the house with a mint green front door

I have not dissapeared, my lovlies, in my spare moments i have been checking all of your adorable little blogs, but i have been so very busy!!! i am sorry, i am. but the past few weeks have been filled with:

work
getting a new house with a mint green front door for me and my love
visits home
more work
research
painting
experimenting
mine and my loves 3 year anniversary
birthdays
pancakes
artists visiting uni
exhibitions
an ill boyfriend who needs looking after


doctors trips with my love for tests and scans and checks and such
work, work work,
sunshine
snow fall
package recieving from little lottie (thank you my lovely! yours will be on its way so soon!!)
work...

and in all the odd moments i can catch with nothingness, i have been checking new blog posts, so many beautiful ones, and reading all of your wonderful comments!!
thank you to you all for your comments. the answers to my questions have been soo helpful, and when i finish the work you will see what i have done and why it was needed :) i am sorry i have not been able to reply to many of you. i will as soon as i can, but i wanted to make this post super quick to let you all know that your words and kindness have been appreciated. i cannot wait for summer when it can be devoted to family time and blog posts!!

i was also tagged by the absolutely wonderful set yourself on fire thank you dearest!!!

The rules:
Step 1: respond and rework—answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.
Step 2: tag—eight other un-tagged people.


What are you wearing now? an oversized white shirt, leggings and my slippers

What’s the last thing you read/are currently reading? Revolutionary road

Do you nap a lot? i do when i have time, but havent been able to lately!!

Who was the last person you hugged? my love


What’s your current obsession/addiction? raw broccili!!

Which item from your closet are you wearing most lately? my gold lace up shoes

What's for dinner? hmmm... i think tonight i am making minced beef pie

What was the last thing you bought? cereal and tango!

What are you listening to right now? silence

If you were having a dinner party and could invite anyone, who would it be? julie arkell (my favourite artist), peter kay, marilyn monroe, beatrix potter, the cast of harry potter, jk rowling, my family, my love, my friends, all of you so we could meet :)

(julie arkells work)

What is your favorite weather, and why? thats difficult... i love winter for the snow and the wrapping up warm, but i love warm days when i can walk through the grass barefoot. i couldnt decide!!

What time do you usually get up? around 8/9ish

What is your most challenging goal right now? trying to make a final piece to go in the ned of year exhibition!!

Say something to the person who tagged you: you are wonderful dearest, and have a beautiful, inspiring blog :)

If you could have a house–totally paid for, fully furnished–anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be? just outside of Reading (which is home!!) in a beautiful little village called englefield

Favorite vacation spot? the isle of wight or scotland- beautiful!!

Name the things you cannot live without: love, inspiration, art

What movies can you watch over and over? the sound of music, oliver twist, the notebook, harry potter

If you could do anything you like right now, what would it be? i would be in a cottage in scotland with my family and my david :)

This is a really fun tag, so i think you should all do it!!! i tag everyone of you who reads this post :)

I also recieved these wonderful awards from the ever so sweet felicity


and my favourite and my best lottie



i think as an apology and a thank you to all of you lovely darlings who read my posts, you should all recieve an award!!! so i pass them onto you, take your pick, or take both :)

dears, i am going to have to go now. i must make some dinner for my love and take care of him, and desperately try to get done the work that needs to be done!! i feel as though time is zooming past at the moment.

i hope i will be able to make a much better post this weekend, with pictures i have taken and adventures i have been having.

thank you again to you all, you bring me so many smiles!!

♥ x

(the pictures were found at weheartit.com, except the image of julie arkells work)