tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49788339782196902842024-03-14T12:53:23.669+00:00Living On The Edge.....of a Suffolk market townSuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.comBlogger254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-51503957327684025412017-08-21T15:35:00.000+01:002017-08-21T15:35:42.868+01:00CloudsI had two weeks off work at the beginning of August. For various reasons I wasn't able to go away but I was determined to have a proper break and took lots of days out over the fortnight. Looking through the photos I took the common theme seems to be clouds.<br />
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There were clouds over Brightlingsea,</div>
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and clouds over the sculptures in the walled garden at <a href="http://www.markshall.org.uk/" target="_blank">Marks Hall</a>.</div>
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There were clouds over the warmup track at the Athletics World Championships in the <a href="http://www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/" target="_blank">Olympic Park in London</a>,</div>
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and clouds over Orford as seen from <a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/find-a-reserve/reserves-a-z/reserves-by-name/h/havergate/" target="_blank">RSPB Havergate Island</a>.</div>
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There were clouds reflected in the river Alde on the walk from Snape to Iken,</div>
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Fortunately, apart from on one day, they didn't produce much rain!</div>
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I'll finish with a picture of clouds taken through the meadow of corepsis and cornflowers at <a href="http://www.markshall.org.uk/" target="_blank">Marks Hall.</a></div>
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If you're interested, and want to see pictures of more than just clouds, I posted photos of my holiday everyday on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/suharrissuffolk/" target="_blank">instagram feed.</a><br />
<br />Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-63841243781890815272017-07-18T18:09:00.000+01:002017-07-18T18:09:09.511+01:00It's only taken 9 years ......When I moved here (9 years ago) I took one look at the glass door between my lobby and living room and said 'that will have to go!'<br />
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Now there was nothing particularly wrong with it, it was just wrong for the house - all the other doors are four panelled victorian wooden ones, stripped pine downstairs and painted upstairs.<br />
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And it was like sitting in a room with a very long window - in the winter it had to have a heavy curtain over it, and I hated it.<br />
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So this year I bought a new one. Well a new to me, old one. And new handles and a new rim lock.<br />
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And today the lovely <a href="http://www.the-diy-guy.co.uk/" target="_blank">Graham</a> fitted it for me.<br />
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It needs a coat of wax - but it looks so much better. And even better still, it's a door, not a window pretending to be a door!</div>
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<br />Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-19115776232648273342017-05-29T14:17:00.000+01:002017-05-29T14:17:55.728+01:00 A Quiet Bank HolidayIt's been a quiet few days here - mainly because I have almost totally lost my voice so am unable to speak! However, the weather has been lovely so I've managed to get a lot done in the garden, which I think is looking rather lovely.<br />
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On the first patio rosa Fighting Temeraire is flowering and has clematis Ville De Lyon scrambling through it.</div>
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The oriental poppies are also in flower - this is Patty's Plum.</div>
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<br />Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-34369059189486242972017-04-16T15:04:00.000+01:002017-04-16T15:04:16.640+01:00Days Off Amongst the TulipsI love time off work at Easter, it always feels like a proper break. This year I was able to spend most of my days outdoors. I weeded all the paths (there are a lot!), and all the beds, and generally had a lovely time, mainly amongst the tulips.<br />
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These ones are at the very end of my garden, past the greenhouse and are mainly ones that have appeared by themselves.<br />
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These however, are ones that I've planted over the years:<br />
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<br />Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-78467488217850005902017-03-19T15:15:00.004+00:002017-03-19T15:15:33.545+00:00Just an old book?A few weeks ago a cousin of my Dad's said to me 'I've left a few old bits from Aunty Elsie for you with you Dad - chuck them if you don't want them.'<br />
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I was intrigued. Aunty Elsie was my Grandma's sister, I never knew my Grandma but I was very close to Great Aunty Elsie, (I've blogged about her <a href="http://su-livingontheedge.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/meet-aunty-elsie.html" target="_blank">before</a>).<br />
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The next weekend Dad gave me the bits which included this book:<br />
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Most of their income was from the sale of the fruit and flowers that they grew, on quite a large scale, and from selling eggs - all seasonal of course, rhubarb featuring in May.<br />
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Today, whilst I was reading more of it, I found an entry showing that they'd paid my Grandma, Mrs Harris, for casual fruit labour work, in July 1957.<br />
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He also bought a new summer suit in August 1959 from Joshua Taylor for £17 and 8 shillings.<br />
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It's a truly fascinating piece of my family's history; I can see where they went on holiday, when they built their new house (and who built it and for how much), and the fact that they had an insurance claim for some damage to some gates.</div>
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This is them, Aunty Elsie and Uncle Cyril, the man who hand wrote every single entry in the book. It was taken in the 1930s and is from a book called 'Cottenham in Focus'. They are with their 'Clara Butt' tulips.</div>
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One day, I will try and find out some of the answers to the questions that I have about the entries - for example, who or what is 'Soar' - it seems to be a company they sold to but I've never heard them mentioned before. But for now I'll just enjoy as it reveals more insights into their lives.Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-70131805567913031062017-02-19T16:28:00.001+00:002017-02-19T16:28:18.828+00:00Snowdrops and LaceI had a few days off this week so I decided to go for a walk amongst the snowdrops. I headed over to <a href="http://www.markshall.org.uk/" target="_blank">Marks Hall</a>. First of all I walked by the lake<br />
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First of all I walked up to the water mill, <br />
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then through into the Winter Garden. The birches were almost glowing.<br />
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The snowdrops were just starting to appear</div>
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First of all I build some wooden covers for my wheelie bin. They used to be hidden behind a screen fixed to a pergola but the pergola was rotting so I decided to take it down before it fell down.<br />
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I thought it would be a quick job to put them together but it actually took all day. They are very sturdy though.<br />
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Next I've been making some jewellery. A few months ago I bought some limo (polymer clay) and yesterday I made beads - it's very therapeutic!<br />
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But it's not all been building/making - I've had 2 lovely walks. One day Celia, her husband and I went to Mersea Island off the Essex coast. We'd seen a Channel 4 program called Britain at Low Tide a few months ago and they'd shown the earthworks of a tudor blockhouse which <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;">w</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">as commissioned by Henry VIII in 1543 to protect the strategically important Colne estuary.</span></span></div>
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Then I walked back through the woods to the walled garden.</div>
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From the walled garden the views over the lake were lovely.<br />
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Later that same week my cousin and his wife, who now live in America, came to visit. They wanted to walk on the Sudbury water meadows and we had a glorious day for a 4.5 mile circular route.<br />
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<br />Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-64739502503713240482016-10-17T18:07:00.001+01:002016-10-17T22:43:30.359+01:00A Cambridgeshire Feast!My Dad was born and brought up in a village just north of Cambridge, Cottenham, which is part of the <a href="http://www.fenedge.co.uk/" target="_blank">Fen Edge</a> villages. Every year, on the first Sunday after October 11th, they hold their annual Feast. On the Sunday there's a parade that starts by the church and processes down the High Street, ending up at the green. The first parade was held in 1894, so it's been going a while! When I was little we used to go there every year for it, this is me, my little sister, my Dad and my Grandad in 1969, standing on the front step of my Grandad's house, eagerly waiting for the parade to go past.<br />
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Dad hasn't been for years but really wanted to go again, so yesterday we went. We listened to the brass band play while we waited for the parade. <br />
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Then the parade came past - lots of excited children, some of whom had walked a long way, eagerly collecting money for local causes. <br />
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Aren't those jellyfish costumes clever!<br />
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There were a variety of vehicles towing trailers full of people - Dad was really thrilled to see this one, driven by an old friend of his!<br />
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After the parade had passed we all made our way onto the green. Originally there was a service on the green once the parade arrived and somewhere I have a copy of a very long speech that my Great Grandad made during it sometime in the early 1900s (but I can't locate it at the moment!). There was no Salvation Army band playing like there used to be when I was little, so no hymn singing like we used to do, but lots of people milling about. </div>
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Dad had a long chat with his old mate. <br />
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We also managed to find the people who now live in his old house and were thrilled to hear that the small holding behind it, in which my grandparents used to grow fruit for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivers_and_Sons" target="_blank">Chiver's</a> and flowers for Covent Garden is still there! Although it's not used as a small holding anymore they still have a productive fruit and veg patch.<br />
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<br />Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-41124527624497316942016-09-18T19:20:00.000+01:002016-09-18T19:27:46.924+01:00A Day Out in LondonYesterday I went to London. I was going to the theatre but I'd also discovered it was <a href="http://www.openhouselondon.org.uk/" target="_blank">Open House London</a>, which is part of <a href="http://www.open-city.org.uk/" target="_blank">Open City</a>, where buildings not normally open to the public open their doors to visitors. The first one I tried to visit was 201 Bishopsgate.<br />
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It's 2 towers, joined by some amazing diagonal stainless steel work with a roof garden. Sadly there were about 100 people in front of me and they were only letting 20 people in every 1/2 hour and I didn't have that much time (see the people abseiling on the left tower?).<br />
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So I went to 10 New Burlington Street instead; a new build behind the facade of both Regent Street and New Burlington Street. I was lucky enough to join a tour of 10 people led by one of the architects. No photography was allowed so I've used the images from <a href="http://www.ahmm.co.uk/projectDetails/82/10-New-Burlington-Street" target="_blank">this website</a> (which also explains more of the detail if you're interested). <br />
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Behind the facades (which were either kept in place and propped up during the build, or taken down brick by brick, stored and rebuilt to level the floors up)<br />
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Inside they'd used limited materials - the ceilings are polished plaster and the walls white oak.<br />
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Kenneth Branagh was fantastic, as were all of the cast. His daughter was played by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_McShera" target="_blank">Sophie McShera</a> who is known to many of us as <a href="http://downtonabbey.wikia.com/wiki/Daisy_Mason" target="_blank">Daisy from Downton Abbey.</a></div>
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First of all I've discovered a rather lovely, and very cheap, flea market near where my parents live. We went to it a few weeks ago and I bought all of this:<br />
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There are 3 lovely 1950s Midwinter Cassandra dinner plates (I paid £8.00 for the three and they retail at about £20 each online). The jug is holkham pottery and the Mrs Tiggly Winkle dish is wedgwood.<br />
The bottle says King's Lynn Soda Water on it<br />
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All together I paid £30 for all the goodies in the photo (apart from the cat, she was just being nosey!).<br />
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Next, several people have asked my about why I block knitting. Blocking turns a crumpled piece of finished knitting like this<br />
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into a defined, uncrumpled item. I soak mine in water, roll it in a towel to dry it and them use wires and pins to pull it to the shape and size detailed in the pattern.<br />
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Finally I went with <a href="https://purplepoddedpeas.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Celia</a> to a battle. A reconstruction of the <a href="http://www.battleofassandun.org/" target="_blank">Battle of Assandun</a>, between the Anglo Saxons led by Edmund Ironside and the Vikings led by Canute.</div>
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The most exciting thing I did was a 20m tree climb. Using ropes, knots and karabiners I climbed right into the tree canopy. <br />
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The tree was a 30m high, 200yr old sycamore in <a href="http://www.markshall.org.uk/" target="_blank">Marks Hall Arboretum</a><br />
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Once we'd got to the top (there were 6 adults and 2 children in my group, including the curator of Marks Hall), we did a free-fall abseil back down to earth. This is where you don't put your feet on anything but control the descent through the ropes (picture the SAS climbing down a rope from a helicopter) - it was amazing.</div>
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The reason I need a deck here is because underneath it is a big hole. A old brick lined drainage chamber (old cess pit) which dates from when the houses were first built and before they were connected to the main sewer.</div>
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It was challenging as the normal way of constructing a deck wouldn't work as there wasn't enough solid ground to lay the joists on, but I persevered and adapted as I went along and this is the finished result - it's very solid and looks good too (though I say it myself!).<br />
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How could I resist? I love history, I love towers and I suspected it was part of a house I'd longed to see inside for ages.<br />
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Each floor of the tower has one room and some of them were set out as they might have been during the tower's history. This room was set out for a merchants' diner - the painted walls are partly restored and are beautiful.</div>
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When I came down I was the only visitor still there and I was offered a guided tour of the house by its now owner, <a href="http://simonthurley.com/about-me/" target="_blank">Simon Thurley</a> - how could I resist? A free, personal, tour by an eminent historian who lives in the house? Yes please!</div>
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The biggest problem was that I was now stranded on the Essex side of the river, a river with very few bridges, and I needed a route that would let me cross the river to get back into Suffolk. I had 2 options, to walk on the road from Henny to Sudbury, which is narrow with very steep banks in places, and quite busy with cars going to the <a href="http://www.thehennyswan.co.uk/" target="_blank">Henny Swan</a> pub, or to find another route. </div>
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After consulting the OS map app on my phone I started walking into Essex. It was beautiful, and I could see, right in the distance, the spire of the church at the end of my road.</div>
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<br />Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-38213132407064176212016-06-15T20:04:00.002+01:002016-06-15T20:11:03.409+01:00In No Particular OrderA sort of random post today.<br />
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When I go up to my parents in North Norfolk I tend to go on the back roads to avoid the tourists (a coast road in summer can be a very slow moving, frustrating journey) and I've often seen this little church through the trees.<br />
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For years it had scaffolding etc around it but recently I noticed that it had gone so last weekend I decided to drive up the track and have a closer look.<br />
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It was the church for the village of Appleton, a village that has long since gone although apparently you can see outlines of it when the fields are lightly dusted with snow.<br />
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I haven't found out why the village disappeared but I hope that one day someone might do some excavations, although I suspect that might be unlikely as it is all on the Sandringham Estate land.</div>
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A few days before I went to my parents I finished my fairisle cardigan. I ended up having to do a last minute re knitting of one sleeve when I discovered that I'd made a colour mistake on one of them - fortunately very near the top so I only had to unravel about 20 rows.</div>
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Finally, yesterday I took the afternoon off work and my friend and I drove to the other side of Suffolk, about 1.5 hrs away to <a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/seenature/reserves/guide/m/minsmere/" target="_blank">Minsmere</a>.<br />
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First stop was the Bittern Hide where a bittern was on the edge of the reed bed opposite for about 20 minutes preening, and fishing. Then he crouched down, puffed himself up and boomed. I've never heard a bittern boom before let alone watched one do it. The warden in the hide was beside himself with excitement too as he's never seen it in 20 years of bird watching (red arrow indicates the bittern, looks a long way away but the view through binoculars was stunning).<br />
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Then we walked to the Island Mere Hide. It rained whilst we were in here but it didn't stop the bearded tits from flying around and one perched for quite some time on a reed and we got a really good view.<br />
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It was just as good as <a href="http://su-livingontheedge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/24-hours-in-birthday-land-part-1.html" target="_blank">last year!</a> <br />
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Minsmere is a wonderful place to visit - during our three hours on the reserve we saw/heard at 11 species, most of which are rare or threatened. If you're into wildlife and in the area I can highly recommend it.<br />
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I didn't have just one favourite garden, I had several:<br />
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Cleve West's M & G garden was inspired by Exmoor and had beautiful natural planting and water running through it,<br />
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the LG smart garden had delicious, romantic planting,</div>
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The Modern Apothecary garden, designed by Jekka McVicar was not only beautiful but was full of plants known to be beneficial for health and well-being,</div>
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and the Chelsea Barracks garden, designed by Jo Thompson was stunning.<br />
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There were also the 300,00 individually <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/chelsea-flower-show/spectacular-field-of-handmade-poppies-turns-the-rhs-chelsea-flow/" target="_blank">crocheted poppies</a> in front of the Chelsea hospital, a tribute to those men and women who have served in all wars, </div>
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The grand marquee was full of all kinds of deliciousness, including a pullman train carriage taking visitors from London to Singapore, but my favourite exhibition was this one celebrating 90 years of allotments - I bought some heritage seeds.</div>
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My favourite artisan garden was the Papworth Trust's Together We Can garden as it included not just beautiful painting, against a very vivid purple, but sound and water too. It was designed by Peter Eustace, and Dame Evelyn Glennie worked with them as well as and I was lucky enough to see her perform in and with the garden.</div>
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Hedgehogs are in serious decline and our gardens here don't have any access to them for hedgehogs to find us so my neighbours had a bright idea. They contacted a hedgehog rescue centre and asked if we could be considered to re-home some injured ones that aren't ever going to be able to be released into the wild. The lady (rather tall and formidable) came and assessed us and said that we could have two. They will either be one eyed or 3 legged - many hedgehogs are injured in road accidents or by strimmers etc, but as we have safe gardens with no lawns to need strimming or any chemicals used by any of us, we are ideal candidates!</div>
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One neighbour has been very busy digging tunnels under our fences</div>
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and cutting hedgehog sized holes in them (the size of a CD apparently), so that they can roam freely between the three gardens.</div>
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I didn't know that they can roam up to a mile each night, but the lady was happy that between our three gardens we'd have plenty of space for them. Mine is the middle garden and I'm really hoping they linger and eat all the slugs and snails.</div>
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It's tulip Menton from <a href="http://www.peternyssen.com/tulip-menton.html" target="_blank">Peter Nyssen</a> and has done really well.<br />
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Also, these irises have opened today - don't they look gorgeous with the rain drops on them.<br />
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Sadly several of my other irises are suffering from slug damage - but that will all change when the Mrs Tiggy-Winkles arrive :-)</div>
<br />Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-58119685150962762742016-04-24T16:23:00.000+01:002016-04-24T16:32:06.956+01:00King's Lynn TreasuresYesterday, Mum, Dad and I had a little trip out into King's Lynn. It's their local town and one that I went to secondary school in. I know lots of people aren't fond of the place, but it's very close to my heart.<br />
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We parked in Tuesday Market Place. It's changed a little since I was last there, with some pedestrian areas and tables and chairs outside of cafes, which I imagine would be lovely in the summer.<br />
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I did my driving test round this market place, in the snow with the mart (annual funfair) on it!<br />
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The reason for our trip was to visit the flea market in the Corn Exchange and we had a good wander round and I bought a few treasures, but before I show you what I bought let me show you some of the treasures of King's Lynn.<br />
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This is King Street, I went to secondary school in King Street, yesterday we had a coffee in the building just along from my old school.<br />
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This is my old school, now rather expensive apartments.<br />
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It has a blue plaque on it saying that it was once the home of the King's Lynn and West Norfolk High School for Girls. I'd love to go inside and have a look round it now.<br />
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This is the Custom House and the statue of Captain George Vancouver - he was born in King's Lynn and in April 1792 sailed to America and declared the land as British Columbia.<br />
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This is Queen Street - see the dutch influence in the gables? That's due to the influence on architecture from the town being part of the Hanseatic league - a commercial group of merchant guilds and towns in northern Europe from the 14th to 19th century<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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When I got my treasures home I started rummaging in my seed bead boxes to find small beads to go with the larger ones I'd bought; laying them out in different arrangements.</div>
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Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-47163609077495392402016-02-20T13:42:00.002+00:002016-02-20T13:42:58.664+00:00Three Days OffSome of you will know that I started a new job in September. I'm enjoying it but it is very full on (isn't any new job) and, combined with fortnightly trips to Norfolk to my parents, leaves me very thankful for the free time that I have.<br />
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This week I took 3 days off from work, and have enjoyed some 'me time'. I've done some more knitting.<br />
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It's been quite a phaff getting the colours right as I changed them from the original. I've unpicked several sections more than once, but I'm pleased with it now.<br />
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I've walked by the river and managed to see my first ever kingfisher.<br />
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On one day I met <a href="http://purplepoddedpeas.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Celia</a> for lunch and a wander round Risby Barns where I bought these two pieces, a little Poole poetry vase and the bigger green vase which is Kensington (part of the Stoke on Trent potteries).<br />
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Today I walked back to the river, quite early, in the hope of finding more kingfishers. I didn't find them, possibly because the rowing club were practicing,<br />
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but I did see a flock of firecrests in the trees, really close, their bright orange head stripes almost glowed! And a flock of siskin (no photos of either).<br />
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But best of all I heard the <a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/w/waterrail/" target="_blank">water rail squealing away</a>. I knew they were on that particular island but had never heard them before.<br />
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<br />Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-61075863048884370452016-01-24T17:25:00.000+00:002016-01-24T17:25:04.031+00:00A Treat to MyselfI've treated myself. I've been a fan of <a href="http://www.angielewin.co.uk/" target="_blank">Angie Lewin's</a> work for a long time; I have her book, <a href="http://www.angielewin.co.uk/pages/plants-places" target="_blank">Plants and Places</a>, and have often bought cards (usually to give to other people) so I ordered one of her limited edition screen prints.<br />
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When it arrived it was even more stunning in real life than I could have imagined.<br />
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It went off to the framers and on Saturday I collected it, and hung it in my living room.<br />
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It gives me great pleasure every time I look at it and cheers up the greyest of raining days.<br />
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And I've started some new knitting - I'm really loving the colours in the pattern.<br />
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<br />Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-91098966770097065462016-01-10T15:09:00.000+00:002016-01-10T15:09:20.055+00:00More Treasures from Mum's Loft!Yesterday, whilst putting Mum and Dad's Christmas stuff back into the loft for them, Mum suggested that we brought her Mum's jewellery boxes down and had a look. I'd been waiting for her to suggest that since I first realised they were there in the summer.<br />
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More flowers, this time in a white metal posy holder (I'd spied this one when I had a little peek in the box in the summer).</div>
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and this enamelled brooch. At one time during the afternoon I was wearing most of them at the same time!</div>
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We found lots of necklaces - most of which I tried on, not all at the same time though! The glass test tube we think must have belonged to my Mum's brother, who died in his 40s, and who had various chemistry sets as a child.</div>
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I suggested that Mum should keep the jewellery boxes downstairs and wear some of the pieces, but she didn't want to so we packed them all away again. But before we did that she said I could have one piece - what a hard decision. I almost chose the filigree butterfly brooch, but in the end I decided on this 1950's plastic necklace.</div>
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Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978833978219690284.post-69410503275261223502015-12-22T17:45:00.001+00:002015-12-22T17:45:39.248+00:00Pom Pom Tiddley PomA few weeks a go I decided I wanted a pom pom garland for my stairs this year instead of the green fake one I've used before. <br />
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First I bought the wool, in semi Christmassy colours<br />
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I knew there was a quick way of making several pom poms at the same time, much quicker than wrapping round cardboard that I used to do as a child. I tried making a frame out of an old wire coat hanger but it was a bit hazardous with the hook so I bought frame from <a href="http://www.multipom.com/" target="_blank">multipom</a>.<br />
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You wrap the wool around the frame and then tie it at equal distances - I wrapped 110 times and made 4 pompoms at a time</div>
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Now they are tied onto my stairs (with the ends tucked well out of sight to avoid becoming a cat game!)<br />
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I chose the colours not just to match the chair but also to co-ordinate with the vintage glass baubles that I brought back from Mum and Dad's one weekend, <a href="http://su-livingontheedge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/treasures-from-loft.html" target="_blank">treasures found in the loft</a>.</div>
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They are now hanging on the tree, along with some modern ones.</div>
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It's slightly wonky, but who cares!</div>
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Have a wonderful Christmas and a brilliant 2016</div>
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