Beautiful Blogger

 Last week the beautiful and fabulous Christina Lindsay from 'Fashion's Most Wanted' bestowed on me 'The Beautiful Blogger Award', this is a huge honour coming from Christina as I simply adore her blog.  When I first hopped over to visit Christina, I spent almost the entire afternoon going through her archives, every single one of her posts is glorious and all with the most gorgeous images.  I could bang on about Christina's wonderful blog all day but the best thing to do is check it out for yourselves.

Now as you all probably know I have to reveal seven things about myself, I did this a couple of weeks back here, so I have been racking my brains trying to think of another seven things, that I dare to reveal of myself.....

I was the naughtiest girl in the school.....

I went to an all girls, private school and I was really naughty, and always receiving order marks and detentions I wasn't really bad; I hardly ever did my homework, I smoked behind the bike-sheds, The school had a strict uniform policy which I flouted, plus I wore make up, I had difficulty obeying rules and was once spotted by a teacher at the local bus station, drinking out of a can of coke IN SCHOOL UNIFORM, a serious offence.

  When I reached sixteen, I was having quite a hectic social life and would often nod off in lessons, especially physical geography which the teacher made infinitely boring.  Being naughty did have it's advantages, I was popular with the other girls so much so that they voted me house captain.  The headmistress, 'Molly' who made Margaret Thatcher look like a mouse, decided to strip me of this title and hold a re-vote, she had decided I was not responsible or worthy enough for the role. Ha, a fine example of teaching democracy!  I had it out with her which resulted in my expulsion or in polite English terms 'Asked To Leave'.

She was very gracious and said I could come back to sit my O levels. This suited me down to the ground, whilst the other girls were doing their revision within the confines of the school walls I was making the most of a fabulously warm Spring and early Summer, lounging around in the garden in a bikini, Lolita style, revising, with the radio blaring, drinking from as many cans of coke as I wanted.  I passed all my O levels with flying colours.

I am crazy about books and reading.....

When I was young, on rainy day's my Grandmother encouraged me to go into her library and look at the books, I spent hours in there with books scattered all over the floor, totally happy and absorbed.  I think this is where I get my love of books from, I am trying to re create my Grandmothers library, in my own home, by filling the shelves with classic collections, biographies, and all the books I love.

My Favourite books are.....

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 I Also Love biographies, this one is my favourite, it moves me to tears

 I am longing to spend a long period of time, driving round and exploring Italy with MG, preferably in a sports car, for a month or three, I am having a little trouble trying to persuade MG that this is a good idea, but I am determined to get my own way, in the end.

I adore candles, when we have friends round, or even if it's just the two of us, whether we are inside or dining al fresco, I light as many as possible I have so many, this can take rather a long time.  To hold all these candles I collect antique candlesticks, MG and I have now have amassed quite a collection. 

 One of my favourite things to do, is to sit down at a cafe, opposite a port or harbour and watch the boats bobbing up and down, I find it so relaxing, I could stay for hours.

 

My idea of heaven is sliding in between crisp, clean, white, Egyptian cotton sheets, if I could I would change the sheets every day.

 I love Paris and New York but London is my favourite city, I love it's vibrancy, the way each area has it's own personality, the shops, markets, parks, nightlife, pubs, resturants, oh, I could go on and on.  If I had the money there is no doubt that I would buy a pied a terre in London.

The seven beautiful blogs I am passing the award onto are:

David Mcgrievy at An Illustrated Life
Miranda at Skirmish Of Wit
Kerry at a Tranquil Townhouse
Angie Muresan
Tish Jett at A Femme d'un Certain Age
Miss Cavendish
Ange at Signed By Ange