Thrifted on Thursday

3 sweet little dresses.

                          Love this print, and the square neckline with collar

 And the very pretty sleeve shape on this one

                                           

                               Gorgeous silk satin with graduated spot, in a lovely mink colour

                         The perfect festival dress, with black opaques. (if you were 25 and a size S)


                                                      Finally - thrifted from the garden.

Linking up to The Penny Worthy Project

I'm blaming the strawberries.

Strawberries on a shelf suspended from polytunnel crop bars.

Right so, today is the day that i take the plunge and write my first blog post. Monday 14th May. It has been on my mind for a while, to blog or not to blog?  I'm sure it will be quite a commitment, i'm not so sure i'll keep it up. Being an avid reader of blogs, I get great enjoyment out of my many favourites. All of them bookmarked under their various specialities, thrifting, reselling, gardening, crafting, style and being frugal and I love to call in on them regularly. Its far better than picking up a magazine, and its the perfect way to spend an evening when the big man wants to watch football.

Oh the anticipation!

I  like the idea of keeping a diary, and i hope going public with it will help to motivate me. There is a lot to do this year. I live a very fortunate life and perhaps this is also a way of reminding myself just how lucky I am. This morning i walked into my polytunnel and the sight of the strawberries sealed the deal. These plants were all donated to me from my Mum, a fabulous plant and flower gardener, but only a dabbler in the fruit and veg stakes. She enjoyed a season or two from the initial plants then i adopted them over winter and set upon bringing the runners to life. The big man strung up the sturdy shelf with wire, from the polytunnel ceiling  and now my free strawberry plants can fruit away without a slug or vine weevil in sight. The best bonus is that whatever variety these strawbs are, they have fruited several weeks ahead of my own 'Aromel' strawbs. Next year these plants will be at their best, and i could well be making jam in April.  They are to be my first blog picture. Because those strawberries from my mum,  in all their emerging redness reminded me that i am indeed living the good life.

The polytunnel, which is only just over a year old, is a regular source of happiness. From trays of sturdy seedlings,

Lupins, spring onions, nasturtiums, cosmos, and lobelia.

 to rows of ready to eat lettuce.

Rocket, green and red salad bowl, beautiful cos and more rocket.

An army of tomatoes just waiting for a little hint of proper summer.

Gardeners delight for cherries, Moneymaker for volume, Roma for sauce and
Sungold  for golden sweetness straight off the plant.

The Clematis Montana Grandiflora  is one of a collection of plants waiting for the big garden overhaul before it finds a final  home.

Pure white and perfectly formed clematis.

So a productive morning in the polytunnel with only the radio for company, potting on a load of seedlings from modules into pots. Planting out others from trays into the polytunnel beds. Everything given a really good drink and all are happy again for another little while.

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