Walter.

This is Walter. He is pretty sophisticated. We picked him up from the charity shop.

Flora.

I, like most, like flowers. I get mine mostly from the man at the side of the road or from friends and more recently from a friends garden whilst playing conservationist to their excavation project.

Easy as pie.

I baked a pie, a pear and bramble pie actually!

any excuse…

I hear it's the jubilee this weekend, two of my favourite things are bunting and the royal family!

Any excuse to hang some of our vintage Union Jack bunting!

little things.

A few treasures we found whilst down under.

Meet Columbo…

This is Columbo. He caught our eye at the auctions a few weeks ago, I raised my hand a couple of times and we got to take him home!

He has clearly been well loved over his lifetime before being abandoned in a cold, damp auction house – hopefully we will be able to put a smile put back on his face soon…

Quilt and a Visit.

I've made a quilt! Took a little while but finished it just in time for a visit from Tom and Jen. They have been sleeping on our floor in our freezing cold flat for two nights although John turned the heating on in their honor and to much applause from me.

"What a wonderfully warm and fashionable quilt" - Jen Head.

We contacted Tom for a comment but he refused.

People.

I picked up this 80's book from a charity shop a little while ago.

We were flicking through it the other day, and considering its aimed at children, some of the content is pretty amusing…

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This illustraion of a 'traditional Aboriginal dwelling' made us laugh.

Just what every child should know! You wont find many kids books that end like that nowadays.

Kilt Jackets.

On a recent trip to the car boot sale, I managed to pick up these little beauties for only £6 the pair!

The tweed one is my favourite and came with a matching waistcoat and really cool leather buttons.

These are definitely one of my proudest car boot finds, now all I need is an excuse to wear them! 

Ladder

We have been really busy gathering together a whole load of new 'stuff' over the last few weeks – including this old step ladder. I spotted it abandoned at the side of the road while on my way back from work and thought it deserved better.

It is now home to some of our latest finds.

His & Hers.

John and i accidentally went out the other day in matching nautical theme outfits i wondered how long into marriage this would take. Anyway i thought it would be nice to show you some of our other matching things over the next wee while, this doesn't happen on purpose and we haven't left the house coordinating since.

These are our Anglepoise lamps they where one of the first things we ever bought with our "together money" we bought them a few weeks apart too. I like that we have matching lamps displayed in different ways. 

Blue.

Hydrangeas are everywhere at the moment. I got these on the way home from work and made a little blue installation!

p.s listen to this.

Now we are off for the weekend. Excellent.

Bikes!

The other day Sally mentioned bringing two new members of our family back home from Golspie – and here they are!

Sally has been on the lookout for her perfect bike for a while and I think she finally found it – and even better, it used to by my Grannys! I love all the little vintage detail.

Im looking forward to saying farewell to the underground and cycling to work (as long as its not raining)!

dinner.

Last night i discovered that you can only just fit six people in our flat for dinner. We don't even have six appropriate chairs. But any excuse to use my vintage linen napkins and see some good friends. 

These handkerchiefs where my grandmothers, i held one at her funeral and one at my wedding. i cant help but love them. 

Our office chair and my sewing stool made for the head and foot of the table. 

A Collection.

Perhaps a bit of an odd one but i thought i would share with you a few favorites from my vintage souvenir tea towel collection. My favorite finds are anything Australian especially if it has birds or Koalas! or anything Scottish - and i am thinking now of exclusively only picking up these as my  habit is spiraling out of control! not even john knows how many i have now as he rarely goes into the linen closet. sorry John.

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