I think this is going to be a short blog today because although we have been busy, we have been doing the same things so not a lot to tell you really. Planning for the upstairs is being done, looking at bathrooms etc. and deciding how big windows are going to be, so nothing terribly exciting. Richard going to pick up the windows tomorrow and then we start building walls and try to make the room weather-proof.
I had an afternoon off today and went out with one of my sewing group ladies who took me to a town not far away which she loves to visit because it has a shop that is like an Aladins's Cave in the way of anything to do with sewing. I walked into the shop and to be honest I wondered what all the fuss was about, but the further you walked in, the more it opened out and there was wool, tapestry, cross-stitch, threads, ribbons to die for, and then we came to a "wall of buttons". That is the only way I can describe it. Drawers and drawers of buttons, there were - cheap plastic not nice, and then........wooden, mother of pearl - all shapes sizes and wonderful colours, ceramic, glass, hand painted, pottery, silver, metal, brass. Would you believe we spent nearly 2 hours there oohing and aahing over these. We will certainly be going back there again and I was thinking of my daughter while I was in there because she loves buttons. A really good afternoon spent with a very nice person who I didn't know very well when we started out but I'm sure will become a good friend.
It is Good Friday tomorrow and one of the things I miss a lot over here is going to church. I just don't know where an Anglican church is around here, and yes I can go to the local church, but not speaking the language makes it difficult. I would like to know that we are welcome, so I think we are just going to take the bull by the horns and go sometime this weekend and see what reception we get. I wish you all a very Happy Easter. God bless.
3 comments:
You're right it blogging is like having an extended family as well as being able to share experiences right round the world.
I know what you mean about the craft shop, I had looked at the fabrics in the shops in Agen and thought they were expensive and not much choice compared with the shops I used back in the UK. Then someone took me to a warehouse that was stacked full of wonderful fabrics ranging from a couple of euros a metre to way beyond my budget.
The shops are out there it's just finding them I think. They are either out in the middle of nowhere or have such uninspiring façades you wouldn't think of venturing in to discover what lurks behind. Still it gives up thing to find when(!!!!) we finish all the DIY.
I do hope you have a wonderful Easter Hazel, I've been asked round to a French families house for a meal so that will be really good.
Funny your daughter loves buttons. One of mine HATES buttons. She won't wear clothes with buttons. I understand it's not entirely unknown - there is such a thing as button phobia!
I would have been all agog over the shop as well....I do love a good crafty type shop!
As for the church Hazel. A good church no matter what the denomination - should welcome any newcomer with open arms...and in any language...
Be brave - give it a go!
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