Will you do it?

All together now! (... to the tune of 'My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean'.)


Wet towels lie strewn in the bathroom,

Cat litter lies on the floor,
Fluff's on each step of the staircase,

And trousers hang over the door!

Chorus
Tidy up, tidy up,

Tidy the household for me, for me.
Tidy up, tidy up,
Tidy the household for me.

  Last night as I lay on my pillow,
Last night as I lay on my bed,
Last night as I lay on my pillow, I dreamt
Someone else tidied instead.

Chorus

 Oh, wave a wand over the kitchen 

And magic away the debris,
Oh, wave a wand over the toilet
And shine up the basin for me.

Chorus

The furniture's cleaned with the duster,
The vacuum's dragged over the floor,
I've mopped and I've scrubbed and I've tidied
And now I am saying, "No more!"

Chorus

Reminder - Mum's Virtual Spring Fair

Date - 31st March 2012


Time - All day

We have the promise of these stalls at the Fair

Homemade 

Home Baking

Plants

Bric a Brac

Manicure/Nail

Mystery

Sewing

Games

plus

Entertainment

Thank you to all who have volunteered to do a Spring Fair post on the day. Stall holders please post as early as possible on the 31st. If you have not contacted me yet about a stall or about contributing to any or all of the stalls please do so in the comments so that I can link to your site. Just a picture of something to go on a stall would be nice - something you've made, a picture of some flowers, a picture of your wonderful nails! or a link to a Youtube video for entertainment or even instructions on how to do a dance. I'm sure you get the idea. I'm looking forward to your contributions. I'm off to find some bric-a-brac now - there's plenty in this house.

Look up

... and admire the architecture.

Classic art-deco but sadly neglected

Cleaned up and sparkling. Proud to be there.

Interesting elevations but neglected

Classic design but neglected

Lovely design but neglected

Been revamped once but still looking reasonable

Much work being put into this renovation

Art-deco again but neglected.

Art-deco and standing out because it is being looked after.

Inside done but outside neglected.

Oh dear - how sad!

Wouldn't it be brilliant if people and corporations could look after and respect their buildings? Beautiful building owners please note.

Mine, all mine

It's nice and snug in here.

Clear off!

O.K.

Guided tour part 2

Guided Tour part 1 is here.

Here is another section of the shelving containing mostly books from when the children were small - Thomas the Tank Engine, Mr. Men plus (I've been digging around the back!) other treasures.

Who hasn't saved their children's work. Can you throw it out?

Certainly not this lot.

Here are some columns from our wedding cake in 1974. They look a bit moth eaten now.

I think you've seen the Peter Pan book before. My dad had the 'Games Worth Playing' book.

It looks like they're playing a game in Peter's household  - Oh 'The gaity of those romps'!

Here are more inherited or given to me books. They may come in handy sometime!

This one's a goodie.

And finally one of those bedtime stories that was read over and over again.

I can't throw this one out either.

So much for de-cluttering!

Welcome to my new followers. You'll probably have noticed that I have a serious 'can't let go' problem.

Hello - how's it going?

The cauliflower are really getting going and will probably need pricking out soon.

Now it's the turn of the broccoli and calebrese.

The fences have been painted alongside the hoop house but even though it's sunny today it's a bit too cold to do the other side. I'm crocheting instead.

Here's the 'crazy' quarter of the blanket.

And this one is the 'log cabin' quarter.

I think I'll do a border around each section then a border around the whole thing. I had no original plan other than to use cool colours and different sizes and shapes of grannies. I'm going where the fancy takes me. It's taken me all over the place already!

Hello new follower. Thank you for joining in with the Virtual Spring Fair.

Shadows, sand and sea before tea

It was a glorious day when I walked to the Tea Dance last week.

The sky is a different blue at the coast than it is inland.

Steady now!

The new promenade had its fair share of walkers that day.