Post Comment Love 13 - 15 December

Hello there, and welcome back to this week’s #PoCoLo - a relaxed, friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked, comment and share some of that love.

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Our Christmas preparations are continuing, and gift buyer has come along leaps and bounds. We’ve also had a trip to London and bought some mince pies from Fortnum and Mason, saw the fabulous ‘Monet and The Thames’ exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, and a bit more excitement besides.

Storm Darragh arrived with all the force they said it would, and it seems taking a particular fondness to our garden table and chairs, which it unceremoniously upended and dumped on the grass. We were lucky it was the grass and not the patio as I’m not sure the patio would have been so forgiving to the table top. Needless to say it’s now in the garage and secured more safely, what’s better is we didn’t get soaked moving it there.

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Opting for a muted colour scheme for my Christmas wreath

Last year my Christmas wreath was full of gold and silver and cinnamon sticks and dried oranges, and it was gorgeous. This year though I thought I’d try something different, though I wasn’t quite sure what that would be, and there wasn’t much point in having too set an idea as I wasn’t sure what would be available on the night.

This year I made my wreath with a small group of other people in a local pub in the next village to us - and a new to me pub too! The workshop at the Rose & Crown in Farndon was led by Emma from the Farndon Flower Farm, so it was great to support two local businesses at once.

This year instead of decanting the wreath into the garage overnight, I left it in the boot of the car. Retrieving it the next morning brought a pleasant surprise as not only was it the first time I’d seen the wreath in daylight, but the car also smelt of the pine and eucalyptus foliage.

My plan wasn’t to hang it on the door immediately though, as Storm Darragh with high winds was forecast for the weekend, so the wreath only made it as far as the gym for safekeeping. I was so glad I did as the weather was atrocious, our garden table and chairs were upended at one point, the table completely flipped over by the wind (while the chairs were still attached to it), so it was a good call.

With hindsight we probably should have moved the garden furniture ahead of the storm too - though when we spotted that it needed attention, thankfully it wasn’t raining so moving the table and chairs, and the cover which had become like a sail was only cold, rather than wet and cold work! Thankfully too the ceramic glass top of the table has been cushioned by landing on the grass, so it appears to have escaped undamaged. Phew. Needless to say, it’s staying in the garage for the time being much to MOH’s chagrin.

But anyway, the white washed walls so lovingly painted last winter by MOH provided the perfect backdrop for a mini photoshoot!

I was keen to have some longer tendrils of foliage on my wreath, and so that’s what I did choosing to leave the more wispy stems longer. I’ve also used a healthy dose of eucalyptus, which means every time we come in or go out we get a noseful of that - it’s glorious.

Decoration wise I added five sprigs of dried hydrangea - these were all from one flowerhead and separated into smaller more manageable sections. With those in place I added some dried bracken which adds a touch of natural gold, and bundles of berries sprayed gold, fluffy grass heads and dried sea holly flowers.

And I’m really pleased with how it turned out, and it looks great hanging on the dark grey door, as I knew it would. Though as I stepped back to admire it, my eyes were drawn to the door just above the handle, and yes, the door had eaten the wreath.

So much so, that this particular tendril had made it inside - some trimming was definitely needed! Now it’s trimmed and looking fantastic, we’re starting to feel like Christmas is definitely on its way!

Post Comment Love 6 - 8 December

Hello there, and welcome back to this week’s #PoCoLo - a relaxed, friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked, comment and share some of that love.

Please don’t link up posts which are older as they will be removed from the linky, and if older posts are linked then please don’t feel that it’s necessary to comment on those. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’ve joined us.

It’s been the start of a busy social period here with my Sewing Group’s Christmas Do at the start of the week, a wreath making workshop and MOH’s cycling group’s get together on Saturday. I’m not complaining, it’s nice to have these and feel part of the community here. We’re getting to the point where we see people we know in town, and sometimes even in the pub too - it’s a peculiar feeling, but it really does make you feel like you belong.

Moving to a new part of the country, without knowing anyone in the immediate vicinity was a slightly mad and possibly brave thing to do, and we know that it would take some time to really settle in, but just lately it feels like we’ve taken a big step forward. Which is good news, as we have no regrets about leaving London and moving here.

My photo this week is the wreath I made at the workshop in the pub in the next village - it’s quite muted for me, but I love it. It spent the night in my car, and has since moved to temporarily hang in the garage as this weekend there’s more bad weather forecast.

Remember I’m now on Bluesky, if you’re also there it’d be great to see you - you can find me at bosworthlife.bsky.social.

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