Girls day out.

This weekend my dear friend Annette and I are off on a girls adventure..

We are heading to the Southern Highlands..

A gorgeous part of New South Wales..

We will be antiquing,talking,bargain hunting,chatting,oohing and aahing,gossiping, eating,verbalising,tea swilling,chattering and you can bet we'll be laughing..

Did I mention we, LOVE to chat!!

First stop historic Berrima, then off to beautiful Berry.

Thelma and Louise have got nothing on us..

No boys allowed,just two girls who could talk the leg off a table..

I'll be sure to show you all the goodies we buy..

Tick Tock..

Time has certainly flown since I last blogged.

I've been so busy lately..

I have been visiting all your fab blogs though..

Thought I'd share a couple of photos of my new clocks..

I got them both at ALDI..such bargains!!

I love the french duck egg blue surround..I gave it a little sanding to shabby it up a little.

Now it graces my loungeroom wall..

This one hangs in my kitchen..Perfectly chic..

They say time flies when you're having fun,so I must be having heaps of fun because I don't know where the time has gone..

Is he serious?

The other night whilst watching TV the phone rang..

Up I sprung to answer it..

It was quite late so I was wondering who would be calling.

The conversation went like this:

"Hello"

"Hi mum."

"Jake, is that you?"

"Yeah it's me."

"What are you doing son,are you crazy???"

"NO.I'm thirsty! Can you please bring me in a drink".

You see,he was in his bedroom,wrapped in his quilt watching T.V in the comfort of his electric blanket.

He didn't want to get up because it was to cold!!!!!!!!!!

Needless to say, I did not get him a drink and haven't had any phone calls since..

Seriously, some mothers do have "em..

Winter pretties..

The chill has definetly arrived..

It has been snowing up the Blue Mountains..

We have had ice covering our cars most mornings..

My plants are still having some pretty displays..

Last year this was deep pink,this year a pale shade..go figure!!

I love planting in vintage containers..

I've tried for my garden to have the look of an English cottage garden..

I'm trying really hard..

These are my neighbours wild roses peeking above the fence..so lovely..

Winter may be cold but my flowers warm my heart..

Winston worries..

Oh boy,having a puppy is like having a toddler all over again..

Making mischief and putting things in their mouth that shouldn't be in there..

This very thing happened last night at about 9.30pm..

Our sweet Winston (7.5 months) found a little packet of ratsack.. (mouse bait)

I don't know how he got to it as it was behind a fridge in the bar area and I can't for the life of me remember how long it's been there..

The handyman spied him with it and immediately removed it from him and then we went into emergency flight mode..

The chemicals in ratsack can be fatal..

So I'm trying to locate an emergency Vet and can you believe it, not one of them answers their phone!!!!

We take him to the Animal Referral Hospital which is about 40 minutes from our home..

They induced vomiting and checked it all out and the GREAT news was that they don't think he ate any..YEAH...

Our poor little man.He is on a 2 week course of vitamin K tablets to protect his liver (just in case) but he seems to be just fine..

SO,$210 later,we took him home and all agreed it was worth the money just to be sure..

Winston,you are definetly one of the gang and we love you to bits...xxx

Sarah Beeny

I've recently told you how much I like Kirstie Alsopp,well here's another favourite.

I adore Sarah Beeny...

The english straight talking property developer,wife, mother of 4 boys, author and T.V presenter.

She's not afraid to get her hands dirty and mixes it with the best of them.

I've been watching her show: "Beeny's restoration Nightmare",where she and her cute husband Graham renovate a centuries old country mansion: Rise Hall.

I love how she doesn't glam herself up for the cameras:she's a jeans and t-shirt girl.

Calls it as she sees it and is a great mum all at the same time.

The finished Rise Hall is glorious and a wedding there would be beautiful.

I hear she may be pregnant with her 5th baby ,but I don't think it will slow her down one little bit.

Sarah Beeny I salute you for being a strong and assertive woman..HIP HIP HOORAY!

Pretties..

It's still wet and wild down here and I have a day off from work..

Have been moving things around a bit..

So I thought I'd show you some of my pretties..

I covered this wired lamp shade with two vintage napkins and made little rosettes out of another.It's so pretty at night.

The little coasters I made from vintage music sheets and cheap cork backing.I keep them in the sweet silver toast rack..

These beautiful french paper ribbons are under an old clock cloche.I stood it on an upturned vintage silver champagne goblet and shabby crystal plate..

I found this romantic oil painting by the side of the road..It's dreamy..

Love it with my tarnished silverware and candle light.

I've moved my shabby french grey sideboard into our loungeroom..

I adore it's scalloped doors and turned legs..

I decided to make a little reading nook,just off our kitchen..

This old pine chest got the treatment..

Painted white and distressed lightly.

I padded the top and covered it with one of my grandmothers vintage tablecloths and edged with lace.

A few cushions that I made, make a comfy backrest..

I hope you're all having a wonderful week..