Hello there ....
its an awful night here .. the wind is whipping the trees and howling around the cottage ... I'm so thankful to be sat by a crackling fire.
I think we can say winter is here.
Actually I am sat here ....
the house it totally upside down around me ..
We are having a new floor fitted ... lovely huge slate tiles ... a bit like the old fashioned flagged floors ... its looking just fabulous ...
Its all fitted now ... just needs Hubby P to set to and seal it with oil and polish it up ... very good with a polishing cloth .. Hubby P ...needs a strong arm .. or so I tell him...
In the mean time the furniture is piled 'as and where' ...
and of course it means we will...
(thats the Royal We ..as in Hubby P) ...have to at least 'touch up' with the paint ...
Lots to do before Christmas!
Being so 'upside down' of course really restricted me from doing much ....
But I found this little lady on Sunday .. a little battered .. and worse for wear (bit like I feel at 4.30 sat outside a carboot sale on a sunday morning)... she was crushed under a pile of stuff...
'all 25p' ...
I noticed her crumpled dress ... it was that ...you know ...old .. vintage-y colour.
I plucked her out of the heap of modern junk ... paid my 25p ... and took her away home ... to see if I could save her.
Under her skirts she is hiding lots of wirework ... she is/was a pretty little lamp.
The wire work was very crushed but all the workings were there ... so today I set about trying to bring her back to her pretty self.
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I started with something easy ... she had a little parasol .. the fabric is very faded .. but I like it for all that.
I reattached it on to its frame ... and found some lace to jazz it up a bit.
All parasols need to be lacy .. frilly and over the top I feel!
I repaired her dress ... again lots of frothy lace .. she's a frothy frilly kinda girl!
And I straightened out her nether regions ... I just need Hubby P to work his magic under her skirts ....(now .. now!) ... with a light bulb and electric plug etc.
And she's one pretty lady.
I touched up her paintwork a little .... a girl needs a bit of 'slap' before she leaves the house.
( 'Slap' ... make up/cosmetics for those of you in other parts of the world).
Her body is made of a kind of plaster .. so I would imagine she would easily get knocked about and scratched ... but she has made it this far .. and hopefully I have given her a bit longer.
It kept me occupied and from under the feet of the builder ...
funnily enough it doesn't make the job happen any faster if I stand and watch ...
although the cheese scones I baked seem to spur things on ...
So not Christmas Card or a sprig of Holly anywhere yet ...
why is it Christmas comes at the same time every year ..
yet we always seem to be rushed off our feet ... getting ready for the day.
Hope your preparations are going well ...
xx
