Newbies at our house

My kids are growing up and leaving home so each year it gets a little quieter in my house. I have sent three children off into the world to make their way and have my last and youngest here with me for only a couple more years. As the kids leave my pet family seems to be growing with two new additions lately.
The first is a very cute little  Rooster with trousers on who came to stay two or three weeks ago. Unfortunately his predecessor had an unfortunate meeting with a fox and we are hoping this little fella will have enough sense not to meet the same end. Of course the girls are very happy to have another male around.

  Last Wednesday my up until recently Boss moved and left his little man in my care. I'm not sure whether Merkin will be a permanent part of the family or whether his Dad will come for him when he finds somewhere permanent to live. Now I can hear those of you that know what Merkin means sniggering quietly in the background. for those of you who don't know what it means go here       
A very dear friend has advised me to change his name but that would be mean considering all the changes he has gone through this week. Who knows what sort of psychological damage that would do?

He really isn't as mean as he looks, just a bit out of sorts at the moment. Being an only child it is a huge adjustment coming to my house that already has 2 cats and 2 dogs and people constantly coming and going. Machicho is petrified of him, Cato dares him to have a go whenever she is inside, Maggie pretends he's not there and Rev is still making up his mind.
He is also a very outside cat and is already over being shut inside all the time. He sits at the window looking longingly outside and I'm still not sure whether he just wants to get out or desperately wants to escape this madhouse!!!

MY Place and Yours-Top Drawer

This weeks theme is top draw chosen by Danielle over at Danimezza. I am so late getting this one done but the Computer and I have only briefly made contact in the past week. So many things happening and too much to do!

Anyway I have finally got a minute to get this done and finding a drawer in this house that doesn't have things randomly shoved in them to the point they barely open was a challenge. Luckily I scored a new desk recently and it hasn't had time to be filled with the miscellaneous junk that finds it way into any available space I can find.

I have my Diary, address book, any pen, pencil or marker I find and two tape measures. The Vintage metal one was my Dad's. So not very interesting really, so I thought I would throw another one in.

This was a top drawer of a Vintage sewing Machine. It now sits on a sideboard full of lovely Prim melts. 

After hunting around for a drawer for this Meme I have decided I really need to go around and have a massive clean out and make all my top, bottom and even middle drawers a bit more user friendly! 

For more top drawers head over to  Hello Owl

My Place and Yours-Pink

First she wanted a photo of me and now I have to find pink!!! Danielle over at Hello Owl certainly knows the hard ones for me. I had a wander around and found this.....

This is my Christmas present from my Mum. A very sweet Bear dressed in Pink. So not me but she thought I would like it. Actually it isn't that bad sitting where it does.

My eldest son gave me this throw for christmas. I must admit I steered him towards it. It's not generally something I would choose but something about it appealed to me. As you can see the bear does look right at home here.
That's it I thought, what else could I possibly have as I'm really not one to dress in or decorate with Pink.

Where this come from or why it is sitting on a shelf in the dining room is beyond me...........

Mum gave me this when she was having a clean out and it now lives in my kitchen. Really doesn't suit the colour scheme but does blend in with all the other stuff I have in there.

I trotted up the back yard to my sewing room 'cause I remembered that the matching Bread Bin lived up there.

So while I was up there I rummaged around and found Pink Vintage cottons, Ric Rac, buttons, pipberries, fabric, a Doiley and some Vintage bias binding.
Really I haven't done too badly with the Pink Theme at all.
Thanks Danielle.