Weird and Wonderful- Vintage medical text book

Hello everyone,

I thought it would be fun to post some more vintage things on my blog so today I found you all something rather weird and wonderful! This is a page from a vintage medical textbook which shows how to lift the sick and injured. I thought it was rather cool so thought I would share it with you all :). The book is approximately 1920- 30s.  

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Did it make anyone else smile that they call piggie backs a pick-a-back?! 

Hope you enjoyed this post. I am trying to post more regularly on my blog :) 

The Dorothy Days 

Guess who won the blog awards?!?!

Hello everyone :)

Happy Friday! Are you ready for some super exciting news?! .............*drumroll* ............ The Dorothy Days won the Dorset Cereals Little Blog Awards!!!! So so excited to have won and feel so grateful to everyone who voted for me. Thank you all so much :D . Still can't believe it is actually true.

The Dorothy Days is now on the Dorset Cereals home page! This in itself was enough for me to squeal and do a little dance around my house (must have been quite a sight!)

Dorset cereals also contacted me and gave me this little badge to put up on my blog

Thanks again to everyone who voted. Shocked and thrilled to have won and so happy that so many of you enjoy reading my blog. Such an amazing feeling knowing that. Thank you thank you thank you!!! You guys are awesome :D

The Dorothy Days Xxx

What better way to start a Tuesday....

Hello everyone,

As most people are going to be back to work today I thought we could all do with some cheering up so what better thing to cheer you up with than a Monet's waterlilies. The colours are even more incredible when you are standing next to the real thing.  

Have a great week everyone,

The Dorothy Days Xxx

Happy Easter!!!

Photo credit- Ian Britton

Dorset Cereals little blog awards

Hello everyone :)
As some of you will know I have been fortunate enough to be nominated for the Dorset Cereal blog awards which is so so exciting :) ! I am currently 2nd place with 136 votes and voting ends this Sunday at midnight GMT time.

If you enjoy reading my blog, looking in my shop or reading my tweets I would really appreciate if you would vote for me.

All you have to do is click the link below, press vote for me and then click to confirm your vote (you don't have to enter any details unless you want to). It will take less than a minute to do.

The link to vote for my blog is here : http://www.dorsetcereals.co.uk/fun-stuff/little-blog-awards/nomination/7523

VOTING ENDS SUNDAY 31st MARCH (this Sunday)

Thanks so so much to everyone who has voted so far, you have all been amazing and to everyone who has passed my voting link onto others or retweeted my link on Twitter so others can vote for me. I really really appreciate it.

Best wishes to you all
The Dorothy Days Xxx

Feature Friday- Bax Cat & Co

Hello everyone,

Hope that you all had a good week and are looking forwards to the Easter break :). Is anyone doing anything nice for Easter?

As today is Friday it is time for another Feature Friday. This week is very a special Feature Friday as I am featuring one of my favourite sellers on Etsy, a lady called Kelly. Her shop is fab and we regularly tweet to each other. She is a really lovely lady and everything a Etsy seller should be :). I also have a sneaky feeling that it is her birthday tomorrow so hopefully this feature will be a nice birthday surprise!!
Happy birthday Kelly :).

Cat lovers you are in for a treat with this Feature Friday article.......

Kelly is from Connecticut and works with her team to produce the best cat toys around.....her team being three beautiful cats called Girlie Pants (Girlie), Zazu and Mr Miyagi. She says ' our feline team happily tests out sample product ideas before it is made for the shop, to ensure cat-isfaction.' !! She runs an Etsy shop called Bax Cat and Co which you can visit if you click this link HERE! Her shop is named after her cat called Baxter a very beautiful black and white cat :).

If your cat is a stylish, fashion conscious kind of cat who won't just play with any old toy this is the shop for you! Kelly makes beautiful cat toys out of funky, stylish materials so your kittys can be the coolest cats around! Here are my favourite items from her shop......

How sweet is this blue bird organic cat nip toy?!

This cupcake toy is also adorable

 Kelly has the most photogenic models around!!! Modeled by Mr Miyagi.  Her cat bandana ensures that you have the coolest cat around!

I also couldn't resist featuring this union jack cat mat! 

If you are a cat lover with a stylish cat please be sure to check our Kelly's shop. She regularly posts new designs often with a theme for different seasons or events such as a range for Halloween, St Paddy's day and Spring. All her items also come beautifully wrapped :) Click here to view Kelly's shop 
Happy birthday Kelly, hope that you have a wonderful day and fantastic Easter.

The Dorothy Days Xxx

P.S I shall leave you all with this adorable photo of Mr Miyagi with one of Kelly's newest designs