Let's Celebrate with a Giveaway!

When I started to blog, I never realized what a fun place this would be and the change that it would have on my life. I did not know if anyone would even want to read what I had to say.
Now 200 posts later and with 101 followers, even though we have not met personally, that does not seem to matter, I am happy that I can call you my friends.

Let's Celebrate with a little Giveaway!

All you have to do is leave me a comment and follow if you want to.
I am sending a huge thank you to all my dear friends for your love, kind words and support that you have given me. Just tell me which dough animal you would like - Percy pig or Lottie the lamb.
I will draw two winners on the 30th November.

Have a wonderful weekend.
Hugs
Carolyn

Where do we sign up?

Do you think sometimes you work in the wrong place?
I was sent this the other day .... Do you want to come and visit the Google Headquarters?
A lovely place to have forty winks~ this room provides massage chairs.

Food ~ Employees can eat all they want from a vast choice of food and drink.

Leisure ~ pool tables and video games
Private cabin areas where employers can attend to personal affairs.
Health ~ professional masseurs available
Ambiance ~ there are many books in this comfortable library.

Two questions ~
When do they work?
But most importantly - I wonder .... Do they have any vacancies?

It is time for a Celebration ... I have completed 200 posts! so I will get back to you soon with the details of my Giveaway.

I hope that your week is going fabulously!!

Hugs
Carolyn

Have a great week

Country Living.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

We had a lovely time ~ had dinner with our friends in the City and stayed the night at their home.
The only problem was the weekend was over much too soon.


I am honoured to accept the Kreativ blogger Award from my dear friend Rose at
my-bella-rosa.blogspot.com
Be sure to go and visit her wonderful blog. Thank you Rose.

Now I have to tell you seven things about myself.

I met my husband when I was out washing my car and he came out to escape his flat mate, having an argument with his girlfriend. He lived two doors down the road.
I was renting a cute old two storied cottage built in 1907, in the lovely old suburb called St. Mary's Bay. We have been together since and have been married for 23 years.

When I go out I like getting dressed up and I love to wear a dress or skirt. Around home I like to be comfortable and ofter slouch around wearing a pair of track pants or shorts.

I was the girl with the whole grain wheat bread sandwiches, when everyone else had white bread. I used to wish that I could be like my friends, but now I know, that it is much better for my health and that is the only type of bread I eat now.

Like Rose, I lost my Dad this year and it is very hard and not a day goes by when I do not think about him. I love and miss him. We used to email each other, every day and was always great to get this correspondence.

We do not have any pets. It was such a heartbreak when our dog and cat both passed away last year, within about a month of each other.

I am happiest when I am creating or making something and one day I would love to have a studio where I can shut the door and not have everything all over the dinning table.
Sorry family, for all the mess I make about the house.

I love the weekends ~ to be able to have a leisurely breakfast and do some reading and relaxing.

Now I have to pass this award on, to the following blogs that I love to visit. This is the part the I really do not like because all your blogs are fabulous and you all should have this Award.
Some of you have Award free blogs, so if you are one of these please just know that I love to visit you.

hauteworld.blogspot.com
nearlystylish.blogspot.com
smallacornsnz.blogspot.com
beesandfleurdelis.blogspot.com
wishonawhisker.blogspot.com


Have a great week
Hugs
Carolyn

Pierre and Buster in Paris!

Here is my French Bear I have made ~ Pierre, Le Guide de Voyage, I will be placing him on my Web-site for sale soon.



We have friends that have recently moved to Paris to live and they sent over, this darling photo of their cute dog Buster.
Our daughter had a holiday job with them and V loved taking Buster for a walk in her lunch break.

We are going to have dinner with some friends tonight, so looking forward to that.
I wonder what you have planned for the weekend?
Have a happy weekend.

Hugs
Carolyn

William Morris 1834 ~ 1896

My work is the embodiment of Dreams ~ 1858.

William Morris was the single most influential designer of the nineteenth century.
Morris was an Artist, political theorist, scholar, translator, publisher, writer and poet.
Renowned for his wallpapers and textiles. His designs were popular in late Victorian artistic homes of taste.


Pearwood

I've long been a fan of William Morris for his classic designs, rich colours and patterns, which still look good and have timeless appeal and can be purchased today.






Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
~ William Morris

I hope that you are having a great week
Hugs
Carolyn

The way they were!

One year our family took a lovely holiday to New Caledonia ( Noumea ) and stayed at the Club Med Resort. As you can see going by the photograph, it was a long time ago, when you see how small the children were. We liked this place as the children could spend the days doing activities at the Kids Club. While we enjoyed our days in the sun, swimming, shopping ( French shops!) eating delicious food and making use of the paddle boats, and windsurfers.
They even had a Circus orientated activity place and I got to have a go on the trapeze and managed to let go of the first trapeze and swing and catch the second one which was a lot of fun and exhilarating.
We liked New Caledonia, so much that we went back a second time.

All fun, but I digress.... Now back to the photo ~ One evening all the little kids in the group, put on a great performance and lovely show, dressed up in their cat costumes.
Our two are the little ones, at the front left.

I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend
Hugs
Carolyn

Have a lovely weekend

Mary Ruffle photos.



I was delighted to receive a few awards from my beautiful friend, Bella.
She is such a talented, wonderful, and warm hearted Lady. If you have not met her before, please go and visit her blog. bellasinclair.blogspot.com
I am always amazed at her wonderful Artwork. Thank you, sweet Bella.

The first two awards were created by the very talented ~ Ces.
The Deborah award was created to honour a Sisterfriend, who is a poet.


The Arija Award was created to honour another Sisterfriend ~ a thinking, seeing, feeling, loving person who celebrates life every day.
The Friendship Award was created by Kathi of Beautiful Mini Blessing.
Kathi creates incredible miniatures.
I would like to share these awards with the following lovely Ladies.
I realize that some of you have blogs that are Award free and understand this. I just want to say thank you and that visiting you, always brings joy into my life.

Karyn
Marsha
Constance
Celestina Marie
June
Nancy
Karen
Amanda

Thank you for visiting me and my blog.
Happy weekend to all, my friends.

Hugs
Carolyn