04/11/2026
🌙✨ A LITTLE WEDNESDAY EVENING HELLO FROM THE OWLET’S NEST ✨🌙
Good evening, everyone! ❤️
I hope you’re all keeping well on this Wednesday evening. Have you had a good day? Anything exciting happening in your little corner of the world?
I’ve had a very busy day myself, in and out of the car more times than I care to remember, but it was a productive one, so I’m happy enough with that! There’s nothing quite like getting to the end of the day and feeling you’ve actually accomplished something, even if your feet are threatening to resign. 🤣
🐾 THE OZZY UPDATE 🐾
For anyone wondering whether our little Ozzy has settled down and become a calm, sensible, well-behaved young gentleman…
Absolutely not. 🤣🤣
Still mental. Still under my feet. Still wrecking the place. Still chewing anything he can get his little mouth around.
Thankfully, he’s not particularly interested in the furniture. Oh no, that would be far too straightforward.
He prefers MY belongings.
My packaging, my slippers, anything that looks remotely useful to me. If it’s mine, apparently it’s his. I don’t remember signing any paperwork transferring ownership of the entire household to a Shih Tzu, but here we are.
And he’s developed the funniest sleeping habit.
He absolutely WILL NOT settle unless he’s cuddled up to Cooper. And I don’t mean lying politely beside him.
I mean practically wrapped around the poor dog, with his little legs and paws draped all over him as though Cooper is some sort of oversized, heated teddy bear. 🤣❤️
Cooper just lies there with an expression that says, “Oh, for God’s sake. Is this my life now?”
But he lets him away with it anyway.
They’re absolutely grand together, and it’s genuinely lovely to see how close they’ve become. Even if Cooper occasionally looks as though he’d appreciate a solicitor and a restraining order.
Effie is sitting here beside me as I write this, keeping me company.
Piggy, on the other hand, is missing in action. Last time I saw Her Royal Highness, she was fast asleep on a pile of clean towels in the bathroom.
I presume she’s still there, enjoying the luxury accommodation and wondering why nobody has arrived with room service. 👑🐈
🎄 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING… HAVE YOU STARTED? 🎄
Now, I have a question for you all.
Has anybody started their Christmas shopping yet?
I know, I know. Some of you are probably thinking, “Lynda, for the love of God, it’s only November!” 🤣
But I have quite a few people to buy for, and normally I’m much further ahead of myself by now.
I think I’ve bought about two presents.
TWO!
At this rate, I’ll be running around on Christmas Eve with a wild look in my eyes, trying to convince myself that a petrol station gift voucher is a deeply thoughtful and personal present. 🤣
And is it just me, or has this year absolutely FLOWN?
I genuinely cannot remember another year going by so quickly. I feel as though we were only taking down last year’s Christmas decorations about three weeks ago, and now we’re nearly putting them back up again!
I really need to get my skates on.
Which reminds me, I also need to get my skates on with showing you all the gorgeous treasures waiting here at the Owlet’s Nest!
🔮✨ A LITTLE PEEK AT TOMORROW ✨🔮
I’ll be back tomorrow with some absolutely beautiful pieces.
I know I have some gorgeous Prehnite pendants, beautiful angel statues, lovely Amethyst pendants and some gorgeous bracelets waiting to make their appearance.
But knowing me, I’ll probably sit down to photograph one thing, spot something else, get distracted by another box and end up showing you something completely different. 🤣
I generally just wing it.
And to be fair, sometimes the most beautiful little treasures are the ones that decide to pop forward when I wasn’t even looking for them.
So we’ll see what tomorrow brings! ❤️
📮 A QUICK LITTLE NOTE ABOUT INVOICES 📮
Just a reminder, everyone, if you’d like an invoice at any stage, please don’t feel you have to wait for me to contact you.
You’re always welcome to give me a little nudge and I’ll happily get one sorted.
I’ll be doing invoices in the morning anyway, so if you’re ready to have your treasures sent on their merry way, just let me know.
And if you’re still adding to your little collection, that’s absolutely fine too. ❤️
🕯️ MY FAVOURITE TIME OF YEAR 🕯️
I have to admit something that might make me very unpopular with the summer lovers among you.
I am absolutely LOVING these dark evenings!
I know they’re not everyone’s cup of tea, and I completely understand that. But there’s something about this time of year that really suits me.
The candles are lit, the incense is burning, the fluffy socks are out, and the whole house starts to feel like a little sanctuary from the world outside.
Hot chocolate, cosy blankets, soft lighting, a good television programme, maybe a little something sweet.
I’m fully invested in the whole cosy business. 🤣
During the summer, I couldn’t give a damn about any of it. Give me a bit of daylight and I’ll carry on regardless.
But come autumn and winter, suddenly I’m treating myself like a Victorian lady recovering from a delicate constitution.
“I simply must retire to my chambers with a candle, a warm beverage and something comforting, lest the evening become too taxing.” 🤣
And do you know what? I genuinely think it does my head good.
I find myself slowing down a little in the evenings, making my surroundings comfortable and allowing myself those small pleasures without feeling I should be doing something more productive.
Sometimes self-care isn’t anything complicated or expensive. Sometimes it’s just making yourself a lovely little space to exist in for a few hours.
And I think that’s worth doing. ❤️
📺 A LITTLE TELEVISION AND A LITTLE PUDDING 📺
Speaking of cosy evenings, I’ve started watching The Gilded Age, and I’m really enjoying it!
I do love a good period drama. Give me beautiful costumes, grand houses, complicated relationships and people being scandalised because somebody sat in the wrong chair at dinner, and I’m delighted. 🤣
And Ava was out shopping earlier and brought me home a salted caramel pudding that you heat up and serve with ice cream.
Well!
That’s my evening sorted, isn’t it?
A good period drama, a warm salted caramel pudding, ice cream and a few candles.
If anyone needs me, I’ll be unavailable for approximately the duration of my pudding. 🤣🍮
Meanwhile, Mia has come down with a dose and is feeling very, VERY sorry for herself.
And naturally, she’s making absolutely certain that the rest of the household feels every bit as sorry for her as she feels for herself.
Nobody is being allowed to forget that she’s unwell.
Not for a single moment. 🤣❤️
🐶 TOMORROW’S VERY IMPORTANT MISSION 🐶
I also have to go hunting for a new harness for Ozzy tomorrow.
Because his fat little potato body has officially outgrown the one he has.
Honestly, he’s like a furry baked potato with legs.
Now, under normal circumstances, Mia would probably want to accompany me on this particular shopping expedition.
However, as she’s unwell, she’ll be staying at home.
And between ourselves, this may be a blessing in disguise. 🤣
Because if Mia had her way, Ozzy would come home wearing the most outrageous, garish, brightly coloured harness imaginable.
Something with rhinestones, fluorescent straps, possibly a designer logo and enough embellishments to make him visible from space.
The poor dog would look like he’d been dressed by a nightclub promoter.
I’d probably be arrested for allowing him out in public wearing it.
So I’m going alone, and I’m thinking something nice and simple. Perhaps a little plaid harness, something tasteful.
Although, knowing Ozzy, he’d probably prefer something that says CHAOS COORDINATOR across the back.
And he’d be perfectly entitled to wear it. 🤣
🌙✨ AND ON THAT NOTE… ✨🌙
I’ve just realised that I’ve been sitting here writing whatever thoughts happen to wander into my head.
One minute I’m talking about Christmas shopping, the next I’m discussing puddings, poorly daughters, cats sleeping on towels and the fashion requirements of an overweight Shih Tzu.
I’m sure this must be absolutely riveting reading for you all! 🤣
But that’s the nice thing about popping in here in the evenings. Sometimes it’s lovely just to have a little chat, share the ordinary bits of life and see how everybody else is getting on.
So tell me, have you started your Christmas shopping? Are you enjoying the cosy evenings, or are you counting down the days until the clocks go forward again?
Whatever you’re up to tonight, I hope you’re warm, comfortable and getting a little time to yourself.
And if today hasn’t been the easiest, I hope tomorrow brings something a little lighter. You don’t have to have everything figured out tonight. Sometimes a peaceful evening and a fresh start in the morning are more than enough. ❤️
I’ll take my leave now before I find another seventeen things to tell you about!
I’ll see you all tomorrow, with beauty galore from the Owlet’s Nest.
Have a lovely evening, everyone. Look after yourselves and each other. 🌙🕯️✨
LOve, Lynda.