This was such a good purchase as it's assembled in minutes, just slotting pieces of wood together and laying the slats down, when it's taken apart it hardly takes up any space. And so, we set it up in a cool spot in the garden.
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| cushions and scarves are from Van Asch |
We had some old foam in the shed as well so used that as the mattress and then took a lovely Kantha quilt and cushions out from the house.
Another old prop was the screen which I use as backdrops in photos, painting it different colours, this one has some stencilling on that I did a while back.
I also made a wig-wam for myself, to keep the sun off and for my blind cat Coco to get cool in. I started off by pegging Kantha quilts to the washing line and then giving structure with bamboo poles and bits of wood we had lying around. We keep a couple of old rugs in the shed as well for a ground covering.
By the evening we had got quite into the spirit of things, and took some chairs out to the paddock at the end of the garden. To add to the fun my other half took some light shades out and hung them in the trees.
There are alpacas at the bottom of the garden, I think you can just see them, they are very curious creatures. We sat and watched them from our garden palace.
Another favourite spot for us is the lavender farm at Hitchin. We took half the house with us and bought food from their cafe as they do such nice platters.
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| All these items are from Holy Cow Home |
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| enormous bag from The Future Kept |
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| All items from Holy Cow Home |
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| cushions from Van Asch, quilt mug and plates from Holy Cow Home |
At Hitchen Lavender you pay 4.50 each to go into the lavender fields and pick your own, the sound of buzzing bees is hypnotic.
There are open air film showings in August so we shall hopefully return, maybe for my birthday.
Have a lovely time wherever you are.
