Monday, February 25, 2013

This Week's Update

It was another stinking hot week here and I can't wait for Autumn to arrive. I walked up to the Salvo's on one slightly cooler morning.
I found a great white  ironstone tureen and a couple of recipe books
 
 
 
 
 
Mr Postman didn't let the heat stop him from delivering a couple of goodies I found from scouring the world for rockbottom priced books for my Victorian red binding book display
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Morning sun in our entrance hall
 
 
 
Picking herbs from the vegetable garden
 
 
Friday Lunch with fresh figs, proscuitto,feta,basil with honey and mustard ,olive oil dressing
 
 

 
 Clematis


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Sunday, February 17, 2013

This Weeks Finds


I called in to the Animal Welfare op shop on Saturday morning and found some great things

A large heavy vase/urn ........perfect for my white collection
 
 
 
 
 
 
A couple of embroidered linens
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The post bought another book for my collection of red bound  Victorian collection. I found this online for $5
by the same author as the last one I bought . These sorts of books written for children with a religous them and usually given as  Sunday School prizes
 
 
 
 
 
My long awaited ruched pillowcases also arrived
 
 
And ...I know Autumn is getting close with the opening of our first Clematis
 

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Thrift Finds


Timing is everything.......it always pays to pounce when you see a donation box being sorted and yet to be priced
 
 
 
A huge long piece of vintage ivory lace ...it's been cut from a larger piece
 
 
 
 
A very collectable pair of Arabia Finland egg cups from the 1970's....would have loved all 4 !
 
 
 
Two more King Penguins from the 1940,s to add to my collection found on the Net







Sascha insisted on being in this week's post!

 

Monday, February 4, 2013

Change of Life

This week marks my the beginning of new adventures ahead for me. I resigned from the Public Hospital system and I'm taking a break for a while. Lots more changes will happen along the way
 
My Library colleagues presented me with a beautiful vintage illuminated world globe which had been in the archive room for decades ( circa 1960s) Perfect for my old library catalogue
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the holiday monday  Mr VL and I took a trip to the Fisherman's Markets at Port Adelaide and I found some gorgeous old books with sweet frontpieces which I enjoy collecting .These 2 were Sunday school prizes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mr VL bought home from work a nice pot plant holder...its nice and rusty...perfect for herbs

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
The lovely flowers from my last day at work
 
 
 
Sunday morning in the garden

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