Spring cleaning.

First signs of Spring!

Hello Friends!

Spring cleaning has started!

We do our daily cleaning but here when first signs of Spring arrive we begin our big cleaning.

🧽 I heard on our local radio that this big cleaning is very good for our mind. There was a psychiatrist on the radio who said that it was an occasion for a renewal and boost your energy! I don’t think young people do it, but our generation still does it.

I started a big sorting out and now Spring cleaning.

These are the old book I have about grandma tricks about house cleaning.

(Source:Aujourd’hui comme autrefois les nouveaux secrets de famille. Edt Solar)

(Source: secrets de grand-mère Edt France Loisirs)

(Source : l’armoire de Mamie edt Ouest France)

 

What did I do today???

( source:ZZZOe)

Hello Friends 

Two days ago I baked some garlic bread, some tomato and basil bread and today an hazelnut brioche!

Yesterday I had a dentist appointment and today after my brioche baking and house cleaning I am back to my watercolour watching the news on tv at the same time.

We are always worried about my son and family in the middle of a war.

It will soon be the weekend and we will go out a litttle to relax ☺️ the oil prices going up a lot!

This is the hazelnut brioche!

 My today’s work not finished but enough for today.

Today the sun shines but it still chilly ( we only are in March!) 

Hope you enjoyed your day.

Keeping busy…

This Camelia comes from my last year shopping at Ldl it was small and very cheap one . I like the colour of it I find 

It very nice.

This is the back of these numbered plates

Craftsman place on one side of the room

Hello Friends!

Yesterday we wanted to go out, but we decided to save our  gasoline ⛽️ ( we may have problems soon to get gasoline)

So we wanted to be busy  not to think too much and we tided and sorted out the house  room after room. On the pictures this is our spare room where we stored our children toys, Christmas decorations … and this is part of the laundry room and craft room.

 With clothes, shoes and other items we gave 11 big boxes to the charity store on Saturday.

This is not finished! While sorting through my shelves, boxes and furniture I found my small plates I was looking for. One month by plate they are very nice English plates.

I must try to find some months I don’t have.

That’s May

April

September 

July

June.

I must have a look on the net if I can find the others.

Today, it is shiny but rather cold. I am thinking about my son’s family in Dubai, our grandsons and praying that all will quickly find an end. We worked a lot yesterday and I will continue today but slowly and watch some episodes of “Vera” this afternoon, make yogurt and bread. 🥖 

I wish you a peaceful week!
 

Rainy and cold weekend.

 Hello friends!

We will have a rainy and cold weekend! Back to winter again. After 20 degrees  C  now it’s only 8 and it’ll be freezing next week. Hope you will have a nice weekend, see you next week!

Souvenirs, souvenirs…!

Boxes full of clothes these are big boxes!📦 
 

Hello Friends,

Some other pictures of my childhood. We used to go on the coast in Normandy and stay with one of my great grand aunt which name was Graziella ( I loved this name a lot,  made me think of somewhere different such as Italy!)

The house was in a very steep street in the town of Trouville by the sea.  

There were photographers on the beach who took pictures of you and you bought it if you liked them. The first one is on the beach with my father and some children I was playing with. I am pausing with the bathing suit mother sewed me.

The second one is when I was so glad to go and play on the sand!

 And the third one is in my pale blue and white striped dress with little  bows my mom sewed me again. As you can see I was a very shy and quiet little girl.

My aunt’s cat was called Figaro and was a black cat.🐈‍⬛ 

We always went to see the fireworks and I remember I was on my father’s shoulder and was scared!( I am still scared of fireworks! )

I had a little bag with butterflies I got from a shop to put my toys to take to the beach it was sold with yogurts and I loved it! It’s amazing how pictures can bring you back so far! I can smell the powder of the fireworks, the noise which came from the sea…the house was a three storey house and I was scared to sleep on my own on top of everybody listening to all the noises ( of monsters 👿)

Well now I am closing the box and get back to my sorting out! We will donate some ( many) of my clothes to the Red Cross on Saturday.

Have a good day!

Boxes full of shoes and some little bags!

Vintage picture and my childhood

Hello Friends!

Yesterday, I told you that I was sorting out my photos

You may know that I love handbags 👜! Well I know now why! I already had a handbag when I was a child 😂 

Nowadays we are relaxed concerning our clothing, but when I was a child I had to be well dressed everyday my mother made my clothes. I was here in my best clothes for church I think .

concerning my teenage years it was different! I was staying in England during the 70’s and I discovered Indian dresses and Sweedish clogs! That was a change but I still had a woollen bag from South America. Then I discovered Mary Quant’s fashion!

What a mixture 😂 

How we’re dressed during your childhood and teenage?

This morning I went shopping and got some more cardboard boxes 📦 to use for our donations and little plastic ones for my craft room.

I will continue my sorting out this afternoon.

Have a nice day!

 

Batman is arriving! 🦇

Batman is arriving!!!

New little curtains

My craft corner and the beginning of our sorting out.

 Hi Friends!

Today it is 22 degrees C and the sun is shining! This morning I continued the work we have started yesterday, we are getting rid of some our belongings and donate them. We don’t know if we will still stay long in our house or move. I also sorted out all our photos it was a bit stressful… looking at all the stages of your life, my Birthday approaching ( well I am glad to have reached this age but…) I wanted to relax from the news and I am not ! 😂  I am really very worried for my son’s family and try to be occupied all the time for me it’s the best way to ease my mind.

I wish you a good start of the week!