A Happy New Year to you all!
I hope you all had a joyful and peaceful Christmas, and are now refreshed and raring to go in 2013!
Thank you all for your visits and comments over the last year, and a very warm welcome to all my new followers!
photo by Bella
photo by Bella
Bella's photos from our walks - she's named these sheep Tea and Cookies!
Bella's photos from our walks - she's named these sheep Tea and Cookies!
photo by Bella
photo by Bella
photo by Bella
We've had lots of long and very muddy walks with Logan over the holidays, and it's making me long for the warm dry days of Spring already.
I just wish I'd got my act together in the autumn and planted lots more spring bulbs!
One of my Christmas presents was this gorgeous book "Gardenalia" by Sally Coulthard, which gives ideas on how to incorporate flea market finds and architectural salvage into the garden - it's packed with lots of beautiful and inspiring images, and is just what I need to kick start me into making some changes in my garden this year.
image from "Gardenalia" by Sally Coulthard
image from "Gardenalia" by Sally Coulthard
image from "Gardenalia" by Sally Coulthard
The vegetable plot needs an overhaul as the wooden raised beds are rotting and in a state of collapse, the pond needs a makeover, and all the borders need tidying and re-planting, so there's lots to do outside this year.
Indoors there are various decorating projects that need finishing, and a very brave friend has asked me to paint her bedroom furniture - so lots of Annie Sloan paint is going to get sloshed around this year!
On the creative front I have lots of vintage fabric cushions and other goodies to put in my Etsy and Folksy shops, and I have been asked to write a guest post.
So there is plenty happening this year already.
What plans or new year resolutions do you have for 2013?
We've had lots of long and very muddy walks with Logan over the holidays, and it's making me long for the warm dry days of Spring already.
I just wish I'd got my act together in the autumn and planted lots more spring bulbs!
One of my Christmas presents was this gorgeous book "Gardenalia" by Sally Coulthard, which gives ideas on how to incorporate flea market finds and architectural salvage into the garden - it's packed with lots of beautiful and inspiring images, and is just what I need to kick start me into making some changes in my garden this year.
The vegetable plot needs an overhaul as the wooden raised beds are rotting and in a state of collapse, the pond needs a makeover, and all the borders need tidying and re-planting, so there's lots to do outside this year.
Indoors there are various decorating projects that need finishing, and a very brave friend has asked me to paint her bedroom furniture - so lots of Annie Sloan paint is going to get sloshed around this year!
On the creative front I have lots of vintage fabric cushions and other goodies to put in my Etsy and Folksy shops, and I have been asked to write a guest post.
So there is plenty happening this year already.
What plans or new year resolutions do you have for 2013?
photo by Bella
