Hello there ...
Well here we go again ... its been so long since I blogged I think they have sacked me..!
My old blog was Anglesey Allsorts but its proving so difficult to get back into it I decided to start a new one.
And why not ... a fresh start .. I had got a bit fed up with the old 'me' .. life moves on and .. well life is a bit different now .. more work than anything else.
For all you new friends out there ..well I am hoping to find new readers ... as much as I treasure the old..
A bit about me ... us.
Hubby and I have a little business called Graig Trading ..
we are based on the lovely little island of Anglesey.
We trade .. we hunt down all sorts of old and interesting items from times past ..
often saving them from the indignity of the rubbish tip..
we like to tidy them up .. and give them a chance to live on and tell their stories to another generation.
We lead a nice quiet life trading from the Mmarkets and Boot Sales around the island.
The people we meet are ordinary and everyday .. nice people .. interesting people .. all with a tale to tell .. I feel we are blessed.
I feel we live in such a throwaway society .. so this recycling.. revamping.. re homing malarkey suits me down to the ground.
I think Hubby P and I live a little as my parents and grandparents lived..
I do tend to live by the mantra Make Do And Mend..
so no doubt I will share my Thrifty Snippets with you on this blog.
We sell all sorts of interesting things.. from big pieces of furniture to little pretty bits ...
little bits to gladden the eye and set the heart a flutter..
And not wishing to mention the C word yet ... but who remembers these from childhood.
I think we bought ours in Woolworth's ..
I am hoping we get a few more days of this nice weather .. its lovely in the garden ..
and the flowers are giving it their all ..
as if they know the first hard frost and that will be it.
The leaves on the trees are beginning to turn .. and there are lots of berries on the trees ..
is that a sign of a hard winter to come?
Well I am stocking up in any case .. the cupboards are filling up so that if its bad weather I don't have to go out ..
we can hole up in our little cottage and sit it out.
We have had logs delivered and have extra funds on the electricity meter .. and stocks of cold remedy in the cupboard too..!
I'm sure the children laugh at me (in a nice way) but it was how it was when I was a child ... we lived in the middle of nowhere .. and that's how it had to be to survive..
So I am taking no chances ..!
This is my new .. vintage enamel Swan kettle ..
enamel ware is my 'thing' at the moment.
I collect it for my kitchen .. it has to be in good order and usable.
I try not to have any plastic items in the house .. I like to use the old enamel basins and jugs .. and now the kettle has found its way to us.
Or rather Hubby P hunted it down at the weekend .. its been residing in someones attic all this time .. Hubby P brought it home .. rewired it (for safety's sake) I gave it a good clean inside and out.. and it works a treat!
And of course the tea tastes so much better!
That's all for now folks .. I'll be back soon .. please do drop me a comment if you've found me!
