Yes, that’s how cold it got over the weekend, and the countryside was turned into a winter wonderland of sparkling white
With frost thicker than the thickest frost I’ve ever EVER seen!
And me bundled up in my warmest hat and scarf, and some big thick gloves that I borrowed from my daddy xo
It was time once again for my favourite routine from home- the big charity sale that’s held in the grounds of one of the local country houses every month. I hasten to use the term ‘jumble sale’ as only one small section of it is designated to jumble. The rest of it is all sectioned up like a department store, from handbags, to books, ladies’ nearly new, shoes, sports and outdoors, curtains and drapery, menswear, kitchenware, haberdashery, toys…. you name it, there’s nothing you can’t buy (seriously)! Here are some people in the art section, choosing some new prints and paintings for their homes (lots of people donate their own artwork some of which isn’t bad). The nicer ones are kept inside the outbuilding, the lesser value stuff is all outside (just as well really, given the British weather).
And here’s the haberdashary section (albeit a smaller one than usual because of the weather) where I picked up some little knitting patterns (20p each) and two rather nice Debbie Bliss books (40p each). This is where I bought my bargain Rowan Kidsilk Haze a few months back.
In the summer months you can barely see the stand from here as the place is so crawling with people. I think the cold temperatures made a lot of people stay at home this time.
At this point I stopped taking pictures as my fingers had literally frozen solid from the cold and not even my daddy’s gloves could warm them up again. And the tea cabin was closed as the pipes had frozen up which meant that a coffee and gingernut were out of the question, so we all decided that it was time for us to head back too. So we huddled our prized purchases into our chests and shuffled back through the mist for warm cups of tea at home.
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Lovely frosty photos! I like the last one, everyone heads off laden with shopping bags. Success!!
And, I love that the guy in the second-to-last photo is wearing a Burberry scarf, that is so deliciously English!
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Wow, that is cold! It is 85 or something here and drier than a bone! You look great!
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i love the frost, we have a LOT too, i just haven’t managed to take a good pic yet because it’s so dark out. your weather is very much like ours here.
the only problem is that i’m taking care of the neighboor’s cats while they’re off to Uruguay ( luckyyyy ) and their little kitty door ( which is very old and crappy ) gets frozen on the outside, so they can get out but can’t get back in.. and i feel so sorry for them i actually get up in the middle of the night to unfrost it…
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Wow I like the idea of that!
Talking of artefacts I recently found some old patterns of my Nana’s under a bed and they are from about nineteen hundred and frozen to death. I’ll post them on my blog soon.
The temperature here (Sussex border) dipped down to minus eleven! I have never been so cold and grumpy in all my life! I love your hat. I am a fan of hats and shortly getting a Tam o’ shanter. I’ll post that too. Keep warm x
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Minus eleven!? And there was I getting ready for a weather-off with my local dip of minus 7.7… Lovely frosty pics by the way; I’ve never seen the fields around here sooo white.
Congrats on the bump too, very slack of me not to say so already – and you’re looking good on it, it must agree with you.
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MINUS ELEVEN? I feel like a bit of a loser now. But it still felt mighty cold, and I challenge you to find a Debbie Bliss book for less than 40p!
As for the pregnancy agreeing with me, I do feel a lot better these days compared with before. I haven’t put on a huge amount of weight yet, but my cheeks look less hollow (as my mummy pointed out) and my complexion is probably the best it’s ever been…thankyou hormones
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it’s not exactly the same (at all) but have you tried the Rose Bowl flea market? Second Sunday of every month.
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These pics are amazing! I love the fog, it’s as though I can touch it. : )
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Thanks for the tip islaygirl…but unfortunately it’s about five or six hours too far south
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I can’t find a Debbie Bliss pattern for under 40p, no don’t worry! All I can find is government policies at the mo as I’m researching at the library xx
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oh no, good luck!
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