Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

It has been a busy month!

Hello dear readers! It has been quite some time since I last wrote but immediately after the V&H Fair in May I was winging my way over to South Africa to help my mum move house. I'm pleased to say that everything went smoothly and it was lovely to spend time with family & friends over there.


The week after I arrived home my sister & family arrived here for a visit & we had a great time together. This was followed by Tamzin's exhibition at New Designers where a lot of fabulous new talent was on show.


The very next day we had the excitement of Tamzin's graduation at the beautiful Wimbourne Minster in Dorset. It was certainly a proud moment to see her being awarded a first class degree - well earned after 3 years of hard work! I must admit to feeling rather teary eyed when the bells pealed out as the graduates left the building.






It was a rainy day but the sun appeared at just the right time!

Finally, on Sunday Devin was suited up for his prom....the boys & girls all looked so very smart in their finery!

 This week things should start settling down so hopefully I will be able to spend some time back in Blogland with you all.

Monday, 20 February 2012

Venice (In Pictures!)

The view from our hotel room window.....







Old & new....



Frozen fountain....






Street market.....






Shops.....












This is the view I saw of Mr Cottage most of the weekend!


Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Fun!


Guess where I'm going on Friday?

As it is my 50th birthday tomorrow (how did that happen?) & our 25th wedding anniversary, Mr C has earned himself many brownie points by booking a long weekend away!
It is somewhere that I have always wanted to visit & so I am excited & delighted!

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Holidays!

From the photo above you might think I'd spent a week in the Med or somewhere even further afield, but no, we spent a week in St Ives in Cornwall - just a few hour's drive from home!

We rented the sweetest cottage just above the main drag so it was tucked away but close to everything too.


This meant lots of uphill walking which was probably a good thing considering the amount of lovely food on offer!



It was just a few minutes walk from the harbour & beach & what a lovely beach it is - golden sands, rock pools, shells to collect.....



Fishing boats....



Lots of cute dogs having fun.....



Rowing boats waiting for the tide to come in....




Illiterate seagulls....



Cute restaurants.....



Winding cobbled streets....



Cath Kidston....



Old church & war memorial....



The road leading down from where we were staying....



Lots of tempting food....







The beach on the other side of the harbour....




The Eden Project....









And finally, the Motley Crew!