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Here's eric kitten sprawled out in a shaft of sunlight basking....

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:10:00 -0800 Advent Calendar day 6 http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/advent-calendar-day-6 http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/advent-calendar-day-6

This is the refillable advent calendar I have:

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Neat huh!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:31:00 -0800 Advent calendar day 5 http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/advent-calendar-day-5 http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/advent-calendar-day-5

Oops so I've skipped a day but hey.

Today a shiny coin...probably as the calendar progresses there would always be several dotted amongst the days.

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This one a 20p. Oh and always minted from the year in question.

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:23:32 -0800 Advent calendar day 3 http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/advent-calendar-day-3 http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/advent-calendar-day-3

Clementines ....it's not really Christmas without clementines ...and of course an essential part if every Christmas stocking, sock, sack or fo me pillow case.

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There were certain things we always got in our sack of pressies and clementines were one....watch out for others.

And yes I make sure everyone gets one still :)

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:02:00 -0800 Advent Calendar: day 2 http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/advent-calendar-day-2 http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/advent-calendar-day-2

A little late this one but here we go....

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A hand made felt star Christmas tree decoration (made by my Mum).....just one of the lovely handmade decorations that have appeared in my advent calendar from my Mum the last few years. This one has a permanent place on the notice board above my desk (which is empty of notices and full of nice things).

Read my post from day 1 to find out how my advent calendar works this year

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:15:00 -0800 Advent calendar day 1 http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/advent-calendar-day-1 http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/advent-calendar-day-1

I quite like advent calendars.

Even as an adult there is something fun in finding out what's behind the door each day. In recent years it mostly been chocolates and lovely little handmade gifts from my mum. Each year she sends me a little parcel of goodies to put in the refillable calendar. How fab is that. This year though she had been a little too busy to do that.

So instead I'm going to post something each day that she has given me not just in advent calendars but more generally things I know she has passed on to me.

So day 1..

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LISTS

Yes that list making habit comes right from my Mum.

I can picture the book she had where she wrote each year how long Christmas dinner took to cook, what presents we all got (and totting up of their costs to be sure to be fair)....and in summer the list of what we needed for camping trips. It was I think a triplicate receipt book with loose carbon paper in the back. Acquired from I don't know where and put to another use.

A book of detail yet mystery from the shortening of words she chose to adopt. Her own kind of code.

My own list making ranges far and wide and is less contained in one place. But there are notebooks and lists, many of them.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:42:00 -0800 Bowl and ewer http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/bowl-and-ewer http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/bowl-and-ewer

This is one of the ace bargains I got when I went to an auction last year with chum Lynne @josordoni (she's a bit of an auction expert)

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It lives on the dressing table in the guest room

I just investigated the mark on the bottom and it seems its Bishop and Stonier, the pattern is Shirley Poppies. I haven't any proper idea of its age other that 1891-1933 being when the firm was called Bishop and Stonier rather than other variants.

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:48:00 -0700 Pyracantha berries http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/pyracantaha-berries http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/pyracantaha-berries

Wonderful bright autumn berries in the garden

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:38:00 -0700 Scandi style Christmas http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/scandi-style-christmas http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/scandi-style-christmas
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Loving these Christmas stockings from The White Company.

Some rather nice decorations too including moose tree lights :)

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:21:00 -0700 Two colours of sedum http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/two-colours-of-sedum http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/two-colours-of-sedum

I love the tiny flower detail on sedum heads.

Almost like lace in some ways.

I also love the different hues they come in from near white.

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To deep pink.

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They'll be finished soon for this year though :(

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:52:00 -0700 Pink Pelargonioum http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/pink-pelargonioum http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/pink-pelargonioum

The recent sunny weather has brought the pelargoniums into a second round of flowering.

And today was a pleasantly sunny day with good light for taking pictures in the garden.

So here's shocking pink pelargoniums in all their glory.

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If only I could get them to grow in my window boxes but I don't think they get enough sun to do well on our north east facing windowsills.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:29:00 -0700 Sun over Dunwich cliffs, Suffolk http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/sun-over-dunwich-cliffs-suffolk http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/sun-over-dunwich-cliffs-suffolk

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:24:00 -0700 Eric kitten explores garden statuary http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/eric-kitten-explores-garden-statuary http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/eric-kitten-explores-garden-statuary

Eric kitten has developed a liking for lounging in unusual places

This is where I found him yesterday

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He's mad that one, mad....

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:21:00 -0700 Sweet peas http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/sweet-peas http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/sweet-peas

I tried to take a picture of some dark purple sweet peas I bought earlier in the purple glass vase I'd put them in. But none of the pictures worked out that well because I was hurrying.

So I did a little bit of playing in iPhoto with the colours to see what I could make of it.

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You can't make a rubbish photo great with editing software but you can make it look a bit more interesting and fun.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:37:00 -0700 Drinking vessel http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/drinking-vessel http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/drinking-vessel

Yeah I know that's a weird title.

But, er well, its not a cup and although its based on those lovely glasses you used to drink water from at school its made of porcelain its not a glass either.

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Whatever it is:

a. it's lovely

b. it was a bargain (I plumped for  seconds piece)

c. the perfect size for a good G&T or kir

d. tells when you've run out in case you haven't noticed

It's by Petra Sajkas and I got it at CockPit Arts Open studio event this weekend.

 

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Tue, 31 May 2011 10:31:24 -0700 Beautiful soap http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/beautiful-soap http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/beautiful-soap

I've mostly been a shower gel kind of girl and have been for a long time.

Soap is fine for hands but I find it too drying otherwise.

Well not anymore, because I found these:

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Not only are they beautifully wrapped they are also wonderfully gentle on the skin.

At the moment I'm using the top one which is organic lavender. I can't decide whether to use the plummy berry scented one next or the sophisticated scented rainbow.

They are handcrafted by Leaf House in Suffolk. I'm also slightly addicted to their baby lotion and rescue cream.

You can buy online or from their market stall in Bury St Edmunds.

Here's to lovely soaps.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Sat, 07 May 2011 02:48:00 -0700 Warbeck & Cox - designers of funky tea towels and other eco home accessories http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/warbeck-cox-designers-of-funky-tea-towels-and http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/warbeck-cox-designers-of-funky-tea-towels-and
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via warbeckandcox.co.uk

Love this site I found yesterday via @coastathome on Twitter.

I managed to be their 500th follower and win a lovely tea towel of my choice. I've gone for the Glasses one. Take a look on the site and see which one you'd have picked it was a tough choice.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:46:00 -0700 David Meldrum the Food Illustrator http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/david-meldrum-the-food-illustrator http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/david-meldrum-the-food-illustrator
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via thefoodillustrator.com

Really like this project where David Meldrum has created a visual diary of what he has been eating since July 2010. Great drawings and a fascinating catalogue in one.

Thanks to Daniel Young of @youngandfoodish for the tip off

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/571274/linda.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3snybiwsDs0F Linda goodshoeday Linda Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:41:00 -0700 East London bluebell woods http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/east-london-bluebell-woods http://goodshoeday.posterous.com/east-london-bluebell-woods

People often forget how many lovely parks and open spaces London has, even away from the centre.

Wanstead Park happens to be down the road from me and it has lovely bluebell woods.

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Its also pretty clear on the bluebell code to protect the species.

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Which I think is a good thing.

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A little haven between the roar of the North Circular and the A102M.

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