Post Comment Love 13-15 August

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any 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 and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’re here.

It’s been a much less eventful week here, which can only be a good thing, but as you might spot from the picture below I have committed to a new car. The lease on my current car is due to expire soon, and after four years I’m ready for an update. And it’s an update I’ve gone for, a newer version of what I have and I’m hoping to pick it up tomorrow, though that’s yet to be confirmed.

I’m also trying something new and aiming to doodle or draw something most days in a 2.5cm square box. I’ve marked out the squares but haven’t added the dates as I’ve told myself there are no rules. That means it doesn’t need to be everyday, and every day can be different. It might be a drawing, some mixed media or who knows what. We’ll see how it goes - hopefully, in the not too distant future I’ll fill a page. I hope!

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The view from the (hot) tub

We’re staying in the Lake District for this post, and more specifically the hot tub from our cottage stay back in June. I’ve yet to share the cottage interior, and that’s good, but the view from the hot tub was exceptional. Even getting to the hot tub was more unusual. Though it was sited on the back of the cottage, access was by walking around the building.

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Though it really wasn’t a hardship.

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Remember those stones for later.

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How’s that for a gate post? With the blossom on the slate, the traditional stones and the well worn wood, the first time we visited we knew we were in for something special.

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We weren’t disappointed. It was a gorgeously private and dramatic space.

With everything you could want - the outdoor shower, and somewhere to hang your robe and towel.

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And the view.

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A purposefully included (or should that be excluded) window, giving the perfect view of the rock and the stones I shared earlier. And the view up the hill of the field. And completely private, and relaxing.

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The ferns against the darkly painted walls though.

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And just to show it really is private here’s my best shot at trying to look over the top - and failing!

It’s clear that a lot of thought went into the planning of this space, and it truly paid off.

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Post Comment Love 6-8 August

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any 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 and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’re here.

I’ve had one of those weeks, you know the sort when things happen unexpectedly, or the unexpected happens. Driving home from Norfolk a pigeon glanced off my windscreen, a doctor’s telephone consultation turned into a same day visit to the surgery (everything’s ok, it just didn’t suit a phone call) and one of my pigeon holed shelving units fell off the wall. In the middle of a work call, and completely unaided - you’ll not be surprised to learn it made quite a racket. So much so I had to go and investigate as I was also home alone. There’s a bit of damage to the unit, a bit of a dent in the floor but I’m pretty sure my craft supplies are unharmed. Phew!

But anyway, there’s also been flowers. I brought these dahlias home from Dad’s garden - aren’t they gorgeous?

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