Day 193: Farmfest

“And if the music is good, you dance.”

Good news! Today we met our adjoining new neighbours whilst trespassing on our almost-finished property! At least we have something in common already… They seem nice enough and William was brave enough to snap a shot through our kitchen window which meant we were able to see our shiny new vintage-esque kitchen!

Just before we ventured to the house we popped along to Farmfest to get some photos for Andover and Villages. It’s a fantastic day hosted every year at a local farm (Parsonage Farm) and includes lots of craft stalls and food markets along with live music into the evening. The setting is beautiful, and with this cutie on the door to greet you, how can you not resist…. More here.

 

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Day 181: Secret Santas in Summer

“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Recently, it was Arbitrary Day on Reddit and whilst I missed it, I signed up for a re-match! So a few days ago I got the person that I’m supposed to send a gift too and had great fun this evening wandering around the craft section of The Range and for once not buying any crafty bits for myself!

Arbitrary Day is the 25th June each year (but they have lots of other gift swapping things going on too!) and it basically gives you the freedom to give any gift rather than their themed days such as Keyrings or Gnomes (how awesome!) You get to see the other persons likes and dislikes and go from there. Since I doubt she’ll ever find the blog, I can post it here and not ruin the surprise….

 

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