Day tripper! yeah!

I told Daniel I wanted to leave London for the day and he arranged our day trip to Whitstable. We took the train, ate oysters, wandered along the beach, had fish and chips, collected shells, went charity shopping and got ice cream for the walk back to the station. It was such a beautiful day. See the blue sky!

Near the harbour I saw a sign 'Save our harbour. Shipping not shopping.' I could see their point.
'Hello new house'. I wish.

A patriotic mural outside a really good charity shop where I bought a sweet suitcase, a cute umrella and some measuring spoons.

I managed to find a lot more treasure than just this!

The beach

Me with the sweet suitcase.

On the train home the sunset was really nice.

Pretty Fry

Daniel and I had a nice fry up one morning. I'm getting back into two good habits; laying the table out nicely and eating fry ups.

Day trip in London

My friend Laura and I met up to visit the Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show. It was in this really nice RHS 1930s building.

A London house had been built in the middle of the room.

There was a section which was just species of garden plants which are dying out. Gardeners from around Britain showed off ones they have been trying to keep alive. Lots of plants on show were from Buckingham Palace, which I liked.

Afterwards we got on the tube to go to one of my favourite chippies in London. It's called The Fryer's Delight near Holborn.

Laura.

Laura's chips.

I bought these flowers at the show and took this picture when I got home. They were my favourite flowers of the day. I love the way they look like they're drawn with biro.

Thanks for a fun day trip Laura.

Out and about

I've had a week off work and I got up to some nice things. I'm going to post about the different things I did including my day trip with Laura and my day trip with Daniel. My week off started nicely with these pretty flowers from Daniel. They reminded me off that photo by Tim Walker.

Biscuit anyone?

Yesterday I was given a small publication about a reminiscence project by Coleman Project Space. The book tells me all about Peek Frean's Biscuit Factory in Bermondsey, South London. The factory was the centre of that community and the project has brought together people who used to work there. It takes me to another world, where people didn't lock their doors and everybody knew each others business. Well worth a look.

Lets make furniture.

I'm moving house soon and I'm becoming pretty obsessed with looking at interiors. I always love interiors though. Making furniture from scraps like these people would be my ideal. They make it look so easy!

via fine little day

Did you know...

...That Queen Elizabeth I's coffin was carried down the Thames River by a barge lit with torches. Since I found out a few months ago I keep thinking about it and wanting to paint a picture of it.

Also, due to my new job, I've been finding out a lot about Tudors. Its fascinating stuff.