MOrning!!
Just having a coffee in my rainbow striped mug, making a mental list of things I need to do today to get us all ready for a week away by the sea. We are not an organised family, our preps for going away are always last minute, a tad frantic, and very slapdash. But somehow we always manage to get everything together and loaded into the car, and it kind of works out ok.
I was thinking about Dorset last night, the place where I grew up, and how much it is a part of who I am. I love love love spending time down there. Such happy, precious memories.
For me, that's one of the most wonderful things about writing a blog :: that it gives me a way of recording and preserving these memories year on year, it really is priceless. I have a category called "Holidays" so that I can easily take a little jaunt through my archives to re-visit these special times spent away from number 24. This will be the fourth year that I get to write about our holidaying, such fun!! But do you know, this morning I went to take a look at last years pictures and I couldn't find the post anywhere.....turns out I uploaded the pics but never had time to write the blurble so it remained in draft.
Would you like to see?? Would you like to see a few "Postcards from Dorset", April 2010??
Ok, here are some sea views, cutesy harbours, jaunty boats, blue horizons, fluffy clouds, emerald hills, breezy kites, natural discoveries, al fresco snacks, and refreshing slurps from last year.....enjoy!
Right-o, off to make coffee-number-two before pegging a laundry load out to dry.
Have a wonderful week, I'll see you when I get back with some more Picture Postcards from down yonder. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
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You only have to look back at one of your postcards to see how mellow it was. I have started recently playing with crochet. I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday in Dorset.
Posted by: mahjong | May 18, 2011 at 04:07 AM
Lovely West Bay I see - we are due to go there in 3 weeks to stay in some lovely farm cottages - it is a fab place and I can now see why people go back again and again to a place - Dorset is certainly one of those for me :)
Lou x
Posted by: Lou | May 08, 2011 at 06:50 PM
Hello Lucy,
Thanks for flying the flag for Dorset. Going to Lyme soon and will go to the Town Mill for lunch. Lyme was always my sanctuary when I was younger.
Jan
Posted by: Jan Marchant | May 03, 2011 at 05:22 PM
Oh, this brings back memories! My husband and I travelled to England last year to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. We spent a few days in Lyme Regis and I fell in love with the area. So beautiful! Thank you for posting this.
Posted by: Mrs. Micawber | May 01, 2011 at 02:04 AM
Hi Lucy ! I followed your blog for some time now and it's so full of fun and light ! Thank you for your crochet tutorials, thank you for making me a hero (I crocheted your wrist warmers for my 15 years old daughter - well, in gothic black, I confess : she's 15, did I mention it ?- and for the first time since she was 8, she wears something "made by Mom" !!!) thank you for the baffled 'Why, Mom, you're a hippie ?' from my sons (That was for the gorgeous multicoloured blanket). I can't sum up how much I owe you, so, thanks again and best wishes for you and your little "tribe" !
Louise (from France)
PS : Congratulations to the Little Lady for her knitting !
Posted by: [email protected] | April 26, 2011 at 06:15 PM
Beautiful! Enjoy! :)
Posted by: Emma | April 26, 2011 at 04:39 PM
Hi Lucy!
I have been a Attic24 fan for quite awhile now and I just can say i ADORE your work. I hope you are having a great holiday. I took some inspiration from you and just finish myself a granny star garland for my mantelpiece/fireplace that my little 2 years old just named rainbow stars. :)
So, I want to thank you so much for you amazing crochet inspiration!
Love,
Isobel. xx
Posted by: Isobel | April 26, 2011 at 04:32 PM
Oh, hilarious! Oh how you made me giggle today, I'll let you in one the fun. This is that I read:
"Right-o, off to make number-two before pegging a laundry load out to dry."
I am so childish but that actually set my laughing reflex off, thank you for that. ;-)
Posted by: vildkatten | April 26, 2011 at 01:40 AM
Ooooopsss! I went back and looked again; my comment was there!
I just didn't look at ALL the comment pages [smack to the forehead!!!], as the "next" hadn't uploaded for some weird reason!
Sooorry! An extra dose of well-wishes for you and your lovely family to make up for the blunder!
Posted by: Karla | April 25, 2011 at 06:38 PM
Hello Lucy!
Wishing you and family a great holiday!
I thought I had posted a comment on your last post... as I don't see it, maybe a mishap on my part in uploading? : (
So, here it goes again:
"I used one of your self portrait photos in a post of mine. I hope it's all right?
The post is "April Ladies" - http://digitalpongaio.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-ladies.html
As said in the post, I greatly enjoy your blog! Thank you for all the lovely moments!"
A big hug!
Posted by: Karla | April 25, 2011 at 06:26 PM
Miss your blog updates but I will try to wait patiently for your return and then enjoy your holiday posts :-) I wish you a truly wonderful holiday in Dorset!
Posted by: India Black | April 25, 2011 at 03:49 PM
Oh!!! Those pictures are wonderful! Than you so much for this incredibles post :) Love visit you and enjoy a lot read your posts.
Happy Easter!
Kisses,
Noelia.
Posted by: Noelia | April 24, 2011 at 05:00 PM
How's that sun on the Dorset coast treating you. I can hardly wait for your pics from '11. I know you will be sprinkling us with your holiday joy very soon. I can hardly wait. But, soak up all the rays of sun your can. Take in as much ocean air and seabreeze as your heart desires.
Off to google just where Dorset is? I do love to travel with you, but need to see where we are going on a map. Then and only then do I really feel like we are taking another trip together.
Happy Easter/Passover Holiday Wishes,
Your friend on the other side of the pond,
Kate
Posted by: The Garden Bell | April 24, 2011 at 05:00 PM
I just wanted to tell you how inspiring your blog has been to me. I found you through my interest in crocheting (spelled right?) and your pattern for the granny stripe is amazing! I've started a blanket for my sister who is really excited...and I would have never tried it if it weren't for your amazing example. I'm not close to being done, but it's going to be so pretty! In the ocean of blogs, yours is definitely a treasure to me! Thank you for posting your pictures, crafts, and your joy for life!
God Bless you!! And Happy Easter!
Janet
Posted by: Janet Hawley Issa | April 24, 2011 at 02:49 PM
Hi Lucy,
You know, I was going to check yesterday to see if you'd posted a new blog entry and then I thought, no, I think they're going to be away for the whole week so she's probably not back yet! It's like we're good friends, and I only know you through reading your blog.
I really enjoy your posts, being in Canada, it's lovely to see the English countryside. Your pics are beautiful and you've inspired me make a granny stripe blanket. It's very like the ones my own grandmother used to make!!
Take care, hope you had a great week away!
Posted by: Frankie Poxon | April 23, 2011 at 02:55 PM
I hope you are having a lovely holiday in this glorious weather!!
Can I take this opportunity to let you know how you and the other ladies on my blog roll have inspired me to create my own and invite you to take a look: http://shabbychicsarah.blogspot.com/
It was late last year that I discovered blogs. I knew they were out there but I didn't really "get" it. Then someone gave me the link a blog as they thought I would appreciate her style. Soon after I joined Blogger and learned how to follow all my favourite blogs.
My list grows by the day and I love to sit with cup of tea to hand to see what my favourite online ladies have been up to. Of course after becoming an avid blog reader it was inevitable that I would want a blog of my own and so "Shabby Chic Sarah" was born.
After feeling a bit ambivalent about the whole blogging thing to begin with I am becoming increasingly obsessed!!
One of the things I enjoy about it is it it makes you stop and think a moment about things in your day that mught otherwise go unnoticed as you are constantly looking out for things to share.
Hope you have a lovely Easter....
Kind regards,
Sarah :0)
Posted by: Sarah | April 22, 2011 at 01:25 PM
Have a lovely time :-) I am sure I have a jigsaw of the buidings and some boats from photo #3!!! I love your blog and you are such an inspiration with all your crotchet fabulousness!!!
Posted by: Andrea | April 22, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Happy Easter to you and your family.
AnnaP
Posted by: AnnaPaula | April 21, 2011 at 06:59 PM
Ah, West Bay :-) Hope it was lovely!
Posted by: Meraud | April 21, 2011 at 01:24 PM
lovely pic's ,so good to have good weather it makes peoble feel so much better when the sun shines
hope it was ok to put a link to youre blogg from mine
http://valeriasknitknit.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Valeria | April 20, 2011 at 04:01 PM
Lucy,
Dorset looks so relaxing. I too have thought I posted something or emailed something because I got started but was at one point derailed before the task was completed. Have a wonderful time! Love your photography!
Karen L
Posted by: KarenL | April 20, 2011 at 01:18 PM
What a lovely scenes these are! Wonderfully captured too. I like your work.
Posted by: r4 dsi | April 20, 2011 at 01:02 PM
looking forward to seeing this years photos ,Lucy, hope you are having a wonderful time.xxjuliexx
Posted by: [email protected] | April 20, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Hello Lucy
Happy holidays, enjoy a lot, and have a good return!
I loved the pictures!
Kisses!
Marcia
Posted by: Márcia | April 20, 2011 at 06:23 AM
Awww - the postcards just made me remember the lovely spring days we had in the UK the 10 years we've been there!!! I so so miss it, although we are back in a beautiful South Africa, I still miss the UK alot! These photo's just had me in tears! Enjoy the rest of your Easter holiday. Cx
Posted by: Carina | April 19, 2011 at 09:29 PM