hidden gems

Just before we moved in to the house, we spent a chilly Sunday here waiting for a fridge freezer to be delivered. New neighbours Amy & Steven popped round and we explored the house together.

We discovered that this house had more to offer than we first realised. If you lean on the radiators, special gifts fall out below!

Upstairs in the bedroom was a local newspaper from the 1990s.

Downstairs, the radiator near the front door hid a small magnetic character toy and two pink magic wands which made a noise. Sadly, while the noise still worked, the magic seemed to have worn off so they found their way to the bin soon enough.

Since then, other radiators have delivered these cars:

Our recent adventures beneath the floorboards also revealed several cans and cigarette packets as well as these delights:

Who knows what else lies in store?

This blog is part of Five Minute Friday - a group of bloggers who write about a given subject for five minutes without, stopping, overthinking, editing or backtracking. There's rules:

* Check what the prompt is on www.lisajobaker.com
* Write a post in only five minutes on that topic on your blog.
* Link to Lisa's website and invite friends to join in.
* Select the permalink to your post {so not your blog url www.lisajobaker.com but your post url www.lisajobaker.com/2012/07/five-minute-friday-2/ }
* Using the linky tool at the bottom of Lisa's Five Minute Friday post enter your link.
* Your post will show up in our Five Minute Friday linky.
Be sure and encourage the person who linked up before you!