Last Sunday we invited our friends over for the Easter lunch. The egg is a symbol of new life, and I wanted to make a small centrepiece for our table. I cooked the quail's eggs and placed them in a little nest I bought last year.
I cooked and cooked half of the day, while Eddie went to the Easter service with his father. He came home happy, with chocolate eggs and a little embroidered cross.
There's a vintage shop in town, which sells all kinds of oddities, from truly antique to XXc junk. You never know what you might discover there. Eddie and I enjoy visiting it, more for the entertainment than actual shopping. I think the only few bits I ever bought there were pieces of vintage china.
Eddie fancied this old designer chair, saying it was very comfy. But at a tag of almost £300, I told him he'd have to win a lottery and buy it himself.
The rains were non-stop for a few days at the beginning of the week, and the Windrush river's levels were going higher and higher. We actually couldn't get through the flood fields on the way into town. To walk through you'd need wellies, so we had to turn back and choose a different route.
My Mum is a keen gardener. Last year, when she stayed with us in October, she bought lots of tulip bulbs and planted them in pots and planters around the garden. I don't know which colour or variety this tulip will be, but love the carved edge of the leaf.
Thursday was finally a sunny day. Our friend Jen took my boys and me by car to the Burford garden centre, which we know so well and visit almost every holiday. Eddie couldn't resist lying on the grass in the playground of the garden centre. I didn't think it was that warm.
Today we stayed at home most of the day, as our Papa didn't arrive from his trip until 6pm, and then we rushed to buy some fresh bread and a few other bits and bobs. We often stop outside the Teddy Bears of Witney shop, as it's on the way to the town centre, they change their window displays regularly. The last one, with the cat, is a cause of merriment every time we look at it. It makes me think of zombies, as it's rather realistic but also creepy
That centerpiece is gorgrous....
ReplyDeleteEek! The flooding looks really bad. Considering it's rained so much we don't seem to have many floods up here.
Thank you, Kim, the flooding picture looks worse than it was, as it's actually taken from above the bridge. But that house has been flooded several times. I don't know who was the genius that thought it would be a good place as a sheltered accommodation for the elderly.
DeleteWe've recently a tiny junk shop that is full of oddities - Sophie bought a few things like candle holders and decorative items ... but the thing that had us in fits of giggles was the owner, who was following us around, offering 20% discount on everything, and buy two get one free, ... we felt like we were the only customers he'd had in his shop for a couple of decades ! We'll definitely go back but I doubt if he changes his stock very often !
ReplyDeleteYour shop owner reminded me of Raj from David Walliam's books, he also pesters everyone to buy goodies from his shop, supposedly a bargain. Next time you go, take some photos! :)
Deletelove the quails eggs in the nest.
ReplyDeleteWe have a junky shop we like to visit for the novelty value of his items as well.
Thank you, Elaine! It's amazing what you can find in these shops.
Deletethe tulip leaf is lovely, wonder why it grew like that. the chair in the vintage shop looks really comfy but £300 is a bit high, but do tell me what is the grey furry thing at the back of the photo?
ReplyDeleteThe tulip leaf is quite unusual like that, isn't it?! I think the fur thing is a kind of a fur rug on the back of the chair.
DeleteHow strange that tulip leaf! I am quite taken with the chair too, but ouch to the price tag.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Erica! They have rather random prices in that shop, but not sure there is a big demand for pricey vintage items in our town.
DeleteWow that was a big flood. I love little odd shops like that full of curiosities!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mandi, that shop is based in an old house, which I love inside, it has curious spaces and old features, almost a shame to use it as a shop.
DeleteI love the pic of the Christmas Star Wars jumper in the blazing sun! My children were wearing their Christmas jumpers last week with all the rain #project365
ReplyDeleteYep, that's my boy. Christmas jumper in April. (I've been wearing one at home too recently, as it was pretty cold).
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