011-08-24T02:46:00.000-07:002011-08-24T02:46:20.350-07:00Finished :)<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I've finished the room :)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Well, almost -</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">still needs a little quilt for the end of the bed,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and another couple of pillows,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">but apart from that, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">it's done!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I love the change -</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">so fresh and airy and pretty much how I imagined it might look.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And out on the front verandah,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">my gorgeous old family chair now sits,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">where I will no doubt sit in the sun from time to time,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">listening to the birds maybe,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">enjoying a cuppa,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and thinking about the next thing:)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Getting ready, now,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">for lots of visitors -</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">coming to see the rugby.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Go the All Blacks!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">See you,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Jenny</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16290123767127459996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499070428875082244.post-69116579148533979862011-08-03T16:53:00.000-07:002011-08-03T16:53:55.363-07:00Progress<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">That quick repaint</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">turned into a not so quick repaint:)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Took a little longer</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">but progress is being made...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And 'cos I'd totally overestimated the amount of paint I'd need,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">but hey, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">show me someone who gets that right,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I decided</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I'd change this room too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">(it really was a bit in your face!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's not green anymore,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">but I have't got a pic yet</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">'cos I've not put the shelf up and weird as it sounds,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I've got to work it out, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">it's not as simple as you would think.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">And then, somewhere along the way</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I decided</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">that the beds in the front two rooms</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">would look much better</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">if I swapped them around.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">This is what the sun room used to look like </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">until we moved things ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I thought that we would put the chunky cream wooden bed </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">in the Sun Room</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and move the iron bed</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">to the Garden Room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">In my infinite wisdom (ahem!!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I thought it would be easier to do this</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">if we left the beds intact</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">rather than pulling them apart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I thought it would be quicker!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">About 2 hours later</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and several disagreements</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">between the child and I</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">(he wouldn't listen to me,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and I wouldn't listen to him,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">so where does that leave you -</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">when you are two inches short of space -</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">straight to ever so slightly raised voices </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and much rolling of the eyes)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">anyway...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">the task was completed!!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Next time -</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">we take the beds apart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">By the time I come back here</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I'll have pics of both the rooms -</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">finished and dressed:)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Unless of course I find another room to paint!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">See you later</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Jenny</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center"></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16290123767127459996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499070428875082244.post-50886712413466212122011-07-24T21:43:00.000-07:002011-07-24T21:43:38.282-07:00A Simple Repaint<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'd been thinking alot about this room,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">it was a pretty room,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">blue and white,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">but some found the blue a little too much</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I think.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NDCvz-wG3DHoMEEYMcnetGrpEPjLxThXTczImjt3r59lEdp_Rmh-z7QypmTv1Kcg6tbi5fDYYD7uGDus5S-0QwDke2RGMnhaD9P9F7Djp7N41M5pOoCB8chL8A88Eu0mkBNTTzMXtu_M/s1600/DSCF0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NDCvz-wG3DHoMEEYMcnetGrpEPjLxThXTczImjt3r59lEdp_Rmh-z7QypmTv1Kcg6tbi5fDYYD7uGDus5S-0QwDke2RGMnhaD9P9F7Djp7N41M5pOoCB8chL8A88Eu0mkBNTTzMXtu_M/s320/DSCF0041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">So, I thought, let's just repaint it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Nice and simple, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">a quick update,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">won't take long at all. </span><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Took all the furniture out, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">except the bed,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">and started on the undercoat.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioj0556A2sFfvtZpwPCWvkPRj5FXrnh9FO9-PpVZVVAQWCes5h7mhfVig50KW5E57LkY6wleb_i2zMDHxvAopM2Dvw8JcaRjP66IDAZWRtoLpZGlPescg1DHCKyoBffW1-fhDRyNsPMsP4/s1600/DSCF0082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioj0556A2sFfvtZpwPCWvkPRj5FXrnh9FO9-PpVZVVAQWCes5h7mhfVig50KW5E57LkY6wleb_i2zMDHxvAopM2Dvw8JcaRjP66IDAZWRtoLpZGlPescg1DHCKyoBffW1-fhDRyNsPMsP4/s320/DSCF0082.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Then I got to the unit in the corner.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">To be honest, I have always struggled a bit with this unit,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I think it was the mirror at the back of it</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">or something,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">so once I started with the heatgun and sandpaper</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">to take it back,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I decided the mirror had to go...</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRL_zj8XSpqtO8AFK85FYLB2XP11wYgPq6o1QT6uUlIXvKipT97BzhNcskl4-JDgS0J7i0h0U7kPiOp9YaC6KlkEup61ZK1CauKd0mKD7JRbL7CUpKd8Gm4c6WbpUCfMWianL1EPS0v1fM/s1600/DSCF0072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRL_zj8XSpqtO8AFK85FYLB2XP11wYgPq6o1QT6uUlIXvKipT97BzhNcskl4-JDgS0J7i0h0U7kPiOp9YaC6KlkEup61ZK1CauKd0mKD7JRbL7CUpKd8Gm4c6WbpUCfMWianL1EPS0v1fM/s320/DSCF0072.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">... and behind the mirror was a hole in the wall!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">'S okay I thought, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I'll get a new panel made to fit where the mirror was</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and while I'm am it,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I think I'll replace the doors as well.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I love the t & g look,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and in a previous house I replaced some kitchen cabinet doors</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">with new ones made from simple MDF</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">but grooved out to look like t & g.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">A quick call to the joinery guys</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and doors and panel were under control.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Right next to the unit is the fireplace</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and the fire surround, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">made from kauri I think,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">but so full of borer holes and tracks</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">that really it had to go.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">You can see how the quick repaint is progressing:))</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">A couple of turns of the screwdriver</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and the surround was gone.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6VmIsnC0zqX8cayadEiEz_V4KmcJRTH23qYHKcsJK1obDl3uBd9e1KOSF-wwSv08bTIgx_McUYoXXvCMgNEZ0AdQkcalBJE6SfNh-ks7CPL4mb3HORclHPrDCFM3rCq5xQbkXiphj_c5/s1600/DSCF0077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6VmIsnC0zqX8cayadEiEz_V4KmcJRTH23qYHKcsJK1obDl3uBd9e1KOSF-wwSv08bTIgx_McUYoXXvCMgNEZ0AdQkcalBJE6SfNh-ks7CPL4mb3HORclHPrDCFM3rCq5xQbkXiphj_c5/s320/DSCF0077.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">The top of the surround is going to make the perfect seat.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">But the rest...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">stored under the house.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">A trip to the local salvage yard followed</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and it was destiny I'm sure,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">as there at the very front of a whole stack of fire surrounds</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">was the perfect one.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">It needs a little tlc,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">but nothing that some sandpaper and paint wont fix.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Now, next to the fireplace is the wardrobe!!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Why stop at just the walls, unit and fireplace I thought.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Let's change the wardrobe as well.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1x11x8leNXT5JEnbwaKBUk82MdPuqT61tjq0HGBK7Xd5pE1f_878RtSCl-w_BoAx4w2pMW1nnSYoPKSN_ImfOA8RR3hnHPi2WyT7deoxEIKZpF7QDOq0GnIWQMGUddeqd5kAhKW8uDRU/s1600/DSCF0075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1x11x8leNXT5JEnbwaKBUk82MdPuqT61tjq0HGBK7Xd5pE1f_878RtSCl-w_BoAx4w2pMW1nnSYoPKSN_ImfOA8RR3hnHPi2WyT7deoxEIKZpF7QDOq0GnIWQMGUddeqd5kAhKW8uDRU/s320/DSCF0075.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Whipped the front panels off,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">though whipped is not really the right word,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">cos they were seriously screwed on</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and I reckon glued as well !!</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUtefuv9gDZ1u3lVPo-_gFGzkc8zCClbxm8W6BTqGhbxNrLPTp6PmR2GiOEc-aY0gKELVwJ3JM1DfZ5YpaolHe6qejkxO_Ta7FlkB-NAnbd4d9sKISRt58FFqOux6pcJWzdu19l2ZFggI/s1600/DSCF0079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUtefuv9gDZ1u3lVPo-_gFGzkc8zCClbxm8W6BTqGhbxNrLPTp6PmR2GiOEc-aY0gKELVwJ3JM1DfZ5YpaolHe6qejkxO_Ta7FlkB-NAnbd4d9sKISRt58FFqOux6pcJWzdu19l2ZFggI/s320/DSCF0079.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My simple repaint is coming along nicely,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and it's probably just as well</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">that there are no more fixtures in the room</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">that I can get my hands on!</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">The new unit is looking fine:)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I did intend being in there today putting on a top coat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">'cos I can't wait to see how it looks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">But there's been quite alot of this the past couple of days...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">...and it's a little chilly up that end of the house,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">much much nicer down here by the fire :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I'll do it tomorrow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">These little pretties don't seem to mind the snow...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Nor do I:))</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">See you</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Jenny.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16290123767127459996noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499070428875082244.post-25411407014423304382011-07-13T15:37:00.000-07:002011-07-13T15:37:31.601-07:00Time to Paint<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">There is a time and place for painting in winter,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I have discovered.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">It's between 11 and 2.30, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and in a very specific spot in the back yard. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">At this time and in this place is the <strike>best</strike> only chance of catching the sunshine,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and the other thing I discovered...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> is that a little bit of sunshine is good - so that you can feel your fingers, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and hold the brush:))</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Here's what I've been painting.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">One very old rickety bench....</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">In desperate need of some tlc...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">this bench, and the next chair, both sat on the front verandah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">at the family home in Geraldine,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">for as long as I can remember,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I think they were always there and it was a place to sit,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">in the sun,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">watching the world go by.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I think my Dad made the bench, though maybe it was my brother,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I'm not sure, but I think it was my Dad,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and I can't remember where the chair came from,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">it was just always there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">When my parents moved from that home there was no place for the chair and the bench,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">so I took them cos I think they are neat:)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And then there is this stool...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I bought it many many years ago, liking it's shape,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">but not liking it's colour!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Always said I would paint it one day,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">just that the ''one day'' took a while to arrive :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So, with a good coat of undercoat...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">... and a coat or two or three of paint, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">they are nearly done.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Some cushions to sew, for the bench and the seat,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">then the seat will take it's rightful place,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">on my front verandah:)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I painted this little old shelf, too ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Need to go make some cushions,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and I know just where to go to find the fabric:))</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16290123767127459996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499070428875082244.post-31483904200302467672011-07-04T02:05:00.000-07:002011-07-04T02:05:28.822-07:00The cottage and it's garden<div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Two years ago I found the cottage at the top of the stairs.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I visited once on a Saturday, once the next Saturday, and once again in the middle of the following week.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Then I knew for sure that this was where I wanted to live.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">(actually, to be honest, I knew the very first time I walked through the front door, and Jake knew that I knew, 'cos he saw that look in my eye!!:))</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">The cottage is our home.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">And it is a "bed and breakfast" for guests from all over the world.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I have plans and dreams for the cottage and it's garden,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">painting and colours,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">plants and garden beds,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">verandah nooks,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">gorgeous bedrooms,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">quilts and pillows,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">places to sit and relax at the end of the day.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Where to start?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">In the garden, I think.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">These beds - along the back fence - desperately needed some loving, and slightly ruthless, attention.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I've neglected them a little and I made a gutsy decision to rip out any plants that I did not like!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">This was about half way through the ''lets get rid of the uglies'' garden session - now it's looking pretty bare, but there are foxgloves replanted, rose bushes have been moved in, and penstemon cuttings transplanted.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">This is a look down the other way...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">There are spring bulbs coming up already in this garden bed, though you wouldn't have known it before I got started - I'm ashamed to say that it was so overgrown here, I had no idea what I would find. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">A little house for the garden faeries :)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Even though it's pretty chilly at the moment,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> and much of the garden seems to be in hibernation, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">there are still pretty little pockets of colour...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">So after tackling that garden bed last week, I felt like doing something a little different this week.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Painting!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Furniture, though, not the house.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Old pieces that I have been meaning to repaint for years. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I've done all the undercoating,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">and now I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a good day tomorrow so I can do the top coats.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Show you soon:)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Keep snuggly and warm.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Jenny</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"></div>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16290123767127459996noreply@blogger.com0