postcard #5...

dearest readers,

my boys are winging their way back to the states and i am left travelling the country lanes with our #2 and Crystal Gail.

i shall miss them most terribly, especially our #3 for i must tell you that since being on the road our #3 has been in charge of 'picture taking' if i require 'moi' in the frame.

he takes the 'shot' and he totally understands what i am seeing in my head and 'voila' a perfect picture has been captured, no cropping needed, i am most impressed...

the boat and myself leaning,

the gate to my imaginary beach house

and the lane that leads to it.

at one point he had a 'to do' with a stinging nettle and still 'kept calm and carried on'. when returning to the shed i am preparing to 'sack' my girls and give him the title of 'photographer extraordinaire to Tif'...

in the meantime me and our #2 have one week left to make the most of 'old blighty'...

and so i send you this postcard stuffed in an envelope along with a few pictures of 'loveliness' from my homeland.

i believe it takes a 'move' to another country to really appreciate one's roots.

so many pretty buildings...

so much character...

so much charm...

and so much of me over here...

ah ha! what a brilliantly clever bit of linking eh!!! oh yes, Tif's still got it after three weeks on the road

("what have you got Tif, and did you really ever have it?" i hear you cry. ummm, good point dear readers...)

so let me move along swiftly but not before i send a "thanking you most kindly" to Victoria for thinking me a worthy 'unexpected' guest and for allowing me to dust off my little cogs and get the old brain 'a thinking'

also inside your super bulgy envelope is a picture of my 'thrifty find of the utmost kind' on this trip so far.

a yellow teapot...

with a pretty lid...

"how much do you think i paid for this?" i excitedly asked our #3 a few days back...

after a pause he said "£2"...

i was most unhappy, i felt sure he would guess in the double digits but no. he was blimen' spot on. yes i paid £2 for it and i was most convinced it was £2 well spent and had hoped everyone would be aghast at my 'canny thriftiness' and 'eye for a pretty find' but it would appear that my boys, after a little discussion would not have paid £2 for such an item and rather take the money and spend it on something worthwhile like 'match attack' cards... they still have so much to learn.

she is bidding you farewell and will return at the beginning of next week with postcard #6 and a 'competition of the utmost kind' (oooh, such thrillingness!!!) ~ Tif