Last Days of Winter

The weather has been gorgeous the past week...cold mornings and sunny afternoons...perfect for thrift shopping

I walked into the Lions Club Shop just after a lady had bought in 5 Marcella quilts and they were $10 each but cash only. I could only buy one as I only had 10....so thrilled, it's the second one I have found in 3 years

They keep any donated old books in a free bin as they don't think they will sell!!!!!! Another book for my blue collection

I love this old vintage tin

Now that the family room is painted white we decided to fill the blank wall with a large canvas oil. We bought home a rather out there abstract but I wasn't happy with it and the shop kindly let us exchange it ...it's  a big one!

It's so exciting to get up early morning and walk around the garden now there is only about one more week before all the blossom is out

Sunset

rolling around in the garden...dust bathing in the sun

crashed!

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Rustic

I love this little piece of leadlight glass I found. It was really grubby so I washed,sanded and polished the glass. Each pane is  beautifully bevelled and sparkles when in light

  

Before sanding

An old mini laundry basket which I am going to use for my growing stash of faded fabrics

Lined it

A sweet copy of Emma

I look forward to going outside each morning  and checking out what is starting to welcome Spring

golden wattle

First blossom

 

Pruning

Bonfire

Sun bathing and dust bathing  in the  garden

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Country Farm Home
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot
Rose Vignettes

Rooted in Thyme

My Charmed Home

Elizabeth & Co

Finding Fabulous

A Revisionary Life

Thoughts from Alice

Faded

Sometimes it's quite strange how I find things the same colour or theme in one week

This week I picked up some sweet faded pieces for some of my collections

Faded fabric for my stash

An old 1880's photo

Spring is slowly peeping around the corner

Daffies  and Muscari starting to pop up

Hellebore

Pink buds appearing on the Prunus trees

 Fruit tree budding

SASCHA!!!!!!!!!!! SPRUNG!

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Rose Vignettes

Rooted in Thyme
My Charmed Home
Elizabeth & Co
Finding Fabulous
A Revisionary Life
Thoughts from Alice

First Anniverary of a Country Move

This week marks one year since we moved from the city to a small country town,and it's been a big adjustment for me personally, mostly I love it but sometimes not so much! 
Mr VL bought me a present this week from a second hand shop .It's a very pretty shape. I'm going to live with a while to see whether I want to repaint it

For the princely sum of $2 I found a pair of petty blue gingham lampshades and a vintage hand embroidered tray cloth in the local charity shop

 

I love this Royal Staffordshire Burslem flow ware bowl which was out on a half price table because of a chip. The pattern is called Jenny Lind

We inherited a lousy oven from the previous owners and at last we installed a new wall oven

And we removed the old ugly wall fan and replaced it with a fan which is a large light with clear blades which retract when not in use

 In the garden this week


Freezing frosts

A few bright spots in the garden

 Making preserved lemons from our overloaded tree

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The Dedicated House

Knick of Time
French Country Cottage
Ivy and Elephants
The Colorado Lady
Shabby Art Boutique
Chic on a Shoestring
Country Farm Home
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot
Rose Vignettes

Rooted in Thyme
My Charmed Home
Elizabeth & Co
Finding Fabulous
A Revisionary Life
Thoughts from Alice