was wholesome. We went on a pleasant 6 mile amble between the villages of Cavendish and Clare in Suffolk, and took in a few antiques in Clare. I nearly bought an oversized tweed 1970s jacket suit for £12 and a Scandinavian enamel milk churn but in the end I bought neither, which only serves to increase my thrifty wholesomeness I think. It was all very Constable and bucolic, and the weather made for some interesting light in my photos. All that farmland makes me yearn for something a bit more wild, though. Something a bit more Welsh? I haven't adjusted any of the colours because I'm on the computer with the colour problems so sorry if they are a bit off. That said, the light really was weird on Saturday.
On Sunday I finished off my little sewing project and puttered around in the garden, which has gone BOOOOOMPH!! in the last week (yes, that is my onomatopoeic word for 'the goddamn bindweed has shot up and is strangling my lavender etc.'). I also made some lovely Finnish style gingerbread biscuits and a tasty fennel risotto. Achievement!
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All sounds great! The light does look strange, but is very atmospheric. It did that where I am for a while...threatened rain with very black clouds as I pegged out my laundry. The infernal bindweed is also going for it in my garden, as are the dandelions, damn them! (I've bought myself a handy and evil looking dandelion digger-outer for such occasions). I think I am getting old...
ReplyDeleteAh yes, the dandelions too are taking over our lawn. A dandelion digger-outer sounds like just the thing I need too. I am certainly getting old...
ReplyDeleteI love Clare! We've driven down there twice from Cambridgeshire during my visits, and both times visited that wonderful antique shop. I never have much room in my luggage, so I only buy wee things, but they had some nice retro stuff last time that had me sighing. AND we had a perfect lunch in the little tearoom just around the corner, so Clare was a huge success in my books...
ReplyDeleteHi Lynn. How are you? Clare is beautiful, isn't it? And it's only about 40 minutes from where we live. I think I might have had lunch in the same tearoom too! I could have bought a good few things in that antiques shop :-) x
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