Monday, 24 February 2014

Getting ready for another season!

Well it's back to it after our Winter break, and what break we have had. We took the kids on a once in a lifetime trip travelling South East Asia. We visited Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, and had the most amazing time. It was a treat for the senses. Amazing food, smells like I have never smelt before (not always good), sights that upset us at times but then plenty that made us smile and laugh.










We arrived back to Barmouth aware of the news regarding the terrible storms during our time away. The promenade wall has been badly damaged, and the road to the end was closed. The harbour area had suffered with high tides coming over the harbour wall and flooding propertys. There had obviously been strong winds as our garden fence had blown down! The weather doesn't seem to be letting up, although we haven't had the terrible flooding as in other parts of the country.







A big thanks to Tina Triggs for these great storm photos.

Barmouth is now picking up the pieces after the storm and getting ready for the start of the season .With half term upon us we are trying to get organised, but as usual I decided that I want to move everything around and give the furniture a fresh coat of paint. So what starts out being a matter of just cleaning the shop ends up being a full makeover.

Getting inspiration has been quite difficult this time, but once I got started the creative juices started to flow.



Spring is just around the corner now, snowdrops are starting appear and I have spring flowers on the Mother's day display - BTW Mothers day is on the 30th March 2014 folks!!

Hope to see all you this coming season. We will have the old favorites and lots of new items for you to browse over.