It's been too cold for too long now

my fav image from The Sartoralist

so far this year.

Currently reading - Georgette Heyer

Not one of her Regency romances but a dective story

though I'm pretty sure there'll be some romance there

as well as things that go bump in the night.

Calender Giveaway at Foxtail Lily

I like florists' blogs',

especially those that have resident dogs (and cats).

Foxtail Lily is written by Tracey Mathieson

who just happens to own a little barn shop of the same name.

It's a delightful blog and at the moment she is running a giveaway,

for your chance to win a copy of the Foxtail Lily calender pop over to the blog and leave a comment before the 28th Jan.

Time flies

I find it hard to believe that it's a week since I last posted it really feels like a couple of days ago.

Where does the time go?

Well this week I've been sifting through last years photographs and I've come up with a

Remembering 2009 in photographs

you'll find it on the website in the What we are doing section.

If you take a look through the photographs you might begin to understand why time goes so quickly - too many animals!

Actually one can never have too many animals but my Christmas pressie might have something to do with it, take a look, her name is Maddie.

Snow

Snow - it's everywhere.

Lovely to look at but oh how I wish local councils would sed the gritters down country lanes!

Ebay win - Vintage Fairy

So now you know who will be adorning the top of our Christmas tree this year.

Christmas Fairies by Tobias and The Angel

Which would you choose?

(Availabe to purchase from Tobias and The Angel)