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So we've been open for a whole week. I've remember

So we've been open for a whole week. I've remembered how the till works, found my favourite work coffee mug, started designing new greetings cards and helped @verde_decor create the most fabulous fresh area in the store packed full of lush plants and the invigorating smell of green and growing. We've missed the store, our wonderful team and the amazing customers - many of whom were so visibly excited to come in and hunt for treasure. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Please don't forget we're closed every Sunday until further notice. Have a great day and we'll be here to do it all again on Monday from 10am. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Stay safe.

There was a time when every job had its own specif

There was a time when every job had its own specific tool with its own specific role. Asparagus plates. Fish knives. Strawberry hullers. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Now though, items tend to multitask. Scissors in our kitchen will cut herbs, take the fat off bacon and open packaging as well as a hundred more tasks. (Not all at once you understand, and not without being washed in between obviously).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
These special pairs of scissors have one very specific role; to trim a candle wick and neatly catch the excess.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Do one job well. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Wick trimmers from a selection available at Bazaar. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Now open Mon-Sat 10-5pm.

It's a joy to use a vintage, time worn but perfect

It's a joy to use a vintage, time worn but perfectly serviceable, hand tool. Probably made in Britain by craftsmen using British steel, they seem stronger and tougher than shiny new tools with their handles of red, yellow and blue plastic. Holding a wooden handle imparts a sense of solidity which I love and I can only hope that they also pass on some of the skills and knowledge of those that used it before...

Simple materials, a variety of textures and a rang

Simple materials, a variety of textures and a range of natural tones combined with the blue green of eucalyptus and pittisporum - this is a new space within the store and I could quite happily move in. I'll be the one in the comfy chair in the corner... We're open Mon-Sat 10-5pm.

So...big news. We're open! I can't remember how t

So...big news.
We're open!
I can't remember how to use the till, the card machine is playing up, coffee is on a drip, I keep forgetting there's now a one way system round the store and my shortcut is blocked, and I've not had chance to put fresh stock out. But we're open! (Mon-Sat 10-5pm Closed on Sunday for the moment). When we opened the doors there was that momentary fear that our customers would have forgotten us - but we really needn't have worried.
We're still loved! Yay!

Mr Bazaar is complaining that i've got him working

Mr Bazaar is complaining that i've got him working his fingers to the bone to get us ready for reopening. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Honestly, I have no idea what he's talking about...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Seriously though, we've all been working hard to source some pretty cool fresh stock. Changes have been made and we hope our customers like what we've been up to while our doors have been closed. (Yes, a cheeky glass of something nice may have been involved on some days but what happens in lockdown stays in lockdown).

So, it's finally pencilled in. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Capital letters with a big circle drawn around it. (I don't actually remember drawing the circle around it; there's a good chance it's a coffee ring...).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
IF everyone in Wales behaves themselves. IF we all continue to socially distance and wash our hands and stay local. Then, on 22nd June we will be allowed to reopen. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Help us out (and all the other independent retailers in Wales), follow the rules, and we can take the next step into the new normal. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Write the date in your diary. The coffee ring circle is optional.

When things are complicated and it's difficult to

When things are complicated and it's difficult to see a way through it's often the simplest of things that can draw a smile... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
This time it's daisies on the doorstep.

I love old red brick paths.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Wiggly, wonky and full of character. (I can't be the only one lusting after the brick paths when Gardener's World is on? Can I? Oh...)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
When we moved into the cottage there was lots of grass, mole hills, an ancient bramley apple tree full of fruit (it was October) and a ridiculously huge conifer of some sort. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Little by little we've added our own character, creating a woodland area, rockery, flower beds, a large chicken run, and places to sit. Next on our plan is a small cutting garden, protected from the chickens by a simple stick fence using sycamore pollarded on the farm. We spent today creating a new old red brick path through the cutting patch with beautifully aged reclaimed Welsh brick. The path that now looks like it's been there for a hundred years. The girls helped. Little do they know that they will soon be banned from this area...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
When we reopen there might be some beautiful reclaimed bricks left in our salvage yard - or maybe not. I just might have decided that we need more pathways...

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