This book if fantastic - thank you India Knight - she is a kindred spirit! I just keep getting tempted to buy copies for people. I can't put it down! brilliant tit bits for fellow thrifty people.

mud

fun in the mud. babs was my model for the weekend helping me get these shots in the mud, some time was spent finding the perfect puddle and with much moaning from herself - "please harrie just jump one more time"... I will make you as many cups of tea as you want when we get home, I'll make tea all day long, paint your nails, iron your clothes, anything..

jars....

2 of my lovely sisters gave me jars for christmas, how fantastic are both sets! need shelves and a bigger kitchen. Thought I would also attach a couple of photos from christmas as we had such a lovely time.

Below are owie's damson gin and tracy's chutney...

chopping

many a happy hour was spent hunting for these lovely chopping boards in thailand, much to the dismay of my boyfriend. I found them, carried them home (they weight ALOT) and now they are happy here in my house! I love them and have been oiling them all weekend. Daffodils... spring is coming.

doodle

notebooks as promised...

trangtastic

Here goes on my first blog ever, very excited here in Trang waiting for our night train back to Bangkok, not excited about going home but excited about the notebooks I have found for 'cooey'!!! they will photographed quick smart and put on as soon as I get home, I hope you love them as much as I do. Here's a photo of me in our shabby beach hut.