There Will 'Bee' Ramberlings On Here Today........

"Happy of happiest Tuesday's to you all...

Today has me feeling a little, light and giddy"!
I must confess that I haven't been on the sherry, well not yet, any ways!
hehe....

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~ And if you would 'bee' so kind to pull up a chair and pop on the kettle...

And stay for a while.....

This would please me greatly!

~" There will 'bee' a little ramblings of sorts on here today"...

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And a little secret or two to tell......

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 ~And so with, pretty dolly clothes and indeed bunny knits to wash and air...

Just take a moment, and please don't despair!

~ So with a tea cup in hand and a comfy chair...

The jobs will wait, you will bee right there!

Giddy Tuesdays poem

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The clothes line poem...

~" A clothes line was a news forecast

to neighbours passing by...

 there were no secrets you could keep

when clothes were hung to dry!

It was a friendly link for neighbours

Who always knew if

 company had stopped on 

by to spend a night or two...

For then you'd see the "fancy sheets"

And towels upon the line

You'd see the pretty table clothes 

with intricate designs...

the line announced a babies birth

to folks who lived inside...

As brand new little infants clothes 

were hung so carefully with pride.

It said "gone on vacation now"

When lines hung limp and bare

It told " were back again!"

When full lines sagged with not

an inch to spare...

But clothes lines are now a thing 

of the past for dryers make work less

And now what goes on inside the house 

is any bodies guess?

I really miss that way of life

It was a friendly sign..

When neighbours knew each

other best by what hung upon the line"....

~ unknown.

~ Incidentally and if you please, I love my washing hung blowing in the winds....

~ I do wonder what the neighbours will think of bunny sweaters and pantaloons,though!

~ "Ooh hurry with our 'smalls'....

Tis rather chilly, If you would 'bee' so kindly"!

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The end of ramblings......

~ The secret!

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In the next few weeks I will 'bee' skipping for joy!

I have been asked, ever so kindly, to start a blog for my little day job...

Tis where I spend my hours and pennies, you know!

~ I call it an Aladdin's cave of loveliness!

~It gives me great delight to be able to take you all to work with me!

~ Tis one of the happiest places to Bee!

In the coming month we are moving , with a skip and a jump over the road...

~Where we shall delight in serving all things lovely, but with a  pot of tea and a delightful piece of cake!

All served on pretty china..If you mind!

~ I am delighted to announce that I am BUZZING, a little and a lot....

I do hope you will all join me, virtually of course...

~ Or less you ever 'bee' in town, to visit!

That would be just, wonderful!

Then do pop in and say, hello!

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~ Again, thank you for all the kindest comments....

I will be popping in on you all as soon as can be...

~ Take time to dream, lovely friends....

~ Maria x

(A Busy Bee in deed!)

~All bunnies staring in this giddy- post, re- homed from' Bumble Bee', of course!

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The Sand Man.....

" The Sandman is coming"

~ I clocked off late last evening from blog land....

It was one of those wonderful, 'Balmy' evenings....
YOU know the ones...

Where you hold off going to bed as long as you possibly can.......

The first of many, I hope...

"Saying night, night," virtually.........

to a few of you, lovely, blogging ladies....

~  As I started to climb the stairs...With weary, heavy, eyes...

I heard " Sand man is coming" in my mind...

Do you remember, 'Sand man', I wonder?.

I had simply forgotten all about him...

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(Courtesy of Google...Thank you kindly)

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The Sand man, by Evaleen Stein.

"The Sandman! hark I hear him...

He's coming up the stairs...

And every body near him is nodding, I declare!

He's peeping in the door now, and first of all he spies,

as he has done before now,

The little children's eyes...

Then quickly does he throw it...

His golden sleepy sand,

And all before they know it ,

Are off to sleepy land"........

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Such a sweet poem....

~ I can remember my Mum telling us at bed time, "Sand man is coming"...

We would persist, that we weren't tired at all!

But she knew, by the gentle rubbing of the eyes...

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If I am honest, I was a little scared, at the time and wondered just who he was!

Last night I Googled, Mr Sandman, for my self.... and found out a little about the guy, who takes your hand gently to the land of nod....

and this is what I found...

" A character in folklore and children's fairy tales, who lulls them to sleep by sprinkling sand dust into their tiny eyes"....

~ I can quite clearly remember telling my children about the man with the soft gentle sand, who makes those little eyes go heavy and ready for sleepy dreams.....

~ I wonder do you remember him too?

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~ The bank holiday was a bit special! ~ wasn't it just..

"And the sun most certainly had his hat on."

Hip pip hip pip hooray!

Looks like more for today...

YIPPEE!

(Card from Mrs Thriftwood,, created, by the lovely , Hetty Brown, of course)

~ We had a lovely, bank holiday, with a trip to the lake district!

~ and a lovely fish and chip lunch...

I charmed my man to leave his paint brush at home and to come out and play, for once!

Glad I did too, because the day was superb!

The book above is my latest read... and it is what I will be dreaming of tonight, not the cookery, I may add, just the camper van......when the sand man visits of course!

Thank you for kind words always.....they really make me smile!

Have fun in the sun my friends....

Love Maria x

~ With her Rosey Tinted 'sun' glasses on...... of course!

~ And Just Because....

~" The month of May casts her magic spell as spring's promise is finally fulfilled"....

~ May...

Let all thy joys be as the month of May...

~And just because this week has been one of cleaning, puttering and sweeping my rooms with a smile...
I am soo good at this.....

~ And finding a little past treasure too.....

~ Don't be alarmed by Cindy here..

although sitting here in the  'all- together um '....

A little disrespectful for a vintage gal, I know....

hehe...

But I think you can see quite clearly she is a little bit special...

she belongs to my sister and I....

~ and I can only imagine we must have had a wash day....with her clothes...

And the rest is history!

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Cindy, must be over fifty years old......
~ and I am thinking, I simply must make her some clothes!

~ I even found an old photograph of big sister cuddling dear, Cindy!

(Wearing her best clothes, before our wash day blues, I may add)

I have 'basket envy'....

~ And just because...once you start looking for past magic memories, within your self...

~ you very often find them.....

 ~ You might just be lucky enough to find treasure, in your own back yard, so to speak...

Mum and my grandmother....(1933)

I love old past photographs, so much....

~ My grandparents and Mum, holding her cute dolly!

~ And just because of the kindness of friends...

( A beautiful daffy plant from Mrs Thriftwood)

.........that made me smile.....

~ Such a cheery pot!

~ Or even that the sun shined so wonderfully this week...

I even took my house plants out side with me, to enjoy the warmth.....

(crazy but true)

~ And was joined by others....

Smokey, here.... joined me for play times in the sunshine....

 ~ there was my first sighting of a beautiful king George, butterfly, which landed on me...

~ and a naughty, cheeky, seagull pooped on me....

hehe.....now that must be lucky!

~ And just because..... I found a delightful new book....

'Trugs, Dibbers, Trowels and Twine'...By Isobel Carlson...

~ all about the lores of our gardens....

~ Which made me smile...

The Talmud tells us that "Each blade of grass has it's very own Angel that bends over it and whispers low," Grow, Grow, and grow some more"....

~ And so do we....

~ Summer in a vase.... beautiful Stocks!
They cheer up any room....

~This month we rediscover that it is life's enrichments rather than the riches of life that bring us true contentment.... 

~ And just because May is here.....my favourite month!

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Thank you for kind words for baby lamb, Larry....

He did know kindness in his short days...

~Take time to dream, lovely friends....

Love Maria x

It's A Wonderful World......

~ "Little lamb who made thee

dost thou know who made thee....

gave thee life and bid thee feed

by the stream and o'er the mead...

Gave thee clothing of delight,

softest clothing woolly bright;

Gave thee such a tender voice,

Making all the vales rejoice!

Little lamb who made thee...

 Dost thou know who made thee"

~ William Blake...

~ You would have needed your Rosey Tinted Spectacles to see the 'full pink moon' last evening....

I wore mine all day....

~ and little 'Larry' here was born....

Under the April full pink moon...

I think you can just see the pink glow about him...

~ His Mummy just managed to give him the gift of life and is still quite poorly...

He belongs to my lovely sister law, and lives on her small farm, close by me....

He is safe and warm by her open fire on a blanket of soft pink wool...

~ He is quite possibly a very lucky lamb indeed.....

~ I think you can guess the sheer size of him compared to Patrick's hand here..

A little guy, just new to the world....

~ and missing his mummy terribly!

~ He is being fed by bottle every few hours....

It's a wonderful world....
Don't you think ?

~ And I think I may just be in love........

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Told you that full April moon was special....!

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Have a weekend full of magic...

~ Love Maria x
After word....
Dear little Larry, didn't make it over the weekend....
~ but he did know kindness in those short days he was with us...
God bless. x