after the other week’s as seen on etsy featuring mugs, a commenter asked about my own mugs. well, here some of the are. i have lots of pedestal mugs made in japan in the 60s! they really do make me very happy, and each time i have a drink from one it gives me a little thrill, truly. i think its important to surround yourself with things that give you that reaction. you should truly love the things you buy.

and sometimes its the contents of the mugs that give me a thrill: i found a smiley guy in my latte! isn’t that funny? it was purely accidental – and purely delicious! i’m afraid he didn’t survive too long after this picture was taken. but we’ll always have the picture, won’t we latte guy.

as mentioned on tuesday, we went to our fair and much fun was had by all. we brought home a little fun with us, because who can resist pinwheels. normally we get a dolly on a stick, but i only just binned last year’s! oh and the fairy floss didn’t last long enough for a photo!

while waiting for the train home from the fair i noticed my son is getting his first few freckles across his nose! my freckles have faded along with my childhood loathing of them, but when i was smaller i was quite the freckle face. no surprise my fair boy is taking after his mama.

i don’t believe i’ve ever shown my garden, but here it is! freshly tidied by some extremely super people. you see, i’m trying to be a grown up. and grown ups like things like gardens, so i asked many questions of the experts who took away the prickly bushy thing, and pulled up the wrong green parts. now i know i need some seaweed fertilizer and i should probably go out there once in a while to weed, rather than drink campari in the (just out of shot) hammock.

grown ups like gardening and cooking too, so it only makes sense that i, as a grown up, should grow my own herbs to cook with. even having them here in proximity to me has made me cook slightly better!

and lastly, i bought a pretty flower to put by my door. apparently a dead poinsettia from last christmas and a shrivelled cobwebbed cactus aren’t the best feng shui or somesuch. and this is why you rarely see photos of the outside of my house! so keep me in check – ask about the herbs and garden etc and hopefully it will motivate me to not neglect them!

in other “i’m being an adult” news, i’ve eaten at least one piece of fruit each day (sometimes two though) and i’ve tried my best to drink eight glasses of water each day too (though mostly i can only fit seven). i feel a lot better for it, no wonder its the foundation of good health. now excuse me, but i have to pee again for the 475th time. see you monday!

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