Potting Up

I have just returned from a quick visit to the garden centre to buy some plants for my real life pots.
Here is my inspiration, a 1/12th scale potting bench with geraniums.

Hopefully I will be doing this soon..............if only it would stop raining long enough for me to go outside and get on with it.
Have a lovely weekend doing what you enjoy!

Chickens

For all you chicken enthusiasts out there I recently found some wonderful shabby battered and obviously much loved lead chickens.
They are from the Britains Farmyard series, and I have several sets of chickens, some geese and a couple of cats all in 1/32nd scale.
I will be listing them soon in my Etsy shop http://www.beaupapier.etsy.com/ where I sell all things vintage. Please come and browse anytime, and for those of you who don't know.....I have another blog http://beau-papier.blogspot.com/

Kit of the Month

At last!!! My holiday and then problems with my internet connection have prevented me from adding this kit until now.
Anyway here it is June's kit of the month is Sweet Williams, just quote JUN11 on any type of order and you will pay £2.35 instead of the usual £4.70.

Next Door Neighbour

Our next door neighbours in Castro live in the Palacio de Ocharan. Built in 1901 and designed by the architect Eladio Laredo in the style of an Italian villa. It is decorated with ceramic tiles by Daniel Zuloaga.

Privately owned, it has high fences made of wrought iron in an Egyptian design, original to the house.

Imagine spending the summer at the seaside in a house like this!

Balconies

Wrought iron, decorative, useful, flowery, covered in washing or pigeons.
Balconies are everywhere.

Ventanas de Mirador

Here in the north of Spain, ventanas de mirador or bay windows feature on most of the old buildings.

Enclosed so the view can be enjoyed even in the wet weather...... it is called Green Spain for a reason!!
We are staying in the seaside town of Castro Urdiales, which has some fine examples of these windows.



Internet Connection.....at last

This internet business was a little more complicated than I thought!! So, if you want to see my first post, you need to take a look at my other blog http://beau-papier.blogspot.com/  I will be posting different things on each blog so please check both if you want to see a little bit of northern Spain.
Welcome to all my new followers, I hope you'll enjoy this trip with me.