Our time in Shropshire resulted in a few finds that didn’t make it onto the postcards I sent. Now – thanks to Becky’s Seven in September – I have my chance.
Now you can sort out t’other from which.
- An owl in a Church Stretton garden.
- An elderly marionette in an elderly pushchair spotted in an antique shop in Ludlow.
- A pugilistic fairy figure in Bishp’s Castle.
- More owls – little ones spotted in Shrewsbury.
- A peacock mincing – very carefully – down steps at Powis Castle.
- A decorated drainpipe reminiscent of those in Valencia – in Ludlow.
- A fish van in Shrewsbury.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
Interesting…odd, weird but interesting 🙃
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Resourceful, as ever! Caviar, huh?
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🤣
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,Let them eat cake’, eh?
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Why not? X
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I’d prefer cake to caviar!
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Definitely. Odd stuff, isn’t it, caviar?
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yeah. Had it a couple of times, and whilst I enjoyed what I had couldn’t really see why so much fuss is made!
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I actively disliked it. Cheap to keep, me.
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good job I wasn’t planning on it for our canapes then!
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Well of course I spotted the armoured elf straight away. A curious entity whose story I have yet to discover. The ‘no caviar’ though is a hoot.
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Definitely a hoot. I’m sorry you don’t know the story of the elf though. I was hoping you’d chip in.
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I will quiz some likely locals.
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That’s a splendid owl shot. Nice counterpoint to the peacock daintily picking his way down the steps.
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The birds nail it this time, don’t they?
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All good but the mincing peacock takes the caviar!
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Definitely!
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aren’t these fabulous, and aren’t you clever in finding your sevens
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PS still getting the pop up subscription thing when I leave a comment. If you have a mo do checking out the newsletter settings
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Aagh. I must remember tomorrow (time poor today!). I wasn’t aware …
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yeah that’s the really frustrating thing about it I feel is that the hosts don’t know. I have only presumed everyone gets it with mine because I was experiencing it elsewhere. Hopefully no longer happens on mine!
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EVERYONE’s clever about this. Especially you!
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awwww you are too kind. A second cocktail for you in October xx
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A wonderfully quirky selection. Maybe there’s a story in there somewhere, using each of those photos. Mine would begin with that mincing peacock…
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A great place to start!
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What an intriguing selection – love the mincing peacock, and those owls
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All good clean fun!
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I think the word I am looking for is eclectic!
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Agreed!
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Well, this is an odd assortment! A great set of finds, although the marionette seems a little spooky to me 😀
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Jude would agree with you on that!
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What an eclectic collection. I have always disliked marionettes, this one is no exception. The fairy is odd, but rather nice and well done on finding the face on the drainpipe. I missed that one.
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So much to see, you can’t spot everything! I’m neither one way or the other about marionettes. Childhood trauma in your case??
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No. Just a shop full of puppets in Wakefield that I used to pass and always thought they looked creepy.
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You’ve lived in Wakefield? Me too!
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My birth city. In fact the house I was born in is not far from the Barbara Hepworth Gallery!
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Well wee. We lived in St. John’s, near where my then husband was curator of the Art Gallery.
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Posh bit. Used to play hockey against the Girls High School there.
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Our road wasn’t posh!
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These are very lovely oddments!
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Just a bit of fun, eh?
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it’s always fun to group unqiue/weird things together and see what the comments and common denominator is. For me the odd one out is thar weird freaky doll!
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Yes, a little unsettling certainly! It won’t get sold any time soon, I think.
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You make every adventure extraordinary, Margaret.
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Thanks Rebecca. Still having problems even ‘liking’ your blog posts at the moment, never mind commenting 😦
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The caviar takes the biscuit, as is only right I believe! (or toast, or blini)
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Just give me the biscuit, toast or blini. I’ll pass on the caviar.
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Me too!
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The photos are all very interesting, but the caviar sign gets the prize. 🙂
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I know! Priceless …
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The peacock made me smile, especially with the Shropshire connection. We used to have them roaming around at the nursery and if one decided to wander, it was quite a problem. I love your idea of gathering seven things together rather than counting flowers or petals, which I have foolishly been trying.
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Nothing foolish about that. There are at least 7 different ways of doing this challenge … Wandering pecocks though … aaagh.
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