As promised......

.....I saw a ripe blackberry today.....I must write that down somewhere......sorry, mind wandering!

Here, as promised is my RHS Flower Show at Hampton Court debrief.

This year the theme was Alice in Wonderland, loved it - especially in the rose marquee. Anyway if you have a moment why not join me in a wander around.....

This hut is by Court and Hunt in Sandwich, Kent. It is definitely at the top of my "Most Wanted"!

Now to the Country Living Marquee ~ Always a highlight! This year proved to be no exception.

This year my absolute favourite find was Butterfly Blue . Purveyor of brilliant belts, buckles, Liberty print scarves/belts/sashes.

I fell in love with their Ribbon belts, check them out here alternatively you can see me modelling one badly below (sorry Justine!)

So fantastic, the prints are all really amazing Tana Lawn, as you can imagine I was a bit dumbstruck and dithered quite a lot! Now I am lusting after a Liberty belt buckle as well as a scarf belt .

Next, such a moment of serendipity! As I was walking through the centre of the marquee I spied the main Country Living area and displayed on the desk were some lovely fabric covered notebooks by Sophie Azimont. ( You will find her notebooks at Made in Hastings.). I let out a tiny gasp - and squinted my way towards said notebooks. The girls on the desk must have thought me quite odd. I reached out my hand and picked up one of the books, and yes it was......covered in fabric from Jonelle, circa 1970. You may remember my sepia seventies post and recall my penchant for the fabrics from my childhood. Here in my hand, a notebook covered in the fabric that adorned my parents bedroom back then, the fabric I saved from the charity shop, the curtains I recently nostalgically hung at the window of one of the bedrooms here Down the Lane!

My final treasure is a lovely tunic by Gabriella Knight , once again in Tana Lawn. Imagine my smile, when flicking through, YES Country Living on Saturday in their lovely fashion shoot the very same tunic in a different fabric!

Here you can see "notebook "and original Lane Furnishings reunited!

Such a lovely day, thanks for joining me x

Cornish Treasures and home comfort

I found this on the beach we call "broken tree" beach which is probably very wrong and inaccurate but that's what we always call it.

It says "Love from Cornwall" and that is the spirit of this post.

Whilst we were away there were a few calamities and we are trying to muddle through them.

This is a photo of Magpie and little brother Faraway. ( Magpie is my Mum.)

Whilst we were away she tripped at work and cut her head open, OUCH!!! Ambulance, Casualty, stitches. Proper job! I was very worried as we were at the wrong end of the Country. Thankfully lovely lovely friends rallied................................you're the best x

I found this card in the village stores and snaffled it straight away, so reminds me of Brambly Hedge at al! It's by Prue True from the Honeywood Village. GET WELL SOON MAGPIE x x x
"Get Well Soon" is the phrase du jour - unfortunately Mr.Lane has been caught by the "Pigs" and is coughing and spluttering for England and MIL was driven into by a Smart Car and a big red lorry on the M25! Rubbish isn't it? She is OK but the car isn't! I am suffering the indignity of a nasty Coleslaw (as my brother calls them!).....so time to get the Cornish Treasure out and admire as promised.......................


These two wonderfully painterly cards came from Trebah Gardens and were painted byDeborah Barton, I really love her brush strokes, sort of Impressionistic dont you think?

Oh and I haven't forgotten the Craft Fair goodies. I haven't photographed my treasures from Hens Teeth as I recommend that you check her blog out (click on Hens Teeth on my side bar.)

I spent absoloutely ages drooling over gorgeous buttons, here are my faves......

I am so mean, Ok here is a proper look!

Look at how shiny and glisteny they are!

These are teeny tiny, I really love them

Oh and I just had to have this!

Sorry about the rubbish ironing, I just had to get it out and look at it!

You know when you get home from Holibobs and there is a stack of mail, well mine was ghastly but I am delighted to say it also included this - Yea

I am absoloutely crazy about this fashion spread , cant stop looking at it and lusting after things!

Well done Country Living Team, gorgeous.

So back to routine and a semblence of normality for us Down the Lane.

GET WELL SOON beloved ones x

Oh and I mustn't forget I have been tagged!

Strange how life throws up weird coincidences, I shared one with Michele from Cowboys and Custard last week.

Lisa from Jumble and Jelly and Dev from the Fairy Glade both tagged me with the same request:

Find the nearest book, turn to page 161 and find the 6th complete sentence on the page and pass it on:

The nearest Book: Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee

My copy is a very old 1973 Penguin Edition with pictures by John Ward, page 161 is actually an illustration of a sick Laurie Lee in bed! (I promise I didn't cheat!) So I am including the 6th sentence from page 160 which is taken from the chapter rather topically entitled"Sick boy."

"All objects in the room became molten again, and the pictures repainted themselves: things ran about, changed shape, grew monstrous, or trailed off into limitless distances."

I wont pass it on but feel free to have a go yourself and see if the weird coincidences continue!

Love Sarah x