Pussy Willow........

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Tiny little pussy willow.

Softer than a babies pillow.

Some times when I stroke your fur.

I think I almost hear you purr....

(charity shop find pussy willow plate )

~ Recently I was given an award by the lovely Betty the wood fairy!

http://betty-thewoodfairy.blogspot.co.uk/

~And  because it is a special award of the kittie cat type...

I am going to hand YOU over to Willow to do the talking!

Willows story.....
A True One.

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(Hurry up and take this picture! pleaseeee!)

Stealing the show with the lovely Mrs Betty's give away recently)

"Hi, I am Willow...

Amber, another feline like myself handed this award over to me, so this is my story"......

"I am thinking all my ships  came in when I came to live here.......

~ You see....I did belong to some one else........( a cruel horrid man).. ...you may or may not notice my jaw is badly deformed and my tongue falls through the teeth that are missing.".....

"The vet said this was due to a ''big size 10' boot coming my way and do you know he was right" ,

" I do get quite nervous with men folk, even now"!

" Because my mum likes a pretty, sweet blog, we should just call my old horrid owner"

"BOY WONDER"

" I heard her ever so crossly falling out with him on the telephone, he even asked her to pay £20, if she was going to keep me"!

" The cheek of him, she had fed me for over a month and I do eat an awful lot, you know".

~Any ways I am a new kid  'cat' on the block here, as I live with three others too!

~ Sweet Trinny~

"I do chase her rather a lot!

I know, I seem to see her as fair game...

Naughty of me really"!
My Mum says, I should watch my 'P's and Q's'......... but I would much rather watch the birds on the front garden! 

~ Pretty, Smoky.

"She's an old girl, but can be fun"!

~ And hansom Pedro.

"Ooh I have to watch my back  with him, being once a feral cat and all"...

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"My Mum's lovely 'Pussy willow' bag from beautiful, Fading Grace blog'"

(She likes all things kittie catish and she loves'Pussy willow' too, so I am in here, BIG time!)

~ "I can be soo boisterous!

But that's because I belong"....
" I guess I do get my self into an awful lot of mischief here, but always find my self coming up smelling of roses, we cats can do this awfully well"

~ "So this is my story folks and thanks for tuning in"......

" I smell my favourite, 'chicken ' and  I must be off to that kitchen, before the others get there"!

~" Thanks Amber for passing this award on to me and I would like to pass it on to any other blogging ladies who would like to except...(only one condition, you must have a feline friend in your family who likes talking") hehe!

My pretty peg bag.....
LOVE the Valentines material.
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Happy Pan cake day to YOU all!

Have your selves a 'Purfect' evening....

Love Maria and Willow!

xxxx

~ A Little Secret.....

February arrives cold, wet and grey. Her gifts disguised for only the most discerning spirits to see......~Simple Abundance.

Breakfast in bed...

Can I tell you all a little secret? I wonder....

  It is a simple honest secret and quite close to my heart.

~ I have simply fallen in love with blogland!

~ And because this is the month of love......

It feels right to be telling YOU all this secret.

~ I guess being on here gives me a voice I didn't really know I had!

I do wear a 'blue lace agate' crystal each day. This keeps me grounded, aware and opens up the throat chakra of speech.

It is known as the 'Voice' crystal, I believe.

I am a shy person, always have been.
~But I am learning very hard not to be...

~ Always putting down my thoughts and feelings on paper...

A year ago this week, my Olivia helped me post my first words on here...

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She is also a magical one.....

She believed when small that the fairies on her wall paper came alive at bed time.

I was so excited I couldn't sleep at all that night after sending out my blog into the virtual world!

I simply love the friends I have made on here and  looking at your creative makes and vintage finds...Fills me up so much I haven't had an impulse recently to buy the various home mags.

So blogland is saving my pennies also!!

(Patrick will be pleased)

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Feeling the magic in this wonderful little read too!

If you loved 'Practical Magic' .....the movie, this book will be your cup of tea!

It's really enchanting and I can't put it down!

~ I would like to also announce the winner of my little give away too!

Just a small token to say thank you for tuning in always...

Olivia choose a name from my 'cloche hat' again!

All above board!

~ And the winner is lovely, Sarah!

http://downbytheseadorset.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Sarah let me know your address and I will pop in the post for YOU!

I am sure these will go in your sewing tin very nicely!

~ I have another pesky cold today....

so I'm being kind to myself!

This winter seems to be getting the better of  us all.

Chin up I say!

Roll on spring time.......

~Talking of Spring time.....

I planted sweet Trinny in this pot and she seems to be blooming very nicely.

Be kind to your selves and be with those you love this Valentines day too!

I wonder what plans you have in mind?

Bye for now....

Love Maria x

A Gentle stroll down Memory Lane......

'Sometimes a person has to go back, really back - to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them - before they can go forward....' Paule Marshall.

~ Taken from simple abundance.

~ My goodness February already....
How did that happen!

Today I am wearing them.

My Rosy Tinted Spectacles, that is.

~ and you could just be in for a giggle or two!

So dusting my rooms with a smile .......

The house work is done.

I decided on an authentic dig down memory lane.

~ Fasten seat belts safely now....

I am on that time machine again going back and back in time to the year 1970!

Happy, Happy Times....

These photos were found with 
  Mum's precious things and I haven't seen them for quite some years!

All in her suitcase of  'memories'...

I loved looking through....

I am  wearing that rather short becoming red cape..... hehe!
Gosh clothes were short then!

My brother, John-Paul and sister Donna are with me!

We have enjoyed a day out at, Grange-Over-Sands.

A lovely little town with a very pretty park.

Simple happy days!

This would be around the time, Mum entered me for 'Miss Pears'......

If you are of a certain age, you may perhaps remember this.
Parents sent photographs of their children to be entered to be the face of Pears soap.

I never won of course, but Mum did receive various money off coupons to use off her next purchase.....

Of course she never bought Pears soap again!!

~ Preferring Cussions Imperial Leather...

I only have to smell this soap to be transported back in time to Mum........

~ When taking a backward glance, our memories can be fickle, I know.

But I can remember this next photograph with astonishing clarity.
My Grandma had come around to visit and we had tea in our back garden...
Mum's dress was of her own creation and that of my sisters too!
(Good job I always liked this dress, as it would surely be handed down to me next)
hehe.

My Mum playing music of  the times on her old radiogram.
'Tie a yellow ribbon' by Dawn and' Seasons in the Sun' by Terry Jacks...

Our freedom of those days, with long summers, or so it seemed...
We were quite free to roam as I have mentioned before we had access into our local park, through a secret gate at the bottom of our garden.
There the adventures always began!

It felt good to coax my memories today.
~ And reacquaint myself with the child that once was!
I have noticed a few of us have been travelling a long memory lane, with  our blogging posts....~ I have loved reading them and meandering along with YOU!

Ooh the fashions !
Apologises to any one who may recognise them selves on here!
This picture was in our local evening mail.
We had been to a Christmas party...
The year would be perhaps 1973.
You can recognise us three, because we are all wearing the same anorak and look at those white boots on my sister!
I didn't know this of course, but the boy in the top right hand corner, (with the long hair )would marry my best friend and I would be bridesmaid at their lovely wedding in years to come!

~Sisters and best of friends too!
Enjoy a glass of wine or a cup of tea, listen to music from yesterday.
Flip through old photographs and trace your life back.........

~A little more up to date.. hehe.

"Time is a dress-maker specialising in alterations"...
I read this once and thought how true....

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Wishing YOU a week of lovely times and happy memories....
Love Maria x
I will draw my give- away on next weeks post...
Thank you for sweet comments always.....