It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Driftwood cottages for the Christmas tree.

Little driftwood church

Hoping for snow this Christmas

Christmas driftwood cottages

It's going to be a Driftwood Christmas!

Little driftwood cottages for the Christmas tree.

Beach Combing

I love the ideas that a box of  beach combing treasure can inspire. Driftwood sculptures,tiny Harbours or rows of little Coastal cottages, there is something very satisfying about using found objects and turning them back into something useful or just pretty to look at.

Dark Clouds!

Just what it looks like outside today! where's Summer gone?

Driftwood Cottage

Tiny Lake side cottage

SUMMER BLOOMS

                                         
                                            Summer seems along way away at the moment!

Cliff Top Cottage

  This little Cottage was made from a tiny chunk of driftwood and sat on weathered wood cut from a long piece of Driftwood  I found while walking along a beach in Cornwall. 

DRIFTWOOD COTTAGE

1950's

Wash day

Driftwood beach hut's today

Lovely morning

Just beyond the cowshed

It all looked rather pretty outside today after the rain

Lighthouse Cove

Driftwood cottages at Seagull Cove....

Common Farm British flowers by post

I had to share this wonderful flower company I have just stumbled upon. 'Common Farm Flowers' based in Somerset, you can find out all about them here.  British flowers by post as well as workshops  on how to grow your own cutting garden, tie posies, wedding flowers and so much more.

Forget me not cottage

Blubell cottage

Lovely idea from The Simple Things magazine

Recipe: Blackcurrant leaf ice lollies

Try these unusual ice lollies from our green-fingered foodie, Mark Diacono. Pinch a couple of handfuls of early leaves from across the whole bush, so as not to deplete any part of the plant. The summer and early autumn leaves are still good, but the May leaves are best. This also works well with elderflower and midsummer scented geranium leaves. This makes a fine sorbet, too – just pour the liquid into a plastic tub, freeze for a few hours, then whisk an egg white into the slush and freeze.

Blackcurrant leaf ice lollies

2 large handfuls of young blackcurrant leaves/a 500ml jugful, fairly tightly packed
270g sugar
700ml cold water
Juice of 3 lemons

1 Crush the blackcurrant leaves to help release the aroma and flavour by either squeezing them tightly in your hand or gently pounding with the end of a rolling pin.

2 Put them in a stainless steel saucepan with the water and sugar. Bring slowly just to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar, and simmer for 3 mins only.

3 Allow to completely cool.

4 Add the lemon juice, then strain. 5 Pour the juice into lollipop moulds and freeze. 

Wash Day!