Muswell Hill, North London...Part 1...

I go to London quite a bit, to visit my mother-in-law. While I am there I try to get to Muswell Hill to browse around, have a coffee, look at all the little individual shops, of which there are quite a few! Sometimes I am there hours!

A few weeks ago I picked up a copy of Woman and Home February issue, and came across an article about a new Tearoom and Gift shop in Fortis Green, Muswell Hill.. I thought "where is it" I want to go. Of course my mother-in-law pointed me in the right direction and so off I went on the bus. And there it was..Emporium - Tearoom and Fancy Goods. First Impression .."Delightful".

I had a look round first and then spoke to a lovely lady in the gift shop side, explained that I would like to take some photos to put on my blog! They were intrigued about Blogging!

It is a wonderful place to have coffee, a bite to eat and chat with friends or as I did, sat in the cosy corner!

The next day, my mother-in-law told me about a new Ceramic shop, not far from her, so I thought I would walk up there to have look. The shop is in Alexandra Park Road and is Called ZEBRA!! It is so great to look at, so inviting, with the coffee corner too! Had a look around, a coffee and a chat to one of the owners, lovely lady named Andrea..

A DELIGHTFUL place for Painting, fun, coffee and Cake!

Very relaxing way to spend a few hours!!

I have been doing Ceramics for quite a few years now, started in Wales where I used to attend a club at Raf St Athan, learnt how to make the items and paint etc and then became one of the session tutors, and now I visit my friends shop in Wantage, The Funky Teapot. So we had a lot to talk about, all very interesting, how they (her and friend Rachel) started out! The amazing thing I found out was that Andrea used to live in Oxford and work in a place called Harwell, not far from me. A small world!

Definitely Going Back!

My Painting ……

Today I went to a Charity event, being held by my great friend Sarah, who was raising money for her sisters orphanage in Thailand. We paid £15 each, to paint a picture and every penny went to them. We were being guided by a great lady Beryl Maile who is Professional Artist. Beryl provided all the paints, card, and mounts for us and did not take a penny. She is such a hoot too! Every now and again she would come out with a little ditty, and made us laugh!!

Beryl’s favourite saying is “Can I make a suggestion” and I said “No” I like my painting as it is…We did each section in stages, Sky, then the fields and then the Rocks..so each time she would say this.. she said at the end, that she liked me because I was positive about what I saw in my painting. We all had a brilliant time.

A big thank you to Beryl for giving up her day to help us raise money for such a worthy cause.

Dubai to South Africa …..

As I said in my post yesterday, my good friend Dawn went to South Africa after Dubai….and bless her she sent me another wonderful postcard. It arrived yesterday morning.  Thank you so much Dawn for thinking of me!!

 Dawn and her husband Tom have had a brilliant time there. She said it is even more wonderful than she imagined. With wonderful weather.  You should call over to her blog and have a read of what they have been up too!!  It is amazing and so much fun.

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Thank You Dawn!

My great friend Dawn from Paris has just been to Dubai with her husband Tom, and she sent me a lovely postcard...! Thank you Dawn, another one for my collection!!


Dawn has a wonderful blog Notes of Noelle , where she has written not just about Paris but also about the great places they have been and with fabulous photos. At the moment they are in South Africa..having lots of fun!! Go on over and have a read of her fab blog, you will not be disappointed!!

My New Header.......

was designed for me, by a lovely lady named Noor. Noor's blog is So Sweet Designs and back in December, I came across her blog (somehow) and saw this! All I had to do was leave a comment. To my great surprise ..I WON :-)

Noor has been very patient, as I had NO idea what I would like on the Banner. I hope you like it!

Trip to Interlaken - Switzerland.

When we were asked to stay with our friends in France, that is where I thought our holiday would be based. I never dreamt of going to Germany, or Switzerland..in fact the truth of the matter is, I had no idea what we were going to do or where we would go. I just had France fixed to my brain!

Our wonderful friend Michael had other ideas for us, which was brilliant, we saw places that never would of occurred to us. On one of his days off, he drove us to Interlaken which is the secret capital of Switzerland's Bernese Oberland.


The town lies between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz and has glorious mountain views of the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau.

I am not a 100% sure of the route, as I was in the back just in awe of the mountains we were driving through, and the little towns, where I wanted to stop, but as the time was getting on, and the weather was closing in, we needed to be there fast!! We drove through the mountains towards Luzern and then to Interlaken and on the way back we took the motorway.

Lots to Blog about but……….

My friends come first!  Yes I got some more mail this week.  I received a wonderful postcard from  Les Gets sent to me by my great friend Sally in Norfolk, who was on a skiing holiday with Geoff.  Sally is an avid skier, and nothing fazes her one bit.  They are both also into walking, not just in this country but in Spain, and other places!  So why not have a read of their blogs and see some of the great places they have been.  Must not forget to mention that Sally is trained  in Swedish Massage  as well as Indian Head Massage! So if you are in the need for a body or head massage and are in the Cambridge or Kings Lynn area..give her a bell. You will not be disappointed.

My other mail came from my lovely blogger friend  Britt-Arnild who lives in Trondheim in Norway. She sent me a lovely Thank you letter, thanking me for the book that I sent her. It was meant to be!!! 

Britt-Arnild’s blog is amazing, such beautiful stories about her life with her husband and family in Norway, with stunning photos too!!  Britt-Arnild has six other blogs, can you believe it.  Trondheim through all the Seasons being one!! I love this, seeing around her lovely town. Call in and have a read, and explore!

Big Thank you to Sally and Britt -Arnild