farewell my summer love........

farewell my summer love farewell...

...it's been fun....

...we've shared good times....

...but we knew where this was heading....

...you know in my heart

i will always want you....

...but we both know you're not what i need...

....and now it's time to say goodbye....

...i will miss you my summer love....
X

...i wonder......

...is it me finding them?

...or are they finding me???!

( getting a bit spooky but this one was lurking in my post office

......waiting for me!)

it has been a wonderful summer....

but i'm trying not to notice how quickly time is passing....

and that before we know it we will be back to school...

.....and autumn will be creeping in....

.....those nights are already starting to get dark earlier..

...but we are enjoying some amazing sunsets 

and a bright full moon!

....on my summer travels I have been busy squirrelling

some lovely vintage items.....

...and i have at last got round to some serious stitching too...

...look out for a re- stock of my etsy shop shelves

at the beginning of september!

X

...beach bloggy.......

....last week the squirrel met a 

vintage sheet addict!

...yes ada bea and her lovely family

came to dorset for their hols...

....and stayed just up the road!

we met on the beach after watching

the incredible red arrows

performing for the lyme regis 

lifeboat week...

it was so lovely to meet the real person

behind the blog...

and of course there was much to chat about...

...and lots of things in common....

time flew by as we sipped our coffees

on big pink beanbags overlooking the bay...

....so thank you ada for a lovely link-up

and for being my new beach bloggy buddy!

X

....mission impossible.....

...at the beginning of the week i ran away...

....i could see the rest of the week

was going to be manic....

...so decided to escape to our house in 

lyme regis...

...it was definitely therapeutic...

....although the sun was struggling to

break through those clouds!

....but i had a list of jobs that also needed

ticking off whilst i was on my 'jolly'..

....it really wasn't my day...

...nothing was going my way and it felt

like a mission impossible...

....so i called in to see my lovely friend

at ruby rockcake 

for a bit of moral support...

....oh and these goodies!

...yes whilst bemoaning my despair 

my eye was distracted by a lovely 

new delivery from dicky bird..

(squirrel!)

...so that made me feel a bit better

(thank you caroline)

..time was running out so i decided to cut my losses in lyme and head for bridport...

...a quick dash into the vintage quarter...

(loved this old fairground duckie

but he wasn't what i was looking for)

.....this is my favourite shop in bridport..

cornucopia is a vintage haven

of clothing, fabrics, kitsch....

....hats!

....thought this would be cute

with my new orla kiely dress

bought on ebay at a bargain price!

(hat sorted!)

couldn't resist this little chap either...

you know me....

...things were looking up..

i also foraged this pretty tablecloth...

....lovely colours and all those stitches...

....and this lovely statue of a little dutch boy 'bartje'.....

...but i never did quite tick 

all those boxes..

...and some of those jobs

which seemed so vital on monday...

...somehow don't seem to matter so much today..

...i am up early this morning 

as i have the busiest weekend of the year ahead and my mind is too busy for sleep...

...fingers crossed for some sunshine

as i have 200 people for lunch on saturday!

..have a lovely weekend

and do pop over to the shop

if you have a moment

as i have restocked my shelves!

x

.....happy busy........

the flags were flying in Lyme last weekend......

.....for the jurassic fossil festival......

....but being a squirrel....

....i prefer the bank holiday monday festival...

....where all the fossils are replaced by

food and art!

...a huge tent sits right on the beach...

..the weather was spooky....

...bright beautiful sunshine inland...

...but a thick foggy mist out to sea!

..inside the tent are all sorts of lovely things to tempt...

(although sadly i'm allergic to seafood....

....but still thought these prawns looked amazing)

legassick studio

..i always head straight to my favourite stall..

...paula youens...

who not only produces the most wonderful artwork...

...but also has other interesting vintage items....

...a few little treats i squirrelled....

...i still had time for a bit of vintage thrifting in lyme...

....i loved this basket the best...

...a £2.50 bargain!..

..a sweet little book...

...and some embroidered hand towels...

...it was so lovely to have the 'extra' day of holiday...

...so to soften the blow of going back to work 

i treated myself to this new Sarah Moore publication....

...it's just lovely and a must have 

for your bookshelf!

....looking forward to some more bedtime reading tonight!

X

p.s. apologies for funny pixelated pictures....

not only can i not upload photos from my computer...

....blogger is now playing me up as well...

...any bloggy advice greatly received!

thank-you!

.....coffee with the girls..,...

...and a quick catch-up!

....so the sun came out to play at last...

...and i have been very busy...

....having coffee...

 ...lots of work-related meetings of course..

 ...just relocated to local coffee establishments...! 

....and i have been 

watching and waiting for this bud

to burst outside my kitchen window...

...come on sunshine!

...inspired by a darling dolly coat

given to me by miss daisy

that fitted my deers perfectly...

...i decided they all needed one...

..and set to work...

...so once she was fitted and finished...

....i delivered her and some other

squirrel makes to the lovely

Ruby Rockcake

who is so kindly stocking my wares...

ruby is in Lyme Regis...

..so poor me had to spend the day there...

(more coffee...2 cups..oh and lunch too)

....such a chore....

(so beautiful on the beach today!)

..and look at these poor lovelies..

...being sold by the beach...

....very hard for me to walk on by!

...but i did...

...because i have lots of new lovely girls

already just listed in 

my etsy shop

...kiki the kokeshi...

...gertie the geisha...

..and pretty polly the polish poupee...

*****

...so you see i have been busy..

..just that i'm running on caffeine!

X