On the Move Again?

 Yes! 

After the 2020-2021 move to here which dragged on for 7 months including nearly 9 weeks in holiday homes in between, I thought it best not to mention moving until I was sure it was happening, but, fingers crossed, all seems to be going well.

After just a couple of years here I knew I shouldn't have downsized so drastically. After living on 5 acres at the smallholding and then 1 acre I really missed the space and open outlook of Clay Cottage (the cottage at the end of the lane).

My bungalow has been for sale for 18 months and finally found a buyer who then pulled out after 4 weeks just as I found something I liked (I viewed about 10 properties in that summer heat, most were too tatty or too expensive.) Luckily just as I'd almost given up hope,  a new buyer was found for this place and  a bungalow I liked and could afford and had viewed in August came back onto the market, and it all fell into place in the space of 3 busy days. 

So now I'm heading back toward the East coast, just a few miles from the sea, and just 4 miles from YD and YGD. Son and DiL have their house for sale and hope to move nearer the coast too.

Mad?    Probably!.................. I'm excited but nervous.

No idea how long it will take but the chain is short - just 4 people. So maybe before Christmas?

Something To Stitch

 I wanted to get back to a hobby that I'd not done for a long time and have been looking on ebay for a tapestry to stitch.

Eventually this came up. It said " Has been opened but not started" and looked as if it had all the wool still included. It's just the sort of picture that I might have bought to stitch years ago but are now a bit out of fashion.

It's finished size is 12 inches by 18 inches which seemed a size that I would be able to find a picture frame for.

My small stitching frame has those twisty clips to fix but the big frame is very old and the tapestry has to be attached by stitching it to a canvas strip at the top and bottom, which isn't the easiest thing to do. Eventually got it onto the frame.

Now I need to sort the wools.

But in the meantime I'd started on the small X stitch Christmas tree decorations and had all those 15 library books to read, so the wool tapestry has been put on hold for now. 

This tapestry to stitch is one would have been apt for this year, with the Bayeux Tapestry (which isn't a tapestry and probably not stitched in Bayeux) being here in this country for a while.........but not at £86!

The Other September Car-Boot Finds.

  For a Christmas present £1 - My Essex friend likes traditional ways of doing things, including using proper handkerchiefs.

Pack of 6 suet blocks for the birds £2

2 Christmas Bags, 50p each for Granddaughters who will probably get a bag full of crafting bits.

A pack of 5 new flannels £2 - they were wrapped and tied with a ribbon but I forgot to photograph

Exciting..........a new loo brush! and a bag of heavy duty rubbish bags - £1 each.

50p each for two shower scrubby things - do they have a proper name? Don't think I saved much money for these.

And something from a charity shop that will be part of YGDs birthday present. £2.50 for a pretty photo frame.

All useful without breaking the bank.