An Answer, A Hint, And A Winner!

Renee Zellweger as Miss Potter

I haven't posted in a week!

I'm sorry....

this spring seems to be a very

busy one for us.

Between working on the new lawn 

and shade garden, vegetable

garden, strawberry bed, weeding

watering...building a picket fence...

we are tuckered out!

We now have another project on the go

but I'll leave that for a bit later. 

;)

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Many of you have commented

that you like the background 

music on my blog and wondered 

what it was.

Well I finally remembered

to get back to you on that.

It's actually the theme from

the movie

MISS POTTER

staring Renee Zellweger.

I'm sure most of you have already 

seen the movie and know that

 it is about 

Beatrix Potter

the author

of 

Peter Rabbit 

and many

other wonderful

children's stories. 

If by chance you haven't seen 

the movie

please do! 

If you like a good love story,

old English cottages and gardens

AND the English countryside

then this movie is for you.

Here are a couple of photo's of

Hilltop Farm

which was owned by

Miss Potter

and is in the movie.

I'd love to have a little cottage

with vines growing all over it like this one.

Sigh.

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We've been busy the last couple of days

...and we'll probably be at it

all week!

Can you guess what we're doing?

Here's a 

HINT...

It figures...

now that we finally 

get some warmer temperatures

and need to work outside

the weather decides to

skip spring

 and go right into summer

with a temperature of 

98 F !

Needless to say

we are 

NOT

acclimatized :(

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We have a 

WINNER!

The lucky winner of a

beautiful hand crafted

house # of their choice

from 

http://www.ramsign.com/>RAMSIGN 

is....

Oh goodness please don't

look too close...

I grabbed my old gardening hat!

# 19

Ironstone And Pine

(don't you just love that name)

Congratulations Devon!! 

I will send them your information

and they will contact you.

I hope you'll send me a picture

once you receive your new sign.

Thank you to everyone who

entered!

Have a wonderful week.

Maura :)

A Give-Away!

I'm so excited!

I was contacted last week by the

marketing assistant 

for a small Danish

company called 

RAMSIGN.

They make beautiful 

CLASSIC

enamel house #'s 

and signs for homes and businesses. 

They have asked me if I would like to

have a 

GIVE-AWAY

featuring one of their beautiful house #'s.

(up to 5 digits)

Of course I said YES!

These house #'s are

CLASSIC

and are made the

old fashioned way with

HAND STENCILING

ORIGINAL DESIGN

THICK AND GLOSSY ENAMEL

plus they have a 

30 YEAR WARRANTY!

There are 5 styles to choose from

that you can check out 

on their website

http://www.ramsign.com/>RAMSIGN

So...if you would like a chance to 

win one of these

BEAUTIFUL

house #'s

here are the simple rules....

 1) Go to the http://www.ramsign.com/>RAMSIGN

website by clicking on the link above and

then come back here and 

leave a comment letting me know

which style you like best.

2) If you are not a follower already

then please become one and

mention that in your

comment

That's all there is to it.

The winner will be announced 

Monday May 9th!

RAMSIGN 

will contact the winner

and the sign will be 

custom made

and sent 

directly to you

where ever you live

so ANYONE can enter! 

Good Luck!

I hope you have a wonderful week!

Maura :)

A Gift From Normandy France

This Friday I got a wonderful

surprise when the mailman

came driving up the lane

and handed over a 

parcel from

France!

Back in February I won a

Give-Away

from my very first follower

and blogging friend

Catherine

who has a wonderful

blog called

Le Monde de Catherine

The Give-Away was for

a sweet miniature doll

in a basket

that you could use in 

a doll house.

But when I opened the parcel

all of these wonderful treasures

were inside!

I LOVE this 'days of the week'

picture holder made from 

heavy material 

with little clothes pegs

to hold pictures or

what ever treasures you have!

The days of the week are

embroidered!

I'm going to have fun 

displaying 

favorite photo's 

on this.

Catherine made these 

sweet clothes pegs

with red and white

 polka dot fabric and

little lady bugs.

Aren't they cute!

There was also a lovely

card displaying a spring

bouquet

and a note inside. 

She also made the beautiful

Paris tag.

I LOVE Paris!

Catherine also included 

this wonderful

package of candy 

from

Normandy France 

which is where she is from.

They have Calvodos

an apple brandy from the region

in the center...yum.

Aren't they cute!

THANK YOU

CATHERINE!

I hope you'll stop by and visit her

wonderful blog.

I know you'll enjoy it.

Have a wonderful week!

Maura :)