tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46447853877437118232024-03-05T07:39:20.195+00:00Paperdolls & PosiesAnna @ paperdollsandposieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413189605407457635noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644785387743711823.post-69516839995124417052018-01-09T22:24:00.001+00:002018-01-19T18:57:53.003+00:00Sadly Missed....<div style="text-align: center;">
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Last Saturday we had to make the heartbreaking</div>
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decision to say goodbye to our beloved Guinness.</div>
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This has been one of the most difficult decisions we had</div>
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to make as a family, he was such a huge part of our everyday life</div>
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for so long, letting him go we all knew was not going to be easy</div>
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and would leave us with a massive void.</div>
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However I believe truly loving also means letting go</div>
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when it is for the best even when your not ready....</div>
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The last few days have been tremendously emotional and raw</div>
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with floods of tears still uncontrollably popping up,</div>
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home feels strange & a little hollow without the gentle</div>
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pitter patter sound of his paws as he is hopping around.</div>
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We catch ourselves doing things as if he were still with us. </div>
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I guess it will take time before we find our new normal. </div>
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We have all been hit by his loss much harder</div>
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then I could have ever imagined!!! </div>
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Chosen in 2005 by a then not so teen teen Paperdoll he came</div>
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to live with us at only six weeks old, that day I could not have foreseen</div>
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in my wildest dreams how much of a beautiful impact this sweet little</div>
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black & white bunny would have on each of us over the years.</div>
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A life before Guinness is something baby Paperdoll can't even remember.</div>
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The two of them have been thick as thieves ever since</div>
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baby Paperdoll made her first steps.</div>
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It was impossible not to fall in LoVe with this charming character,</div>
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he had us wrapped around his little whiskers within days,</div>
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we loved spoiling him & he enjoyed the attention!</div>
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Outliving the average life expectancy for bunnies by quite a few years, </div>
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he reminded us daily, not just in recent years, he was anything but average!!!</div>
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He was a truly uniqe bunny....</div>
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....he had an opinion on the telly programme and if he didn't approve </div>
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of your choice he'd soon let you know about it</div>
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....he loved cuddles </div>
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....went wild for peanuts, peanut-butter & peanut-flips</div>
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....enjoyed Christmas</div>
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....forever inquisitive </div>
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....loved sitting by my feet</div>
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....spent hours gazing into flickering candles</div>
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....always followed Mr Mc to the kitchen</div>
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to see what sweet treat was on offer</div>
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and he was of the opinion furniture was not just for humans.</div>
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He was wonderfully funny. </div>
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Unbelievably easy to look after needed so very little from us</div>
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yet giving so much happy distraction to us, especially during</div>
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tough times like Mr Mc deployments to Iraq & Afghanistan.</div>
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Guinness for a little over twelve & a half years you spoiled us</div>
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with your cheeky.... funny.... sweet.... loving.... personality </div>
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and we loved every minute of it!!</div>
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You have given us the most beautiful memories </div>
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that will be cherished in our hearts & minds forever. </div>
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We have been truly blessed to have had you with us for as long as we did.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for your beautiful unconditional LoVe!!!</span></div>
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Anna @ paperdollsandposieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413189605407457635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644785387743711823.post-25880501198203302392018-01-01T21:55:00.000+00:002018-01-09T10:22:52.282+00:00A Glance Back....<div style="text-align: center;">
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2018 has started<br />
with the morning after the night before!<br />
I was so very happy last night to say goodbye to 2017,<br />
a crazy and so unbelievably surreal year!<br />
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Unlike this photo may suggest....<br />
my farewell to this past year was a lovely quiet one<br />
with Mr Mc & the Paperdolls, just how I like it!<br />
Playing games and being amazed by superb card tricks performed<br />
for us by baby Paperdoll (a little magician in the making),<br />
watching the New Years Eve classic "Diner for One"<br />
followed by firework shows from around the world!<br />
At midnight there were Sparklers & Champagne!<br />
No "New Years Resolutions" from me, I'm filled instead with<br />
plenty of Hopes & Dreams for this coming Year!<br />
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Yesterday morning, before the final countdown, I grabbed a quiet moment.<br />
A little reflection was needed!<br />
My last few weeks have been so hectic that much of them feel a little blurry<br />
to me now, so before I fully submerge myself into the Year ahead<br />
I needed a moment to remember<br />
the everyday beauty & excitement of my last two months.<br />
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At the beginning of November I spent a couple of days in Berlin,</div>
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for the first time in two years, meeting up with family & dear friends.<br />
I'm very glad I made this trip, I had the loveliest time.<br />
Hopefully it won't be so long next time before I return. </div>
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As a rule I'm someone who likes to play it safe and my job choices<br />
are no exception to that rule but after a lot of<br />
back & forth with myself last summer, I decided to jump<br />
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I have to confess the jury is still out on whether or not this job<br />
is right for me, more time is needed to make that call.</div>
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Knowing however that no matter how this works out<br />
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leaving me with a wonderful content feeling.<br />
If nothing else this has been a life lesson for me!<br />
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The snow came early this Winter, first only on higher ground.<br />
Living in the Scottish Highlands has without question it's downsides<br />
but the breathtaking beauty of the surrounding countryside<br />
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turned into a Winter wonderland.<br />
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Much to the delight of baby Paperdoll<br />
the snow was so plentiful she could build a large snowman:<br />
He lived in our front garden for nearly a week.<br />
It still is the simple things children find the most joy in!<br />
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this year start creative Christmas makes in September!!! </div>
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My Christmas was a cosy simple beautiful time</div>
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....practically perfect in every way!</div>
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I'm determined to shape my everyday leaving me feeling less </div>
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Anna @ paperdollsandposieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413189605407457635noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644785387743711823.post-27690491968660500492017-12-31T23:08:00.000+00:002018-01-01T13:16:22.263+00:00Here is to 2018....<div style="text-align: center;">
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The eternal optimist in me</div>
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Anna @ paperdollsandposieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413189605407457635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644785387743711823.post-37330645862957240812017-12-24T16:06:00.000+00:002017-12-24T16:06:32.770+00:00Across The Miles.... <div style="text-align: center;">
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wherever you may be</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">****</span> <span style="font-size: large;">plenty of belly twisting laughter</span> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">****</span></div>
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wood, paint & tiles have primarily been my creative outlet,<br />
more out of necessity then choice if I'm honest.<br />
The excitement of having finally made something in tweed<br />
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Looking over at the wing-chair the other day</div>
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it just called out to me for a new cushion cover</div>
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As this cushion is right next to the hexagon blanket</div>
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I have always been someone that enjoys the design journey</div>
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almost more then the making of it,</div>
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by the time I actually make (sew or crochet)</div>
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my project I have already mentally moved on to the next one. </div>
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I don't like zips in cushion covers therefore I always make<br />
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Anna @ paperdollsandposieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413189605407457635noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644785387743711823.post-56512668163624510482017-10-21T23:44:00.001+01:002017-10-24T14:08:06.512+01:00Happy Watching....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With this season of Cold Feet coming to an end yesterday,</div>
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my evening TV drought especially on weekends has started.</div>
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I'm no "soaps" connoisseur, nor am I a lover of "talent" shows, </div>
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so the run up to Christmas on TV </div>
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Thank goodness for DVDs!</div>
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Thinking I may not be the only one out there who</div>
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finds telly a little uninspiring during the hibernation months,</div>
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ever so often one of my favorite films.</div>
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These posts are not reviews.... I'm no wannabe film critic.</div>
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You also won't find a long detailed synopsis about<br />
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I see these posts more like a good host at a party, making the</div>
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introductions but the rest is up to you, nevertheless like a good host<br />
I'm always very interested to hear your thoughts on it after.</div>
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Like everything else about me I don't fit neatly into one</div>
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I'm very much a vintage & quirky movie girl at heart.</div>
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And therefor I'm starting off this "happy watching" series, with a film</div>
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that is vintage, quirky and has a real Autumn feel about it.</div>
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I LoVe murder mysteries & I like Hitchcock</div>
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but I definitely don't do gory blood & guts on screen,</div>
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"The Trouble with Harry"<br />
however is perfect for exactly that contradiction. <br />
Probably not the best known of Hitchcock's films,<br />
it is the story of a small village during a beautiful<br />
Vermont Autumn where the discovery of a newly dead body<br />
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now I would LoVe to hear what you think?!?</div>
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What is it about this time of year that makes me what<br />
to rearrange.... organize.... sort?<br />
After the other day's rejigging of the backyard,<br />
today's rejigging focus was firmly on my wardrobe.<br />
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I'm a real girly girl when it comes to my choice of tops<br />
with blush pinks & creams topping the list<br />
all year round but during the<br />
Autumn & Winter months my colour<br />
focus changes a little to more<br />
dark, rich greens & beige browns with a splash of red.<br />
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Looking at this excuse of a shelf with clothes rail attached<br />
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calling itself a built-in-wardrobe, only reinforces</div>
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my longing for one of those all singing & dancing wardrobe</div>
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from that four letter Swedish Furniture store. </div>
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All in white with glass fronted draws and lights that go on</div>
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as if by magic when you open doors & draws.</div>
OH a girl can but dream.... </div>
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well there is always next year of course.</div>
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In the meantime I'm trying to make the best with what I have.<br />
I like the idea of being organised with my clothes, <br />
everything being neat & tidy, with a "Summer & Winter" wardrobe<br />
gives me less stress in my already much to rushed mornings.<br />
As "Summer" has sad goodbye months ago<br />
I finally moved my summer clothes to one side today. <br />
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When it comes to scarves I'm sorry but size does matter....<br />
the longer the better!<br />
I LoVe wrapping them round & round & round,<br />
creating a little cocoon around me.<br />
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Tweed is another must have in my wardrobe,<br />
right around this time of year, teamed up with flannel shirts.<br />
What's not to LoVe especially when the flannel is red plaid!<br />
Denim is a style institution.... a classic....<br />
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It has been fun rejigging my wardrobe for the Autumn & Winter chill<br />
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I have been left wondering is there a<br />
"Hello my name is Anna & I'm a elbow patches addicted "<br />
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I bought a few Autumn flowers & spring bulbs the other day,</div>
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much shorter and weather worsening we have to call it a day</div>
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at least for now on our remodeling plans.</div>
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I'm in LoVe.... </div>
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besotted LoVe.... </div>
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from here to the Moon & back again LoVe!</div>
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This beautiful old whisky barrel is a wonderful gift from my Dad,</div>
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it looks perfect in this space</div>
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& serves the practical function of collecting the rainwater. </div>
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Our back yard is fast becoming a wonderful mix of new & old!</div>
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Flickering candle, steaming fluffy latte</div>
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Mr Mc, myself & Teen Paperdoll are no huge fans of it</div>
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Making jam.... lots & lots of jam!</div>
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Strawberry & raspberry jam mix with a hint of vanilla.</div>
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Anna @ paperdollsandposieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413189605407457635noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644785387743711823.post-30861909895522543802017-09-29T20:01:00.000+01:002017-12-22T10:15:20.717+00:00True LoVe....<div style="text-align: center;">
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As September draws to a close unmistakably Autumn is here!<br />
Our days are getting shorter & shorter with the light fading<br />
earlier each day. The temperature has dropped just another couple<br />
of degrees the leaves have started to change colour<br />
and the air is still damp but I'm not complaining!<br />
I'm HaPpY!<br />
If you have been following me on here for a while you know by now<br />
I LoVe Autumn and next to Spring this is my favorite season!<br />
There are so many things I LoVe about this time of year. <br />
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I LoVe Autumn days cozily lit up by the flicker of candles,<br />
as the soft steam from a hot cuppa of goodness is floating<br />
into a room where the air is filled with that comforting smell<br />
of something yummy in the oven and we are all snuggled under<br />
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I know I'm not the only one in my family enjoying those days.<br />
Even Guinness is always up for snuggles.<br />
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I LoVe this little fella he is so full of personality.<br />
At the ripe old age of 12 equaling 108 in human years he has become<br />
a really cuddle bunny especially if the cuddles include a blanket!<br />
His favorite blanket at the moment is my hexagon creation....<br />
REMEMBER this one? <br />
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I shared the beginning of it with you last July.<br />
(If you fancy a little time travel <a href="http://..../">....</a><a href="http://www.paperdollsandposies.com/2016/07/hexagon-is-new-stripe.html">this is the way back to July '16</a>)<br />
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This gorgeous blanket was finished last November but I never quite<br />
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In my defense from the moment I had finished sewing in<br />
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I have to confess I had very little expectations for this<br />
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After all it is the result of a wild mix of odds & ends<br />
with no real plan & idea of how it all would come together!<br />
The overall blanket size and number of hexagons I would get<br />
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As this blanket was always about busting my existing yarn stash,</div>
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I LoVe its beautiful colorfulness.<br />
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Looking at this heavenly blanket all spread out like this....</div>
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the mesmerizing magical happy memories of gazing</div>
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This may be my first hexagon blanket but most definitely not my last! </div>
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Well there you have it ....even if a little belated....<br />
my very happy hexagon Ta-Dah<br />
I'm truly in LoVe!</div>
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Now I say goodbye for today so I can stake my claim<br />
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enjoying a bit of Cold Feet.</div>
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Maybe I didn't notice it as for me the Summer of '17</div>
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I was DISTINCTLY lacking that bright, happy Summer feeling,</div>
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Pondering over why I have been feeling like this....</div>
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a higgledy-piggledy mix of reasons & events comes to mind,</div>
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some very personal.... others much more global.... </div>
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their are those I can influence....</div>
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others that are completely beyond my control....</div>
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nevertheless impacting my every day.</div>
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Completely out of my control but having a big impact<br />
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Grey, damp & very wet best described as a giant wash out!!!</div>
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Not what I call summer!</div>
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I need warming sunshine in summer, I'm a season's kinda girl</div>
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Watching weather forecasts for elsewhere with their promises of</div>
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warm temperatures & glorious sunshine created something</div>
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The odd glorious moments of sunshine we were blessed with, never quite lasted<br />
long enough to lift my spirits & sufficiently replenish my vitamin D needs!<br />
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Another out of my control event with big impact was being</div>
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notified in mid May that I was to be made redundant at the end of June.<br />
I very much enjoyed my little job and working for this company<br />
altogether nearly nine years made this news a sad blow!<br />
I needed a few days to wrap my head round it all! </div>
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I was lucky to find myself a new job within days of my notification but<br />
this has meant I was unable to have anytime off with my Paperdolls<br />
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Something I soOo very much cherish, it is our easy, go with the flow,<br />
pottering at our pace time normally. Very much needed by me to<br />
recharge my batteries, not having this time is probably the main reason<br />
for my lackluster summer mood and why I completely lost<br />
track of where we are in the year!<br />
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I have had my first experience of been head hunted: the job kind. </div>
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A phone call out of the blue only days after I started my new job, </div>
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has left me pondering all summer what I really want verses what fits in</div>
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with my family life as well as trying to be everything to everyone.<br />
An event where the outcome very much lies within my<br />
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it's more about the family then the want part in all this!<br />
Hence why I'm still flip-flopping with my decision.</div>
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Much within my influence and then again completely out of my control</div>
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has been the building stuff in & around our house</div>
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that needed & still needs my attention, not the pretty fluffy finishing<br />
bits & pieces I love getting stuck into but lots of that technical stuff,<br />
very important but OH so flipping boring & therefore ÃœBER exhausting!<br />
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My creative head most definitely hasn't been much help either,<br />
working overtime with a million ideas whilst I'm lacking any time<br />
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This is one of teen Paperdoll's cake creations.... a super yummy mood booster! <br />
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Topping all this, is the daily dose of crazy politics from<br />
home & abroad on the evening news.</div>
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Am I the only one....?!?....<br />
Silently screaming "stop all that crazy s**t". <br />
Desperately longing for someone intelligent to take control, <br />
as I'm watching with utter disbelieving bewilderment, often cringing<br />
with sheer embarrassment at the ignorant stupidity on display<br />
by far to many of today's politicians.</div>
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For journalists on the other hand this Summer must have<br />
been a dream, politicians were a gift that kept on giving.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Oh Summer '17 </span><br />
you have been a strangely weird one....<br />
not bad by any means....<br />
but just not quite great either!<br />
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Okay moaning over!<br />
Here is now hoping for the Autumn of all Autumns </div>
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I'm a little sad to say goodbye to this April,<br />
it has been a lovely month.<br />
I have enjoyed just going with the flow taking each<br />
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this month trying to catch a glimpse of that sun and playing around with ideas</div>
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I also rediscovered my liking of bagels this month.</div>
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Every member of the family enjoyed the warming sun when it was about.</div>
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Guinness has always been a bit of a sun worshiper! </div>
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Hard to believe this little fella will celebrate his<br />
twelfth Birthday at the end of May!<br />
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Talking of Birthdays.... I celebrated mine earlier on this<br />
month with this super yummy homemade burger by Mr Mc.<br />
No cake for me this year ....entirely my choice.<br />
For Lent this year I had chosen to give up sweet sugary treats<br />
and my Birthday happened to land before Easter ....c'est la vie.<br />
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I created a small herb garden in the back yard.<br />
There still is so much to do in my wannabe garden but little things like<br />
this make my heart jump with happy excitement for the things to come.</div>
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I have noticed I seem to have a thing for wearing<br />
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Well....truth be told I LoVe wearing sparkly shoes full stop!!!</div>
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buying an unbelievable six pairs in one go.</div>
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My first concert in many many years.<br />
Amy MacDonald at the Ironworks in Inverness, it's a nice</div>
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The tickets were my Christmas pressie from teen Paperdoll.</div>
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Mr Mc & I had a great time and Amy sounds fab live.<br />
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With my Auntie visiting for a week we did what we always do<br />
when we have visitors, exploring Scotland.<br />
Urquhart Castle & Loch Ness was one of the destinations,<br />
Mr Mc & I were last here over twenty years ago and couldn't quite believe<br />
how much this place had changed. It has become a real tourist trap<br />
unbelievably commercialised, nine pound to get into the grounds<br />
of Urquhart Castle for an adult only to be first channeled through<br />
the gift shop ....extremely unpleasant. <br />
The film that was show lacked in substance, jumping wildly within centuries. <br />
Only our funny guide Donald saved the day.<br />
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Thankfully for now<br />
the view over the stunning Highlands is still free.<br />
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My new "BFF" going by the name of chalk & I have been fairly busy,<br />
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Looking through my photos.... I realised I lived a fair bit in<br />
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and a wonderful side affect of reconnecting with my blog has been<br />
that I have made a much more conscious effort to capture<br />
these moments the way I like to remember them.<br />
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seldom do they look as pretty as today´s sorting of the washing.<br />
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I LoVe my washing drying outside on the line, it gets that<br />
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Moments.... big & small, good & bad, happy & sad<br />
really are all part of the journey and this month<br />
it has been a beautiful journey<br />
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The first few days of my Easter holidays have been so lovely,<br />
just pottering about the house & garden at my own pace.<br />
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This time of year is wonderful, Spring has a magical beauty<br />
just like Autumn. I LoVe this Spring feeling! <br />
There is something about these two seasons even on a mostly<br />
grey day like today, I can't help but feel a cheery happiness.<br />
Especially when drinking a fluffy latte from this little cutie. <br />
I'm such a sucker for cute whimsy and when I spotted this cup on an<br />
Instagram post by Vanessa from Coco Rose Diaries I fell in LoVe!<br />
Vanessa kindly let us cup-lovers know where she bought it,<br />
only problem, Mr Mc thinks I already have way too many cups,<br />
so I thought better of it then to buy one <br />
....but seriously, I ask you is there such a thing as too many?<br />
Luckily for me I have a sweet teen Paperdoll who is earning her own<br />
money and when she came home with a little gift for her mummy<br />
I was DELIGHTED. <br />
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I absolutely love decorating my house for Easter....<br />
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My living room is filled with the most wonderful fresh scent of Spring.<br />
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I'm so in awe of this little posy, all it's flowers grew in my garden.<br />
Hard to think this garden didn't even exist, nothing but<br />
boggy grass not a single blossom in sight at this time<br />
last year and now I have pretty spring borders. I can't help<br />
but feel more than a little giddy with happiness every time I look<br />
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A few bulbs popped into the ground by me in late Autumn last year,<br />
have turned to heart jumping happiness every time I walk through our gate.<br />
I'm so no gardener, yet the garden has rewarded me generously so far!<br />
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I also finally got round to giving the chalkboard it's Easter makeover.<br />
I feel a bit hippity hop myself creatively speaking at the moment,<br />
I'm full of ideas for the house, garden and with fabric & wool,<br />
my creative me is pushing & pulling me to get going.<br />
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Oh I am soOoOo needing them.<br />
My brain has been all over the place and I'm still struggling to comprehend<br />
that April is already one week old. These past few months have<br />
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In an attempt to collect more of my "blink & you miss it" moments <br />
I started on Instagram late last summer, ....a photo with a couple of words....<br />
perfect I thought, after all I'm no natural writer and writing blog posts<br />
can at times be a real challenge for me.<br />
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It was lovely how on Instagram I found old friends and rediscovering bloggers<br />
whose blogs I very much enjoyed previously but who had since given up on blogger-land.<br />
There is a nice feeling of instant connection about it all, a sharing<br />
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Scrolling down the long photo-roll on Instagram I find myself doing<br />
more & more in the passing whilst my head is really focused on other stuff.<br />
So I have been wondering if this really is the best way for me to collect<br />
my memories? I have actually photographed a lot less over the past<br />
few months especially my every day moments, my camera has become<br />
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Instagram just doesn't work for me the way I want it to!<br />
I have realized that I need to give myself more time for the things I love.</div>
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Photography & Blogging<br />
Maybe blogging isn't so history after all, at least not for me.</div>
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like rushed snippets I need to document them for me<br />
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This stop off at the beach on our way home from a day trip visiting<br />
family & friends, really helped put all this back<br />
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The weather was so glorious.<br />
No March feeling, more a beautiful June afternoon,<br />
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a wonderful taste of salty air and<br />
Paperdolls all excited at the sight of the sea & beach!<br />
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Sand melting under my feet.... <br />
I have to confess the sand was still a little cold<br />
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I always have!<br />
It's magical, almost to big for words <br />
I feel nothing but giggly excited happiness when I am there.</div>
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A place like this is amazingly good for the soul!<br />
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I closed my eyes for a few seconds enjoying a warming swish across<br />
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.....this is exactly what I wanted<br />
to preserve for eternity!<br />
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Life is all about moments ....the good ....the bad ....the ugly<br />
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I need to make time to cherish my GOOD moments,<br />
enjoying & documenting them is time well spent for me.<br />
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How are you?<br />
I hope you all had a lovely fun filled Christmas & a great start to 2017!<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Sorry</span></b> I haven't been around much lately.<br />
2016 was a year I had so much hope for but in the end<br />
it turned into the strangest year I can remember!<br />
So much has happened recently in this little world of ours,<br />
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years to come the consequences of recent events will come back to haunt us!</div>
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Confronted with so much unfathomable ....crazy....stupidity....<br />
hatred & right out lies, I seem to have lost my voice a little! <br />
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I did start wondering though.... is my silence not a form of acceptance?<br />
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So I have come out of hibernation reminding myself<br />
to focus on the positive, happy, creative & good<br />
in social media and ignore the rest!!!<br />
With that in mind here is a little catch up of some of my<br />
happy, creative & every day pretties from the past few months....<br />
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in books, fluffy lattes, sweet treats & CrEaTiViTy!<br />
These truffles were the tastiest escapism I have ever had.<br />
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Playing around with ideas is<br />
a lovely way to block out a world gone barmy<br />
and dull down that feeling of uncertainty<br />
and I have been doing a fair bit of that!<br />
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Remember this?<br />
My first explorations into crochet hexagons!<br />
I finally finished it in November, making me now <br />
the very proud owner of a beautiful hexagon blanket!!!<br />
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I LoVe this blanket so much it really deserves it's very own post<br />
....so watch this space!<br />
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Old frames.... <br />
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....make wonderful chalkboards. <br />
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Me myself & I is a chalkboard addict<br />
....what can I say!?!<br />
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Chalkboards are so much fun<br />
can you really ever have too many of them!?!<br />
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....My Winter mantel.... <br />
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A little tweed & tartan<br />
found it's way into my Christmas creativeness.... <br />
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Autumn has now officially arrived in the Highlands.<br />
Time to wrap up warm! <br />
This time of year always feels like a new beginning<br />
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to me much more then New Year ever has.<br />
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Mornings are filled with a lovely crisp chill, drizzly rain during<br />
the day (not so nice) and howling winds at night.<br />
Our days also feel so much shorter now, living in the north<br />
you really get to appreciate the stark difference<br />
from summer to winter daylight hours.<br />
All snuggled up under a blanket,<br />
sipping fruit tea (my Autumn & Winter drink)<br />
candles glowing and listening to the wind<br />
swishing up the leaves outside, what is not to like,<br />
just thinking about it makes me all happy and cosy! </div>
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I had a bit of a struggle finding wool to put my hexagons<br />
together with, I always have to see & feel yarn before I buy it for<br />
the first time, living in the Scottish Highlands limits my choice with<br />
only a few wool shops around which are mainly offering synthetic yarns.<br />
Last weekend I finally found what I had been looking for,<br />
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This colour compliments all the others and the crochet hook size needed<br />
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Only snag.... there where only two balls left of this wool and<br />
four or five is what I really need to finish this blanket nicely. </div>
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I have taken a little bit of a gamble buying those two but the shop assistant<br />
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Fingers crossed!</div>
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Pondering over which way looks best for putting the hexagons together....<br />
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....settling on crocheting a single stitch border around each hexagon</div>
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I LoVe how the boarder makes every hexagon stand out on there own </div>
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As I had thought.... two balls of wool aren't enough,<br />
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My head is also bustling with new woolly ideas after I stumbled across<br />
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There is also a another basket full of wool very patiently<br />
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Pretty & practical at the same time,</div>
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I LoVe a bit of colour on my wicker.<br />
A few years back I started playing around with paint<br />
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The combination of light blue, white and<br />
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It works for me every time.<br />
Surely I'm not the only one that loves this colour combination? <br />
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If you have been following me on here for a while</div>
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you know we are a family of old fashioned boardgame lovers.</div>
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Yahtzee, Draughts, Memory, Monopoly the list goes on & on,</div>
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all around the house and I much rather them all in one place.<br />
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It has become the perfect new home for some<br />
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A vintage case for oldie games.<br />
I told you there was always room & use<br />
for one more basket in my house<br />
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I'm so pleasantly surprised by how many<br />
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I liked this case when I first saw it.... now I <span style="font-size: large;">LoVe</span> it!<br />
A little paint mixed with some imaginary vision has created<br />
a practically perfect case, filled to the brim with hours of vintage fun.<br />
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whilst sometimes how my time is spend is beyond my control<br />
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it is important for me & my happiness<br />
to retake control whenever & wherever I can!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">xoxo</span><br />
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Ahhhhhhh....<br />
feeling much better already!<br />
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The weather was a bit of a mixed bag this weekend<br />
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During the rain showers Mr Mc & I dashed to garden centers<br />
for a few new flowery additions and <br />
this beautiful trug also found it's way home with me.<br />
I have been LONGING for this style trug forever<br />
....no seriously it's been years & years....<br />
I always made an excuse why I shouldn't buy one<br />
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....after all I'm no gardener why do I really need a fancy trug....<br />
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What is not to LoVe about Pansies?!<br />
Perfectly HaPpY flowers, </div>
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PaInT HaPpY....<br />
This time for the garden, I bought this paint without a sample<br />
and was a little worried that it would be too cream.<br />
It may be called Cream Tea (LoVe the name) but this<br />
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GuInNeSs HaPpY....<br />
Guinness makes me smile every day, no not the alcoholic variety <br />
but this well traveled little bunny with huge personality,<br />
toilet trained (if he wants to that is) <br />
he has opinions on the telly program,<br />
hind leg thumping if he doesn't approve.<br />
He loves snuggling (on his terms of course)<br />
and follows us around the house. <br />
Goes crazy for peanuts & peanut-butter, he has never drank water<br />
loves salad but only eats carrot when cut with a peeler.<br />
He has us all rapt around his whiskers and he knows it!<br />
Little did I know the day we took him home<br />
from the pet-shop a little over eleven years ago <br />
that Guinness would become such a huge part of our family,<br />
every day with him is a such a giggle & joy!<br />
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I have made the most of this lovely weather when I wasn't working. <br />
Open windows & doors to let the warm sunny breeze into my house,<br />
washing drying outside on the line <br />
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It's back to School time with the term started again last week with<br />
that has come back our familiar early weekday mornings routine.<br />
Just now, our starts are even a little earlier then last term,<br />
as baby Paperdoll has started High School.<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">BIG step for her & me!!!</span><br />
A little nervous & shy on her first day in High School<br />
...who can blame her.... <br />
she has since taken the new & unfamiliar<br />
in her stride and adapted very well!!<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">WoW....</span> what an <span style="font-size: large;">ENORMOUS</span> relief that is for me! <br />
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Over the last few weeks I have been painting every evening,<br />
a little this & that,<br />
not just in shades of white may I add.... <br />
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blue was the choice to up-cycle this garden bench we picked up<br />
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I LoVe how a lick of paint really can change<br />
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I have cherished every free minute in the sunshine<br />
on my beautiful "new" bench!<br />
It is incredibly satisfying to use something you<br />
have up-cycled or made yourself.<br />
This cushion I stitched years ago and yet it still fills<br />
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The Roses & Lilly's we planted earlier in the month<br />
have flourished in the sunshine, rewarding us<br />
with plenty of stunning blossoms.<br />
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This lovely weather has also allowed us to get on<br />
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....my first attempt laying the path was rudely interrupted by rain....<br />
finally last Sunday Mr Mc & I finished the<br />
first part of the path, cut pieces included!<br />
Now I'm hoping for a good (at least dry) weekend so we<br />
can get the rest done and finally build the gate for our drive.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">DO IT YOURSELF</span><br />
is without question tremendously rewarding....<br />
you just have to except that it will take a lot of patience & plenty of time<br />
before you get to enjoy those rewards fully!<br />
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Anna @ paperdollsandposieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413189605407457635noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644785387743711823.post-78215363697083461902016-08-06T11:45:00.000+01:002016-08-25T16:56:12.550+01:00Longing for Summer....<div style="text-align: center;">
Oh my word are we really in August already???<br />
In a blink of an eye.... August has arrived!<br />
....where oh where has the time gone?<br />
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The last few weeks have been busy BuSy BUSY for me.<br />
Indulging in heavenly cakes like this lemon & syrup cake made<br />
by teen Paperdolls have helped to sweetened them somewhat.<br />
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Thank you soOoOo much for all your lovely comments on my last post,<br />
I have taken a little break from hexagons for the moment<br />
and instead focusing my creative attention on my<br />
up to now none existent Garden.<br />
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A few roses where planted,<br />
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a picket fence was built and I'm currently<br />
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I have also been traveling a fair bit, exploring the West Coast<br />
of Scotland with my family and visiting dear friends in Yorkshire.<br />
July has given me many beautiful & happy moments that will become<br />
cherished memories for me, for that I'm truly grateful!<br />
But boy OH boy what is going on with the weather?<br />
July 2016 most definitely let me down on the that front<br />
and August hasn't started much better!<br />
The weather here has really been TRULY & UTTERLY PANTS.<br />
I Love candles, having them lit however on most days during<br />
day time hours in the summer months, feels just a little strange.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Summer seriously?</span><br />
I really haven't seen much of it so far this year. <br />
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that nursery rhyme ....you know the one I mean.... <br />
is playing endlessly in my head, like a broken record<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> rain....rain....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">go away come back another day</span><br />
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I'm sooooo longing for summer days....<br />
blue sky's a warming breeze swishing through leaves<br />
the air filled with the perfume of beautiful flowers<br />
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Oh.... how lovely that would be!<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">I can but dream!!</span><br />
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The main colour in my living room is white.</div>
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White in all it's shade's makes me happy,<br />
I have never found it to be "cold" as some people do,<br />
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New England meets Scandinavia I guess interior magazine<br />
call that style, for me this look is bliss and adding<br />
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Remember my little <a href="http://www.paperdollsandposies.com/2015/05/hello.html">up-cycle</a> from last summer!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">super yummy creations this month, how lucky am I!</span></div>
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A fluffy.... warm.... reassuring.... comfort, </div>
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the kind you get from snuggling into a blanket,</div>
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a soft woolly one, like my <a href="http://www.paperdollsandposies.com/2015/11/a-little-blanket-ta-dah.html">Babushka Rose</a> blanket.</div>
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STRIPES I thought<br />
thick stripes.... thin stripes.... chevron stripes.... wavy stripes....<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hexagon is my new stripe!</span><br />
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I Love stripes & I still like the idea<br />
of making a stripey blanket one-day but with my left over yarns<br />
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Inspired by a few different hexagon designs I seen during my stripe<br />
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And just like UK politics today.... </div>
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I have no idea where I'm going with this, </div>
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neither about size </div>
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nor have I given the edging any real thought. </div>
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But unlike UK politics today.... </div>
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I know when I'm finished with this blanket it will make me feel </div>
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cosy.... comfy.... reassured.... warm....</div>
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but above all it will make me happy & smile! </div>
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Wishing all my US readers a </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">VERY HAPPY</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></span> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">of</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">July</span></span></div>
Anna @ paperdollsandposieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413189605407457635noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644785387743711823.post-13106810412598563942016-06-29T00:48:00.000+01:002017-01-27T23:00:06.323+00:00Should We Stay or Should We Go....<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">STAY</span></div>
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was the vote by an overwhelming majority of voters<br />
in Scotland & Northern Ireland on the EU Referendum. <br />
Unfortunately with the rest of the UK voting<br />
with a very small majority to GO <br />
it turns out it doesn't really matter<br />
to much what we in Scotland think & want!<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">GO</span> it is!<br />
And whilst this result isn't very surprising to me<br />
it still fills me with <span style="font-size: large;">enormous</span> <span style="font-size: large;">sadness</span>!<br />
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The past few days have felt to me like being on a tiny boat</div>
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adrift in a giant very stormy ocean, the compass is broken<br />
and the crew has been washed overboard!<br />
With every hour the winds are getting stronger & the waves bigger<br />
relentlessly pounding this tiny ship from all sides!<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm feeling sOoOo seasick!!!</span><br />
Unsurprisingly every Mayday call<br />
has being met with a deafening silence <br />
from those that sold this Brexit as a<br />
wonderful "Discover a Better World" cruise.<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Oh.... I wonder why?</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">......</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span>I strongly suspect history will judge<br />
the 23<span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span> of June 2016<br />
not as Independence Day as some like to think <br />
but sadly as the beginning of the END for the<br />
United Kingdom as we have know it today.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">xoxo </span></div>
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