American Country Living

I'll deal with the first thing, first: yesterday's concert went really well, thanks! Son 1 played a Prelude by Bach beautifully, and Son 2's reluctance showed in a slight lack of practice, but he still had real style as he made his way through The Entertainer, despite a few hiccups! We stayed up late to listen to all the players, and Ben helped out with serving drinks afterwards - a good time was had by all. Now, thanks to Sherri B, I have found the American magazine of my dreams, and it is Country Living. I've enjoyed all the American magazines you lovely people have sent me, but I have to say that this is the one for me. Sarah commented the other day that she found it a very quick read, and I guess that just depends on the level of your determination to read it cover to cover - I've found some others a bit of a 'skim-read', but for me, this one was a 'milk every drop of information out of it' read and I am still taking my time over it! I wanted to show you two articles because they remind me of collections at my parents' house - which means that my mum and grandma collected them over the years. Remember the toile-inspired china above, because I'll show you some when I get to Edinburgh next week, all being well.

And can you guess what these are?

They're a collection of decorative tape measures!

I'm not sure that the family collection has any figurative ones, but I'll have a good rummage while I'm there and I bet I'll find something good to show you...

Tomorrow, I'll take you on a Grand Button Hunt, inspired by Marigold Jam.