<\/a>I apologise for the lack of bloggy activity around these parts for the past fortnight or so.<\/p>\n

I did<\/em> take my laptop on holiday. And I did<\/em> take photographs. And when we left, I did<\/em> have the intention of writing a blog post or two whilst I was away.<\/p>\n

I could<\/em> lie and say we didn’t have wifi.<\/p>\n

But the truth is, I just took a holiday.<\/p>\n

I spent my time with my two best boys, yomping (as best my creaky old knees would allow me to yomp, anyway) up hills and along cliff-top paths, playing ping-pong on the beach, reading novels, troughing my way through fried breakfasts, pasties and the odd cream tea, and marvelling at fantastic scenery.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Devon and Cornwall was so fantastic and busy and fun-filled that\u00a0I didn’t feel like blogging about it. I just felt like living<\/em>\u00a0every wide-awake, wind-blown, sunny, happy, laughing,\u00a0lovely second<\/em> of it.<\/p>\n

I’m home now though.<\/p>\n

And despite my blogging muscles feeling severely flabby and out of shape, I really wanted to share some lovely things that will forever remind me of a morning on the beach spent with lovely Welsh Mountain Sue, an internet friend who just happened to be on holiday in the same place at the same time.<\/p>\n

We met, and chatted, and she gave me not one, but two<\/em> packages of modflowery things…<\/p>\n

<\/a>I’ve only just opened the second one, containing this amazing<\/em> bedspread.<\/p>\n

Plus – a Jackie<\/a> annual: my pre-teenage reading matter of choice, with which I got reacquainted over breakfast. I find it hilariously<\/em> difficult to believe that I ever<\/em>\u00a0was inclined to read it for real, but, apparently, I was.<\/p>\n

Gosh, I feel old.<\/em>\u00a0And simultaneously very glad I am no longer that callow youth, obsessed with boys and spots.<\/p>\n

Also in my packages was this lovely, colourful\u00a0vintage teatowel, depicting pretty birds and a slightly sad\/grumpy pink cat…<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a>And some slightly more subtle and beautiful<\/em> vintage goodies…<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a>I was stunned at Sue’s generosity.<\/p>\n

Meeting her, and feeling so generously blessed, was just one of the many highlights of my holiday.<\/p>\n

And so I return home on a high.<\/p>\n

Ready to face the end of summer with plenty of warm memories, to see me through the cold to come.\u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n

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