Scavenger Hunt for May

It's that time of the month again and I here are my 

photos for Mays' scavenger hunt.

PATRIOTIC

The changing of the guard at Windsor castle last summer

It is such an great spectacle I was sure nobody would mind

that it is a few months ago.

LINES

This reminded me of the nursery rhyme

" Two little dickie birds" 

SKYLINE

I love this view over the bright stripes of Norwich Market to

the Norman castle.

MAP

The tourist street map of Norwich

BROKEN

Sadly this is my summer house which we are repairing

CONSTRUCTION

This is the construction site down the road from us.

FOUR

East Runton Gardens four pillars.

DOOR

This door is very small and is in the side of our Church.

Shame about the graffiti.

AQUA

 I struggled with this one and eventually settled on

this.

FLAG

The Norfolk flag

KEYS

This is my key cupboard

I prefer the outside view.

WASHING

Some vintage fabric that had just been washed

 ( I kept forgetting to 

take the photo on a nice day)

Well that my offering and I can't wait for next months as 

we are going on holiday so have lots to look for while we are away.

I will speak to you before we go away so have a great

weekend and thanks for dropping by.

Gillxx

Rain Rain go away!

I don't know about you but I'm throughly fed up with the horrible weather

so here's a reminder of what we should be getting 

with all my best wishes for a nice sunny

Weekend.

Gillxx

And the Winner is…..

Morning All.

Hope you've all had a good week, I know I have.

Mr T has been away on a course this week so

I have had time to myself which just

occasionally I really enjoy.

Does that sound bad?

But I'm sure you know what I mean,

eat when and what I want, watch what I want and

not have to worry too much about housework as I don't make 

much mess and little one isn't here that often. 

She will be here even less after the weekend as

 she is moving into her own flat---again.

Anyway

Aren't these colours lovely.

I was taken out for a Birthday Afternoon Tea by one of my friends

to East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens.

I love this place and it has acres of gardens to wander around.

And something different around every corner.

I'm hoping to capture the changes through the summer

but we will see.

I love the way they store their fire wood.

and 

I definitely want one of these in my garden.

The orangery at the back of the house has a different 

colour scheme every year.

I have a real thing about succulents--

I love them so I need to find a place

for a display like this.

Sorry I've got carried away haven't I, what you all want to know 

is who has won the giveaway

Well  I got the Mr to pull a name out 

of the hat and it's

Susan from Southern Fascinations

Congratulations

so if you can let me know your details please

I will post your parcel out to you.

Including your pin cushion and from vintage

linen and lace.

Thank you to those who took part and all

Birthday wishes hope you all have a great weekend.

Gillx

Spring Giveaway Win

My garden has come alive over the last week 

with flowers and plants coming out everywhere.

Even Mr T has got his legs out while we give the summer house 

a bit of a face lift 

and I made it a door hanger to brighten it up inside as well.

I also received my fab brooch which is my Giveaway win

from Dog Daisychains and goes perfectly with

my new jacket. 

Perfect!

So don't forget my own giveaway ends on the 10th.

See you then.

Gillx

Birthday Flowers and Giveaways.

Today is my Birthday ,

I won't tell you how old,

 but Mr T and I have also celebrated 31 years of marriage this week

so that should give you some idea, 

although of course I was a child bride (Lol).

So my house is full of beautiful flowers from my children

and we have had a lovely lunch at Holkham Hall

with our some great friends where Mr T was 

drooling over this beauty.

The big Norfolk skies were a brilliant blue

and I should have put sun cream on.

Our friend Martin Wall is a fantastic artist and

 I have shown some of his work before 

in Februarys scavenger hunt

but this is his latest gorilla.

Wiggo a go go is currently at Holkham Hall for a large cycling event

over the weekend and as he is Mr. T's  hero he just had

to have his photo taken with him.

These Gorillas are for a trail around Norwich during the summer

called Gorilla a go go which I'm really looking forward to and 

 which Martin has painted 3 gorillas for.

After the trail finishes they are all auctioned off for charity,

I only wish I could afford one.

I got an e-mail this morning to say I had 

won 

one of the fantastic  brooches in the

Giveaway over at Dog Daisychains.

What a great day I'm having sooooo

to include you all in my celebrations, to 

say thank you for being such great people

and helping me through what has been a difficult

start to the year for me and my family

I'm having my own giveaway.

The prize is a set of pins from

 Just Another Button Company,

a pin cushion made by me to put them in

and one of their needle threaders.

  

There are no hoops to jump through, just be a follower and leave a comment below. 

 Although please make sure

you  either have a blog or leave an e-mail address so I can get in touch with you

if you win.

Entry will be open until the 10th May

and 

Good Luck.

I'm off for a glass of bubbly before my dinner

so see you soon.

Gillxx