Can't Hold It In...I'm going to PARIS and Latvija (Latvia)

I have the most exciting news!!!

I've got a few 'Paris' things around the house thinking one day it would be nice to go there but never really expecting to.....

As we care for JoJo it would just be too hard to organise let alone find Care for her

It's hard enough to organise a night out without booking respite in advance

No spontaneous Dinner Dates for us here

This just has to be the next best thing

Last July my Beloved Son rang me and said

Mum, get your Passport......I'm taking you to Paris............eeeeekkkkk, whaaaaaaat

I walked around in a Dream

and then

Tickets were bought.......flights booked

I've got an assortment of books to look through

I'll especially have to study this one

I'm using this as my Planning Book

I even bought an Ink Stamp ages ago

Just part of the fun collecting Paris stuff

This is my Pinning Table which Mr Armchair brings in for me when I am pinning a quilt

and I stuck this stamp on it

I wrote my first letter with this stamp on the envelope to my good Friend Geo (no blog)

This bag is at the end of the table housing a Special Project (next post)

A bucket bought a long time ago now houses Paris stuff for Our Trip

The first thing I bought specifically for the trip......will come in handy as I have no French language

Little Affirmation Cards received at Christmas

The quote today is

The Sea is Everything

Its Breath is Pure and Healthy

It is an Immense Desert

Where One is Never Lonely

For you can Feel Life stirring on all sides

Jules Vern

Even had me an Award Winning Pear Cider

And today courtesy of Allen & Unwin and Goodreads I won this copy of Josephine Moon's 

'The Chocolate Promise'.  All very timely as this book is set in Evandale, Tasmania then goes over to Paris and Provence.......This is my absolute next read!!!

Thank you so much Allen & Unwin and Goodreads........can't wait to get into this book!!!!!

The Biggest Thank You and Love to my Mr Armchair who is going to stay home and care for JoJo whilst I go off to Paris and Latvia

and not to forget my Prince of a Son.....

Thank You So Very Very Much

Words cannot express what I feel for you both

does it get any better than this

Love, Dzintra

~Girls Day In The Country 2014~

We are back from a lovely Girls Day in the Country hosted by the gorgeous Kerry 

from Cottage on the Hill at Nundle

The 2 first things I packed were my sewing basket and JoJo's suitcase

Then off for an overnight stay with my 2 little grandchildren

After  10 hours of driving with stops Mr Armchair, JoJo and I finally arrived at beautiful Nundle!

This is what the road 30k out looked like.......a storm had been and there was a rainbow

Welcoming signs in

We pull up at the cabins and JoJo says 'Mum's friends (aka Girlfriends)

First stop in town was the delightful Odgers & McLelland Exchange Stores established in 1891 full of vintage style cookware, real brooms, enamel etc.......with not a plastic item in stock......suits me right down to the ground LOL!!!

I also bought an Ostrich Feather Duster

something I have been wanting for years and years

I also ended up buying a coffee pot very similar to the ones above except taller

I call it my 'Dances With Wolves' coffee pot

perfect on the stovetop when there is a blackout

Some enamel bakeware perfect for Shepherd's Pie

(pics with kind permission from Odgers & McLelland)

One of the first Girlfriends I saw was Shez

and Chez!!!

After that up to Kerry's shop

and for you Geo (no blog)

Wooden table in the shop

Timber Basket

Cute birdhouse

Cattle grazing

Also treated myself to a lovely felt hat

Chookyblue hosted a Make It, Fake It or Buy it Swap

and she opted to have JoJo for a partner

above is what JoJo received

a pencil case, milkbottle lollies (her favourite), some stickers and fluro wand

Thanks so much Chooky!!!

I received from Gail a hand towel embroidered with Grub Roses and soap from Goondowindi

The gift I gave was Buy It.....a book received by Lynda

Finished by Dinner for us here at The Peel Inn......we use to live at Peel outside of Bathurst so nice memories at the sound of this name.  

More of the actual day coming!!!