A road to a friends house is never long ~ Danish Proverb...

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...& in our case, this is so true as Kelly and her partner G recently bought a house our village. It needs total renovation so it's a case of rolling up your sleeves and mucking in. She has been helping G to clear the jungle of a garden and start the preparation of the house. First job was to make the garden secure for Peanut. Fencing is now up and some lovely wrought iron gates installed to keep him safe. Next, replace the windows and clear out all the rubble and rubbish. There's lots to do but it's going to be a lovely house once it's finished.

Often when you buy an derelict house, there is the anticipation of finding treasure but all there is are a few rusty bits and pieces, like an old saucepan with a hole in the bottom. However, Kelly did have find one treasure while clearing out the grenier (attic), a pile of vintage magazines with one of the beautiful Audrey. Sorry, this isn't going into the shop but will be framed to go in Kelly's study!

It's been a frantic week in our household too as son J was taking his brevet, (end of secondary school exam). Lots of revision while I kept him fuelled up with his favourites - pancakes, hot chocolate and digestive biscuits.

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While he revised, I found some time to attack our own jungle. All the rain we've had over the last few months has created some amazing growth. It's been a case of hacking back to find what was supposed to be there, hiding underneath. Anyway, the week ended with the satisfaction of at least making a start even though I ached from head to toe.

Summer always makes us think of weddings and what does a gal need? Vintage lace, of course, we have a gorgeous selection in the shop. Why don't you pop over and have a look?