Blogland Review

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Recently I was uploading my podcasts on my ITunes and I came across this wonderful podcast on Etsy. I began watching the video made about MV Fiber Farm( her blog), located on Martha's Vineyard ,and I fell in love. All that I can say, is that you just have to watch the video. I don't want to give away the finish, but get your hankies ready. Etsy writes "After quitting her day job in Los Angeles and moving to Martha's Vineyard, a quiet island off the Massachusetts coast, Susan Gibbs aka MVKnits had a great idea. She started Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm and figured out how to make a living making yarn." Here are some photos from her farm on flickr. On Susan Gibbs' Etsy Shop, called Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm she writes:



"Welcome to Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm and our new Etsy store! We sell premium yarns, roving and fleeces from our very own flock of Angora goats and Cormo and Cotswold sheep. Our farm is located on Martha's Vineyard- an island off the coast of Cape Cod."




Since I was in a "sheep farm" kind of mood, I traveled through Blogland and came across some of the most charming blogs in the UK. Everything in the UK is charming. Middle of Nowhere is written by the most talented artist who lives in the Cotswolds. OMG the Cotswolds, right there she had me at hello. I just lover her blog and her Etsy store...Oh yes, more charm and lots of it. Oh, you must have a cup of tea when you read her posts, and her artwork is beyond wonderful.

Paula's Place is "A place for my pictures, paintings and ponderings". Paula Bowles is from Bristol in the UK and illustrates the most charming and wonderful creations. Her agent is called Plum Pudding Illustrations. Did I not already say that everything is charming in the UK?


My Tiny Plot is a blog dedicated to vegetable gardening and seasonal cooking. There are tutorials and wonderful recipes and so many wonderful images and words all about vegetable gardening. She writes:

"My Tiny Plot is the diary of a small vegetable patch in Bath, England. We’re all about growing vegetables and eating fresh produce. Gardening the mtp way…

1. Plots should look pretty as well as feed your tum
2. Always accept advice gracefully - even if you think they’re wrong
3. Re, re, recycle not fade away
4. Do organic until it becomes a pain
5. Accept that celery is the devil’s food
6. Talk to your plot - I do!
7. Snails, slugs, grubs and caterpillars are your friends until they become enemies
8. When they do mourn their death
9. Your car is not a mobile shed - get a tool box
10. Grow some flowers - or the bees won’t come

So enjoy the site and pop back when you can to see what’s going on down at My Tiny Plot.

Head Gardener"



One visit to Primrose Hill and I knew that I would visit her again and again. Lisa Hector writes: "I moved to Alyth with my husband and 2 cats nearly three years ago, we'd decided to make the "move to the sticks" and do up an old cottage with a bit of land." When you see her blog header you will surely fall in love.



Finally I will leave you with one more place called Higglety Pigglety. Now with that name, you know that you will find a heap of charm if you visit Joanna Twin, who writes:

"One cheeky rabbit Captain Rupert runs around my feet his so friendly he jumps on my lap to see my latest painting. Before making a bounding leap and with the flick of his tail he is out of the door to visit K my boyfriend who is busy in the garden fixing his boat. With a further hop and a skip he is back in his favorite flower pot." If you love stories about Mr McGregor's garden, you will surely love her video clips of Captain Rupert and her incredible illustrations reflecting childhood storybooks reminding you of Peter Rabbit.

Her Etsy shop is lovely.

The name of the song for this post is You're So Cool from my new favorite romantic comedy, stars two of my favorite English stars and takes place in England...The Holiday.



The magazine was inspired by another favorite blog called Life on Bonnie lane here in the States. Thanks for the inspiration Kady.