My Quiet Life in Suffolk

 Yep, another piece of Portmeirion Holly and Ivy china. A tea-light holder. Car boot find - of course. £2. I was walking by just as the lady...

 I wonder how long car boot sales will continue this year. As the weather gets cooler with darker and damper mornings there are noticeably f...

 I've been saving this photo ready for a December blog post since May! You've heard about my accidental collection that categoricall...

My Portmeirion Holly and Ivy 'Not a collection' hasn't grown since 2020. The first piece was the best bargain and came from a ca...

 Who said anything about a collection?   It started with this from Stonham Barns boot sale in  September 2017 - the best bargain of the lot ...

In the end I didn't go very far over the Bank Holiday Weekend. Car-boot sales of course -  the Big one at Needham Market was HUGE and ...

Would you believe that on Christmas Day we completely forgot to take any photos. All my plans of getting the three grandchildren photoed all...

It was a fine and bright Saturday morning so might as well go to the big boot sale, after all it might be wet and horrible on the next 3 Sat...

Yesterday being the Solstice it was the day for bringing in some greenery. From the garden I collected some bits of Rosemary, Elaeagnus,...

This has just got to be the car-boot bargain of the Century. It's a Portmeirion  Holly and Ivy  footed Christmas cake stand which I...