Mad Mother and the Mouse House

If I have ever wondered if I might be ever-so-slightly bonkers, I think I need look no further than my own dear mother for a place to lay the blame!

I celebrated my 51st birthday last week and on Sunday I received a very surprising gift from said mother:

She'd made me a mouse house!

This is not just any mouse house either...

It's a mouse house made from a Jean Greenhowe pattern that she pulled out of her Woman's Weekly magazine over 40 years ago with a view to making it for me as a present!

Well better late than never I guess!

Do come in and have a look around.

It's a cosy house of two halves.

The living room...

...and the bedroom.

It's home to a family of dormice and this is father who has just made breakfast and is about to throw another log on the fire.

Mother is in the bedroom straightening the lovely patchwork quilt on her bed...

...and waking baby.

She's up.

Dad's got a roaring fire going now...

you can see the smoke billowing from the chimney outside.

And inside, there's sunlight streaming in thought the skylights.

So, there it is. I was NOT expecting that!

I would have loved it as a little girl but I will forgive my mother for the slight delay, after all, she was a very busy working mum of three. Thank you Mad Mother! xx

Until next time,
Zoe