Hello folks, and a big welcome to my new followers - good to see you here!
Thank you for your moving comments about Dad's medal, you made my day.
Thank you for your moving comments about Dad's medal, you made my day.
Yesterday (Tuesday), I collected Octavia back from the hog rescue as she is now up to weight :o)
When I 'hog-napped' her she was around 232 grams, well underweight for winter,
but she is now 641 grams :o) thanks to Joan's tender care.
As you can see she's grown somewhat, and I've marked her with a nice stripe so that I can easily ID her.
She was snuggled into a hog box, freshly filled with lovely sweet hay around 10 pm last night.
(I covered her over after taking this image)
I leave fresh food out every night anyway, so there was plenty to tuck into. When I checked around an hour later she'd disappeared, and only a little mealworm had been eaten. I kept a watchful eye until I went to bed at around 2 am, but she never re-appeared, and this morning the sleeping box was still empty :o(
I'm sure she'll be about for a few nights before settling on a nice warm place to snooze...I really wish she'd choose one of my hog boxes though.
Over the last few weeks I have of course 'popped in' to my local 'suppliers' and found a few things that called out to me ;o)
This pretty Caithness paperweight 3" high £3.50.
I have visited the factory where they are made on few occasions when we have been in Scotland. Paperweights have fascinated me since I was a young girl, my Aunt had a collection and I spent many hours looking at them. I started my own collection as an adult, then I inherited hers, and now have a collection of 75 paperweights!
I also spotted someone else's collection, especially this item.
A delightful Swarofski large hedgehog, which as you can imagine had my name on ;o)
I purchased this for £3.75 but left the other items in the shop. When I came home and washed it I realised just how gorgeous the refraction was I HAD to have the other items too. I rang the shop and asked them to keep them until the next day, here they are:-
(Sorry, they are difficult to photograph)
A blue-eyed tortoise
this dear squirrel with an acorn
a 3" cat, which is MUCH nicer than shown.
and the owl and the pussycat in their crystal boat.
Most of them were £3.50, but this one was £2.50 :o)
I was pleasantly surprised when I checked the prices on Ebay...
A few days later I found this crystal handled letter opener.
in it's original box for £7.00. It is 11" long, and the handle is beautifully cut.
I was amazed to find this Spode Christmas Tree dish for £4
Last week I saw a side plate in another shop for £10. I think I had a bargain :o)
I read somewhere that if you have three of something it's a collection..
This is the third Babbacombe Pottery cat masked string holder I have found over the years (all in different colour ways)
The back is hollow which holds the ball of string this is then fed through a hole in the mouth, and the scissors fit into the bow. I also have an owl one. Having just checked there web site I see there's a hedgehog one - I may be leaving BIG hints around the house about that!
And finally,
This wonderful deer candelabra which stands around 12" high and cost the princely sum of £2.75
Guess who's Christmas table this will grace?
I'm sorry that I'm behind with making visits, and leaving only few comments. Things have been hectic here lately and I cannot see things getting any better for a while, so my postings will no doubt continue to be sporadic. Please bear with me, I really do appreciate your visits, comments and friendship. I endeavour to catch-up with you as time allows.
Sending you all my very best wishes.
I have visited the factory where they are made on few occasions when we have been in Scotland. Paperweights have fascinated me since I was a young girl, my Aunt had a collection and I spent many hours looking at them. I started my own collection as an adult, then I inherited hers, and now have a collection of 75 paperweights!
I also spotted someone else's collection, especially this item.
A delightful Swarofski large hedgehog, which as you can imagine had my name on ;o)
I purchased this for £3.75 but left the other items in the shop. When I came home and washed it I realised just how gorgeous the refraction was I HAD to have the other items too. I rang the shop and asked them to keep them until the next day, here they are:-
(Sorry, they are difficult to photograph)
A blue-eyed tortoise
this dear squirrel with an acorn
a 3" cat, which is MUCH nicer than shown.
and the owl and the pussycat in their crystal boat.
Most of them were £3.50, but this one was £2.50 :o)
I was pleasantly surprised when I checked the prices on Ebay...
A few days later I found this crystal handled letter opener.
in it's original box for £7.00. It is 11" long, and the handle is beautifully cut.
I was amazed to find this Spode Christmas Tree dish for £4
Last week I saw a side plate in another shop for £10. I think I had a bargain :o)
I read somewhere that if you have three of something it's a collection..
This is the third Babbacombe Pottery cat masked string holder I have found over the years (all in different colour ways)
The back is hollow which holds the ball of string this is then fed through a hole in the mouth, and the scissors fit into the bow. I also have an owl one. Having just checked there web site I see there's a hedgehog one - I may be leaving BIG hints around the house about that!
And finally,
This wonderful deer candelabra which stands around 12" high and cost the princely sum of £2.75
Guess who's Christmas table this will grace?
I'm sorry that I'm behind with making visits, and leaving only few comments. Things have been hectic here lately and I cannot see things getting any better for a while, so my postings will no doubt continue to be sporadic. Please bear with me, I really do appreciate your visits, comments and friendship. I endeavour to catch-up with you as time allows.
Sending you all my very best wishes.
