A Place Like This

Author: Valarie Budayr

  • Junk shop/Vintage in Wales

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    Bryn-Y-Grog is the local "junk" shop. Uh, I don't know about you but a junk shop that starts out looking like this might need to go by another name.   This fine shop is not housed in the manor but in the outbuilding just next door.   From the minute you enter the shop one…

  • Where are you ? How do you say that?

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    I think I had a preconceived idea that I was going to the UK, therefore the language at hand would be English. Except for the differences between American English and British English, there should be no problem. All that changes when you go to Wales. Though English is spoken everywhere and I had zero problems…

  • I Wore the Gauntlet

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    The instructions were simple really……. Love and take care of the dog. Keep the home fires burning. "All you have to do is keep adding wood to the fire but not too much wood or the smoke stack will catch fire. If you think you have the fire going too well just shut the doors…

  • Have Yourself a Happy Crocheted Birthday

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    (Please sing the title of this blog post to the tune, "have yourself a merry little christmas." 😉 The entire reason for me going to Wales in the first place was to celebrate Emily's 40th birthday. So on a designated Saturday in January we loaded two cars with a gagle of fiber loving women and…

  • A Foggy Welcome in Wales

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    Ah finally home again to a very sunny Tennessee. There is something so wonderful about travel. I see things through such a magnified lenses, that the ordinary become extraordinary simply by being in different surroundings.   Emily was right there to gather me from the airport. We had such a wonderful time over the next…

  • A Traveller’s Tale

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    It started off in a fish bowl. There I met many of the friends I visit and chat with daily. All of us creative mavens, but mostly, all of us live very far apart. As the years have gone by, we've swapped different lovlies, watched our children and art grow, created together, and have just…

  • A Happy Friday Giveaway

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          Thanks everyone for all of your wonderful facebook and email messages worried about our trip yesterday. I'm happy to say we made it safely in both directions. Over at the Rhythm of the Home blog, my other blog Jump into a Book is giving away an Amazon gift certificate. I know how many of…

  • The Text Files

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    Greetings Friends~ I thought I would update you to our status. We are still very cold, very snowy, and yes I must, have to, know matter what, get in my car today to take my daughter back to University. It's nail biting time as I go over two mountain ranges. At least my ipod is…

  • Go to the Valley

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    Yesterday started out white. When I went to bed it was a normal night and when I woke up I saw this lovely vision yelling loudly to come in.   I didn't really comprehend that there was a lot of snow on the porch. It wasn't until I let katten in and could barely get…

  • A Snowy Afternoon and Happy Three Kings Day

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       Snowflakes By David Kuhrt   Snowflakes White as frozen light Where darkness dies And heaven lies Incarnate on the ground. Yesterday afternoon the forecast called for rain but instead fell the most lovely snow I've ever scene. The largest, fluffiest snowflakes covered the ground. It seemed life had turned into a snow globe.  …