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very little.......I only go in there to switch the lamp on....lol Jen your nosey than me...

ooowa, forgot all me buddahs

got baby buddah on fireplace, and lots of others, tiny ones, bigger ones, ones with gold bellys
and a beautiful chineese/japanese lady elegantly sat kneeling, bought the only ornametnt i rescued that our daughter never broke as a little one

Oh dear this sounds a bit sad, only what I have painted before they go off to be sold.So I dont really have any favorites, I just hang them to see if they work.

In my dining room where I'm sitting I have our wedding photo, and family photo taken at Butlins in 1995 behind me (me, hubby and both kids). I have my silver wedding photo at the right and above it a flower tapestry that I did years ago. Above the computer in front of me I have a big family tree poster.

i have a photo of my mum &dad its to remind me of them as dad passed over 4yrs ago &mum has
alhimzers.then i have my 4 grandchildern at differrent ages & mum &mum inlaw to gether .the last supper & a very old print of victorian dining .picture of my 3 childern &a photo of myself & peter in evening dress & a collarge of all the family in the hall lastly my great aunt in her wedding dress & another aunt who died in a road accident

Oh Linda snap ..............my Dad died 4 years ago and my Mum has Alzheimers....and we have 4 grandchildren.

Photos af all of them in our sitting room.

Not the in-laws though, sadly they died years ago now and we only have a couple of snapshots of them.............they are in our bedroom.

I have photos of the kids at various ages, a photo of me and OH dressed up Victorian and a print of a woodland clearing in the snow with a little dear stood there. We bought it with some money we got as a wedding pressy and I love it -it's very calming and when I'm hot I could just jump into it to cool down
Carol

Above my desk i have a black white pencil drawing of a cat - view is from the back it's tail hanging down and looking back over it's shoulder ......... no special meaning just liked it.

By the front door i have Monet's Jardin Giverny

Above the sofa my newest - The Little Chick by C E Wilson ......... a young victorian girl sat outside a cottage nursing chicks - got it in the PDSA shop for £6 :O)

Photo's - my Granddad as a handsome young man on my desk - elsewhere - Mum & Dad's wedding day - Gt Aunt & Uncle as a courting couple - my niece & nephew as youngsters and one of me and some friends when i looked good lol

In my lounge.......Photos of my kids, my wedding photo (people ask who it is) !! A handmade slate mirror that my Mum gave me one Christmas. A water-colour painting which I bought.....love it 'cause it has water and trees. Finally, I have a slate wall-hanging that I treasure. A friend gave me after her mother had been ill and died. It reads as follows:

A Gift of Friendship

Friendship is a priceless gift
That cannot be bought or sold
But it's value is far greater
Than a mountain made of gold

For gold is cold and lifeless
It can neither see nor hear
And in time of trouble
It is powerless to cheer

It has no ears to listen
No heart to understand
It cannot bring you comfort
Or reach out a helping hand

So, when you ask God for a gift
Be thankful if He sends
Not diamonds, pearls or riches,
But love of real good friends

Looking around our living room we have 3 watercolour paintings with scenes of Indian life. My husband's grandfather was an engineer in India and in the 1920s he commissioned students at the Bombay Art college to do a number of paintings to remind him of his time there. My husband inherited those plus a big painting of the bungalow in India where his mother was born.
So those are treasures.

Then over the mantlepiece is a painting of some mauve poppies I did years ago and my husband wouldn't let me sell that one.

There's a lovely drawing of one of my daughters done by a pavement artist. It belongs to her but she hasn't got space for it yet.

There's an aerial photo of our village which shows an expanse of the Somerset Levels and reminds me how rural it is here.

I've also got a pretty print of an illuminated map of part of Anglesey showing local birds which my sister (who lives near there) gave me.

There are photos of our wedding on the mantlepiece and various pictures of the kids on the piano.

Most of the rest of the paintings in the house are oils I did but we've got a little dormouse photo (used to be in a calendar LOL) on our bedroom wall.

Sue
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Hi everyone
I have a photo of my son when he was in Year 6, a photo of me, OH and son and family dog which was done in a studio a few years ago and a photo of my horse when we came first in a show class. I've got lots of family photos on the sideboard.

Yvonne
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