International Women's Day....

 

 

 

Hello everyone, how are you on this International Women's Day? All well I hope....

I would like to mark this day with pride for women everywhere. Especially for women who came before us.....

 

 

Emmeline Pankhurst 1913

 

 

Women of note have rightfully earned their place in history for standing up for women's rights in a male dominated world....

 

 

A British Suffragette 1910

 

 

But let us not forget the women from many walks of lives who stood beside women like Emmeline Pankhurst. Many whose names will never be known but who fought together so women of today could be heard....

 

 

Suffragettes Marching in New York 1915

 

 

For women everywhere, past, present and future, Happy International Women's Day....

 

 

 

 

And now for something completly different but very close to my heart....My friend and I have been discussing how many well-loved family pets are going missing, too many especially here in Cornwall. I would like to ask that you keep your furry family close and please make sure they are indoors before it is dark. There are a lot of cruel people out there who will steal your precious pets for many reasons, mainly for use as bait for training dogs for fighting...Barbaric....

 

 

 

 

These low-lives are more likly to strike in the early hours of the morning when your cat is heading home. The cat will be tired and hungry and more easily caught. Please be extra vigilant if you are selling any animals because again these unscrupulous people will use this to target your animals. Please, Please keep your animals safe and if you see anything suspicious please report it...thank you...

 

I know, a strong topic to end this post with but I felt the need to say it.

Will be back soon so until then take care...Hugs Chrissy xx

 

 

 

 

Tis Cold in Cornwall.....

But will it snow?....Hello there, do you have any snow yet? I love snow but I doubt we will have any here in Cornwall. For one, it's very wet and windy outside at the moment some would say 'It's blowing a gale' so the chances of snow are very slim. Plus we seldom get snow in Cornwall....There was definitely snow on January 17 1912 however when Robert Falcon Scott and his party reached the South Pole....

Scott of the Antarctic and his Party...

January is going quickly and my intentions to post more regularly have slipped a little. I will say in my defence that I have been very busy. I have been de-cluttering big time and proud of what I have so far achieved, still a long way to go though but will get there in the end. I have also been busy with selling on ebay and now have a selling page on facebook...yes I also have a facebook account, which can be interesting...lol...

Last year I had so many things I wanted to post on my blog. I would be out and about, taking photos and making notes 'I'll put that on my blog'. You know what it's like, intentions are good but time flies by....So I thought I would post something from 2012 regardless. As to be expected I will start with my family....

My darling granddaughter Korenza on her 5th birthday on December 10

My beautiful trio of grandees...Dylan, Blake & Korenza 25 December...I love this photo of them..

My handsome son with his gorgeous children...I am very proud of him, he does an amazing job as a single father....

Blake, my youngest grandee with Chicken Pox, the last one to get it. Dylan first followed by Korenza....Best out of the way now...

With the weather being so cold I thought I would post about a day in September 2012 when we actually had some sunshine.....

We decided to visit Zennor, a beautiful village here in Cornwall, and one of my favourite places. It has a interesting legend about The Mermaid of Zennor which I will write about on my blog Away with the Faerys...But the purpose of our visit there on that day was to see an exhibition in the church...

Zennor (curtsy of wikipedia)

Yes, I took lots of photos and I will show some of them here. I will be posting the rest on my blog The Primitive Cornish Attic....After arriving at Zennor hubby parked the car , I had got out first so he could reverse into a space. As I walked across the car park a man called out and asked if if I had dropped anything. As I looked back I notice a squashed bundle on the floor. Without my knowing a carton of ciggies had fallen out and hubby and driven over them!!!! I know smoking is bad for you but this was funny...... 

How to make a Packet of 20 Cigs into a Packet of 10..lol..

Tavern Arms on the Left, Church Ahead. (photo curtsy of wikipedia)...

But back to the purpose of our visit....the exhibition..

A little dark but an example of some of the clothes seen in the church...

The Chair depicting The Mermaid of Zennor (photo curtsy of wikipedia)

Near The Mermaid Chair

One of the many stained glass windows inside the church...

One of the Vintage Posters in the Exhibition...

Fine example of a deckchair...I sadly gave the ones I had away some years ago before we moved house, I regret that now....

Vintage Craft Items...

It was a very interesting exhibition but some items made me feel old, I could remember them from my childhood..lol...

We had a set of this crockery when I was a child...

How many of you remember having dolls like this? I do and still have some...

Good old Teddy....

I had a sewing machine like that...

I collect vintage annuals...

Memories of childhood...

I love vintage kitchen items...

Bunting in the Church..... 

A View towards the Churchyard...

The Churchyard (photo curtsy of wikipedia)...

Making our way back to the car...

A Engine House just outside Zennor....

And just around the corner I spotted this...of course hubby had to stopped again for me to have a look-see...

Nature and Stone living in Harmony...

A beautiful pig as all should live, free-range....

One of many days we enjoyed in 2012....But it's now 2013 so I hope I have many more.

Until next time, take care..hugs Chrissy xx

Hello From The Hovel....

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Hello folks....I have been trying to post here since last week but with one thing or another I have not managed to do so until now. The main thing has been my having flu and being very poorly with it, which has left me with hardly any hearing, so say what you like about me, I won't hear it..lol..

It may be because I have been ill that I feel very cold at the moment but according to The Wildlife Trust spring as come early because flowers are already begining to bloom due to our mild winter. I personally can't wait for the warmer weather.....

How did your New Year go? Well ours at the Hovel went with a bang, literally....Over the last three years we have had a sting of bad luck and I was hoping 2012 would be the start of good luck for us or at least an improvement...Wrong!!!

2012 was not quite five hours old when bad luck visited The Hovel in the quise of a drunk driver who decided to 'park' next to our car......

Ours is the Pajero on the right!!!

Fortunately that is brake fluid on the road not blood


My husband works for a taxi company in St. Ives, which is a busy place on New Year's Eve. Due to this he thought it would be safer to leave it at home.......

I decided to stay up and wait for hubby, so there I was with my feet up, mug of coffee and watching a film. At about 4.50 am I suddenly heard a sound of a car which appeared to be going very fast and then an almighty bang.....The result you can see in the photos. For legal reasons I cannot say much about the incident (I seem to say that a lot on here..lol..) but surfice to say police officiers, recovery vehicles and a clean-up crew later we were still up and wide-awake when daylight came (hubby having left work earlier than he intended due to this).....


Thankfully the diver appeared to be wearing a seatbelt

The force of the impact pushed our car onto the pavement...all I could think of when looking at this was that my house need painting..lol..

Damaged the right wheel, etc.....

These are strong, sturdy cars..

The offending car's bumper flew some distance....

Hubby Andy talking to his insurance recovery driver....

As you can imagine my husband was very upset. It was a beautiful car in great condition. These things come to try us I know but I think we would like a break now...lol...

I would like to say at this time a big Thank You to the Cornish police, both drivers of the two recovery vehicles and the clean-up crew from Cormac. All were amazing....

A lighter moment in all this however was when one of the police officers noticed my neighbour's door across the road was open....so as any good police officer would do he went to investigate. I had to laugh when all I could see was him walking up the stairs with his flashlight. They didn't wake up until he identified himself in their bedroom...lol...

BMW X5, Curtsey of the insurance company

Andy was pleased when his insurance company provided a car until is claim is successful. He is so lost without one. So we have been able to get out and about. So today, Monday, we went into Penzance to look at some cars, we are keen on either a Galaxy or Chrysler voyager, we'll see....but before we went I opened my Facebook page and was shocked to see a photo of me...lol....

Taken at a friend's flat...me aged 28 and pregnant with my son and with my own natural hair colour....do not look like that now..lol..

I have recently got back in touch with a very dear friend and he decided to post this...payback time I think, I have some photos of him..lol..But back to our trip to Penzance and as you can see the sea was very calm today...

Taken late afternoon...



Retail Therapy at the Wharfside shopping centre...still some Christmas lights up.

Andy waiting patiently...this photo does not do the lights justice, they are really pretty

I was very good, I only purchased some clothes in the sale for my grandees...honest..

On our return home while having tea we watched the first episode of the UK Biggest Looser and I was shocked to discover that Angie Dowds, the trainer in the series, had died at Beachy Head, Eastborne, in November 2011. I really liked her, she was an amazing, inspirational woman. Very sad....

Angie Dowds

On to a lighter note, I did have my two oldest grandees stay a night or two before Christmas and I took them to see Santa at Pratts Market, Hayle. Poor Korenza was very poorly but she insisted on going (it was my granddaughter's gift to me...flu) and Dylan was not impressed at all about going to see Santa but he soon cheered up.....

Dylan wrapped up warm...

A very poorly Korenza...


Until next time, take care...Hugs Chrissy xx