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vintage ...... a conversation piece

vintage stool with old varnish and wobbly legs On Saturday I popped to Maidstone Fremlin Walk to do some shopping with Jack, have a coffee and generally a no work kind of day. We walked along the old part of Maidstone High Street and wandered into a couple of charity shops and I came across this little stool that dates to about the 1950's. It immediately reminded me of my nana Mary and the stools she had in her flat in London that I would sit on to watch her bake. My Jewish grandmother would always be baking and making chicken soup; that is where my love of food comes from! I just had to have this little vintage stool, and the price, wait for it ..... £5. Yes just £5 and it all went to the British Heart Foundation , so a little good dead and made me feel happy to be swept back to my childhood and happy happy times. Walking back along the busy high street people gave Jack and me some odd glances to be walking around with a little old stool. I even sat it on whilst he paid

Cinema, popcorn and brick lane bagels

It was Jack's birthday on Friday 8 August and he requested a cinema family night out so I booked for the Imax at Greenwich 02. I wasn't that impressed with the seats and the price but it was a good evening and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was a good choice. It wasn't suitable for young kids or babies so I was surprised people had taken kids to see it. We rounded it off with hot salt beef beigels in the good old Beigel Bake in Brick Lane . I've been going there since I was a year old, well my dad is a London cabbie :-) Here are some photos I took. I hope you had a good weekend despite the heavy downpours. hot beigels in Brick Lane, London Jack in the queue hot salt beef, yummy Costa Coffee bar in Greenwich 02 Odeon complex

Granny stripe blanket is finished

On Monday night during Lights Out I finished my granny stripe blanket and I love it! And so does Ian when I asked him to model it, its a huge snuggly blanket and I need some cold weather to be able to use it! I started it back in October, it was neglected for about 3 months then the border completed this week. I'm now working on blanket no. 3, a blanket for my sister for Christmas plus a baby knitted blanket that's more portable. The lighting was poor by the time I'd finished at 11pm so I need to take more photos in daylight this week so you can see the colours and stripes. I opted for two rows or granny stripe for the edging plus the final row of DC in Pomegranate and I think it finishes it off well without being too fussy or frilly. Its a blanket that the boys can use too (if I let them!) I've added some photos taken on Saturday morning in Canterbury at Brunch , a nice little cosy restaurant with free wifi and they serve locally produced sausages that are yummy.