Hanging Up

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 Nearly October and it is hotter today than I remember in the summer!
I thought this new post would be of an autumnal theme but instead I'm going to show you a tree I saw a couple of weeks ago near Lulworth Cove.


I like to see objects used in unusual ways and I love that things can have more than one use. I wonder if the owner found all these on the beach after the holiday makers had gone home?

They look pretty don't they?
Or have they been taken hostage and are calling to their owners to reclaim them?!



I was feeling so hot I needed something to keep my hair out of my eyes and the first thing I found was a peg.

There's a lot to be said
Of a peg atop the head
:)

......it's the heat.......

Comments

Carol said…
The tree is certainly bearing strange fruit, but colourful.
My hair has a headband and a scrunchie in today, not used a peg - yet. Hot here too - why did I need to make more chutney today?!
Carol xx
28 September 2011 at 15:27
Jess said…
The peg wasn't really very good, kept sliding out! I had sweet onion chutney today in my ham sandwich, yummy! :)
28 September 2011 at 15:34
Ruthie Redden said…
Ohh i see what you mean, wow, love yours x and that tree, what a wonderful idea, how many stories could each bucket and spade tell ;-) x all those hours of children's laughter and happiness x
28 September 2011 at 16:39
Ruthie Redden said…
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28 September 2011 at 16:39
CraveCute said…
That tree is so funny, it makes me smile. Then I saw your beautiful painting with the "peg", even funnier! Sometimes when I am cleaning or doing work where I have to lean over a bunch, I wear a very unattractive headband. That makes my husband laugh!
28 September 2011 at 19:49
Jess said…
Thankyou CraveCute :) I've been trying to leave a comment on your blog but the page kept disappearing! I hope Blogger isn't up to its old tricks again! :)
28 September 2011 at 20:07
WrightStuff said…
Pegs are very useful implements I agree... I keep one in the bathroom!!

Sorry... toilet humour is pretty cheap I suppose.

Love the tree. What fun. I've seen pictures of trees decorated with bottles before but never buckets and spades :)
28 September 2011 at 20:19
busybusybeejay said…
Love the picture.Now that peg is a great idea for when my granddaughters come.One is growing her fringe out and they come with a slide in ,it gets lost and she can't see anything so in would go a peg.great idea.Problem solved!!They would find it hilarious.
28 September 2011 at 20:30
Julia Guthrie said…
That is a real talking point!! I bet the owners of the tree are quirky interesting people. lol

Cute painting! :) xx
28 September 2011 at 21:06
Els said…
Love that tree!
(might become a new fashion ... the peg I mean ;-) !)
29 September 2011 at 10:17
rossichka said…
This is the most unusual and picturesque tree I've ever seen! One could think of different stories about it... Still I like the one that someone has gathered and kept all the lost and forgotten "buckets for the beach" from the long, lonely and scary days and nights along the shore... Far way from the children's laugh and hands.
I just wonder what happens when it's windy or rainy outside? Maybe this is the "musical tree"?:)
I like the idea of using a peg!! It looks so funny and "fresh"!:)))
30 September 2011 at 07:16
Jess said…
Blogger's playing up again and I can't leave comments on some of your blogs, Thankyou Els and Rossichka. :)
30 September 2011 at 13:04
J. said…
That tree is so wacky! And your drawing is amazing- gorgeous colours!
J. :D
30 September 2011 at 18:18
Unknown said…
I don't know how I arrived at your blog but I'm so glad I did! It's terrific! And I adore that tree with buckets and spades so much, would have had to paint it if I'd been there! Lulworth cove is so beautiful.
2 October 2011 at 20:49
Jess said…
Bloggers playing up at the moment and I haven't been able to leave comments! Thanks for your lovely comments here on mine :)
3 October 2011 at 09:18
Priti Lisa said…
What a cheerful, fun post! I love the bucket tree...and your illustration. Your artwork is so good!
I wish it was hot here...
♥♥♥
3 October 2011 at 17:24
claire barone art said…
HELLO LOVE YOUR PAINTED FURNITURE BELOW LOVELY YES TRY FOLKSY ITS MUCH BETTER FOR SALES XX CLAIRE
4 October 2011 at 20:59
Eydie Kugler said…
I love your painting.
Yes, how interesting that 70 degrees can feel so much hotter in October than in June.
Loving this weather.
7 October 2011 at 10:50
morikomidori said…
haha, i like this idea :oD x
12 October 2011 at 17:27
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