Hello there
What  a wonderful but time and penny consuming thing ebay is?
  I have even begun to do something my younger (but not wiser) self vowed never to do,  re-reading books. I used to think life is too short and that it would be boring or I would remember all the plots and stories!
I did have one exception to this though as I have read "Wuthering Heights" several times. I find that as you age in years and experience that you can understand and empathise more with the characters.
This week I have read Joanne Harris's " Blackberry Wine" and enjoyed it immensely, even though i have read it before several years ago. It was bought second hand via ebay and the funny thing is it has pencil marks and underlinings on several pages - I do this myself !  only in books that are not valuable of course and those you would keep and refer back to.
Second hand books are a wonderful thing if you read a lot as I do - and I got four last week and even then it was buy one get one free :) - how lovely

Above is my latest purchase of a hare by Kate Wyatt - I have re-decorated the lounge and decided another picture was needed - call it an early birthday present to us and the house.  The dining room I thought had sixteen pictures but when checked it has eighteen!!   If I ever win the lottery there will have to be a library and a gallery amongst my early purchases. 

Now to take Little Bess for  a walk in this wet and windy weather ... we don't mind, we each have our waterproof coats and love of fresh air,

Until next time, take care in all that you do

Angela x

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Time

Hello there
I,  like most other people often wonder where time goes? I am lucky enough to only work part-time and that is also in my little home office. Maybe that is part of the problem - too many distractions.

I do get a lot done to be fair, I have painted the sitting room which is known as the "Red Room" and it now has green walls. The chimney breast had a couple of other colours but is now a deep crimson to bring the room together as I am stuck with the red carpet and sofas.
This is a photo after dark so the green walls don't show very well. The house was actually built in 1975 but my cottagey taste takes over in here!  My husband prefers the rest of the house more modern and clutter free - the dining room does happen to have sixteen pictures up though , they are a weakness of mine whenever I go to a car boot or antiques fair. I bought a lovely print of Pendle Hill ( of  Lancashire Witches fame) from ebay last week too - now where on earth is that going to go? There's still a pile on the floor in the hallway as they didn't go back up in the red room when I had a change round.
Can you see the little gourds on the chest?   such a simple idea and they make me smile :)

Also treated myself to an old american style rocking chair I saw the other week in the antiques shop at Salmesbury Hall, it looks perfect in the red/green room and little Tana seems to agree >^..^<
Take care
Angela xx