Friday, April 17, 2015

Five on Friday

Joining in this week with  Amy at Love Made my Home and Five on Friday.  Click on the link at the bottom of this post to find others who are joining in too.

Five different things spotted
yesterday at our local gardens and garden centre

1. Weird and wonderful play houses for the garden that look as if they have stepped out of a fairy tale or nursery rhyme


2.  Gorgeous, frothy pink and white blossoms dancing in the sunshine
3. Bright, sharp, citrus greens and yellows
4. Unusual decorative statues and other items for the garden
5. Signs of Spring from around the gardens, couldn't resist including my favourite geese and ducks.

 We have a busy week ahead today I'm meeting a relative I never knew I had in Belper, Derbyshire.  Sunday we have friends coming to lunch, next week I'm meeting a long lost 2nd cousin in Leek and next weekend we'll be meeting up with my brother in law and his family for a historic re-enactment weekend.  So I'm  sorry, I'm a bit short on words this week but I hope you enjoy the photos.

I hope to get around to reading all your Five on Friday posts this evening.

Have a great weekend everyone.

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  1. eclectichomelife17 April 2015 at 10:09

    Love the way you have made the photo montages. They look fantastic. It's open garden weekend weekend after next. It might be something you enjoy. Hope your busy week is as fun as it sounds.

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:01

      Thanks, I do love visiting gardens! Yes, a busy week ahead lots to do so may not be around very much after today:)

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  2. Dawn17 April 2015 at 10:32

    I love the play houses I bet they cost a pretty penny, it looks like a lovely garden center you have there to visit :-)

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:03

      I only noticed the price on one - bottom left of the collage - it was over £1,000 but when I peered into the window on the door it did have seats, table and table settings in there as part of it, still too much for me though:)

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  3. Amy at love made my home17 April 2015 at 10:52

    I hope that you enjoy all of your meet ups with new friends and old! How great that will be. Your visit to the garden centre was obviously a good one, those play houses are fantastic aren't they, but oh gosh, that bug house!!! Any bug living there would surely think that it had landed in the lap of luxury!!! That really is something isn't it. Thank you so much as always for joining in. I hope that you have a great weekend - and day today! xx

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:05

      The bug house is splendid isn't it? The playhouses had fireplaces, tables and chairs in them just big enough for little ones:)

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  4. Anonymous17 April 2015 at 11:40

    Hello from another EM gal. We live in Derbyshire but are literally less than 5 minutes away from either Notts or Leicestershire. Last week we visited the River Gardens in Belper too. I wonder if our paths have crossed. I have done "Five" for the first time and had a job to choose just 5 pics from my week. I love your idea of using postcards, I may copy that from time to time. Thanks I enjoyed your pictures.

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:08

      Thank you for visiting - I wonder if we have been in the same place at the same time? We often drive through Ashbourne, Cromford Matlock etc on our way to Chesterfield. Also up to Bakewell or Buxton. I was brought up in NE Derbyshire and my ancestors come from S Derbys borders with Leicestershire and also Nottinghamshire:)

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  5. Louise17 April 2015 at 11:57

    I love those play houses! Hope you enjoy meeting your 'new' relative and have a good week with other family too!

    In your comment on my Lincoln post, you mentioned that you are hoping to visit Lincoln soon - we have free return visit tickets for the cathedral and castle to use within 6 months and are highly unlikely to use them, so if you would like them let me know and I will send them to you!

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:10

      Thanks, Louise that is a very generous offer which I'd love to take you up on. We hope to go in the early summer. Haven't been in the cathedral for ages so that will be nice and I look forward to seeing all the castle has to offer now:)

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    2. Louise18 April 2015 at 12:29

      Great - almost threw them away but decided not to just in case! Glad to have found someone who can make use of them! I recall the name of your street from when I've visited but not the house number so if you could let me know that and the postcode I can send the tickets. It's quite a saving too as joint tickets for both places cost £32 for two adults! You can email via louise9883 @ gmail dot com

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    3. Rosie18 April 2015 at 18:35

      Thanks, Louise I'll e-mail you - this is so kind and thoughtful of you:)

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  6. Mac n' Janet17 April 2015 at 15:30

    Nice variety of pictures, really like the statues and the garden houses.

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:12

      Thanks, Janet - there were some interesting statues and water features too:)

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  7. Linda P17 April 2015 at 15:59

    I like each of your five collages representing your week, Rosie. Those playhouses - I've never seen anything like them! It must be an interesting garden centre. I wonder if that's Renishaw Hall garden in the last collage? If it is I know that it looks especially beautiful at this time of the year as all these country house gardens and parks do. I hope you have a good time meeting up with family and friends in the coming week.

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:14

      Thanks, Linda. Not Rennishaw Hall gardens - like you I thought they were beautiful when we visited a few years ago - the gardens are the formal gardens at Trentham and the garden centre is there too:)

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    2. Linda P18 April 2015 at 11:37

      You're fortunate to have Trentham and such an extensive garden centre near you. Enjoy your chats with your distant relatives about family history matters and the re-enactment event next weekend!

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  8. SeagullSuzie17 April 2015 at 18:07

    Love all the photos, but the statues are great, I'd love things like that for my garden.

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:15

      They are lovely aren't they - just one in a corner somewhere would make a statement wouldn't it?:)

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  9. Linda17 April 2015 at 18:31

    It looked like lovely time looking through the garden centres. Enjoy all your meet up with family new and old. I'm visiting from Five on Friday.

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:16

      Hello Linda, welcome - glad you enjoyed the photos - it was a lovely day as we walked round and I just went a bit 'snap happy' with the camera:)

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  10. Lisa from @intotheglade17 April 2015 at 21:52

    Ah what a lovely garden centre. Those houses are gorgeous! Good luck with your meet up! Have a lovely weekend x

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:17

      Thanks, Lisa it's the gardens andgarden centre at Trentham. Hope you have a lovely week too:)

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  11. Simone18 April 2015 at 08:15

    Wonderful post Rosie. I wish I had one of those play houses in my garden! Have a lovely week ahead - it sure looks like a busy one! x

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:19

      Thanks, Simone - the houses had little tables and chairs inside and the one bottom right with the pointy roof had a balcony with a little bed on it too:)

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  12. Crimson Kettle18 April 2015 at 08:47

    Have fun next week, what a good garden centre you have. :-)

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    1. Rosie18 April 2015 at 09:20

      Thanks, it's going to be busy! The gardens and garden centre are at nearby Trentham Estate:)

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  13. linda18 April 2015 at 11:51

    Love your photo's, those playhouses are amazing! sounds like you are going to be very busy have a great time. :) x

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  14. Mrs Tiggywinkle18 April 2015 at 17:44

    Hi Rosie, lovely pics. I do love a visit to a good garden centre, it sets me planning and dreaming. Then I come home to my scruffy little patch! Hope your weekend is going well. x

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    1. Rosie19 April 2015 at 09:23

      I'm the same - have a look around, think how wonderful this that or the other would be then come back to our mossy lawn and heavy clay soil that stands in puddles during the winter and doesn't drain away as it should and think 'if only':)

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  15. sweetbriardreams18 April 2015 at 19:10

    Those playhouses would be perfect for me to hide away in, aren't they magical!! I really must get down to my garden centre before autumn kicks in! Thank you for your comment on my post too, this was really comforting at a hard point. Take care xx

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    1. Rosie19 April 2015 at 09:26

      You have a super garden centre or two near you don't you? I hope things are a little easier now nothing can take the pain of loss away but the hurt and shock do mellow in time. Take carexx

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  16. Alison19 April 2015 at 15:00

    What an interesting garden centre, I'd love to have a wander round. Those playhouses are magical aren't they, just like out of a fairy tale.

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    1. Rosie20 April 2015 at 12:15

      They were lovely inside too with little hearths and chairs etc:)

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  17. elaine 19 April 2015 at 21:32

    What a lovely place with all sorts of interesting and colourful things to look at. Sounds like you are going to be a bit busy next week - hope you enjoy meeting everyone.

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    1. Rosie20 April 2015 at 12:16

      I don't know why we've suddenly become busy - everything seems to happen close together all at once - probably the better weather:)

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  18. Judy H22 April 2015 at 07:02

    What weird and wonderful playhouses - I never knew that you could get such unusual garden buildings. Loving the ducks too! Judy.

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