Monday, December 29, 2014
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Colours of a Summer Christmas
a HUGE vintage picnic basket,lined with gingham and all the elastic compartments for plates and cutlery cost $2 at the local charity shop
a sweet little vintage glass pin dish 50c
one way to break a drought is to put up outside Christmas lights up....it's sure to rain
We put 2 trees up...an artificial one in the front sitting room window and a fresh pine in the family room
dusk
lush veg garden...tomatoes are huge
fruit ripening in the orchard...plums,nectarines,pears
early summer roses
Linking up with
The Dedicated House
Knick of Time
French Country Cottage
Ivy and Elephants
Shabby Art Boutique
Chic on a Shoestring
Country Farm Home
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot
Rose Vignettes
French Country Cottage
Ivy and Elephants
Shabby Art Boutique
Chic on a Shoestring
Country Farm Home
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot
Rose Vignettes
Rooted in Thyme
The Charmed Home
Elizabeth & Co
Finding Fabulous
A Revisionary Life
Thoughts from Alice
Woman in Real Life
Friday, December 5, 2014
Number Three
Some great of charity shop finds this week
I always feel guilty when I buy another piece of vintage luggage. As well as suitcases and trunks I love leather monogrammed briefcases (and I got a frown of disapproval on buying this one) and this is my 3rd one for my collection. I now have 3 hatboxes, 4 suitcases, 2 trunks, 2 beauty cases
Anyway... Sascha loves my luggage
4 books for $5
The top one has an Art Nouveau cover, the second has an Art Deco cover. The 2 large blue volumes were a surprise when I opened them. They are bound St Nicholas magazines,an 1800's illustrated children's magazine from the US . They are gorgeous and I wish I had bought the other two.
I love the advertisement insert
The illustrations are beautiful
50c linen cloth
The first week of summer in my garden
first gardenia unfurling
gorgeous fragrance of star jasmine
a stray peacock decided it wanted to live with my girls
free ranging
hot days
waiting for a new lot of summer roses to flower
starting to decorate for Christmas
the first year we can put up a Christmas tree without Sascha running up the trunk
The first week of summer in my garden
first gardenia unfurling
gorgeous fragrance of star jasmine
a stray peacock decided it wanted to live with my girls
free ranging
hot days
waiting for a new lot of summer roses to flower
starting to decorate for Christmas
the first year we can put up a Christmas tree without Sascha running up the trunk
Linking up with
The Dedicated House
Knick of Time
French Country Cottage
Ivy and Elephants
Shabby Art Boutique
Chic on a Shoestring
Country Farm Home
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot
Rose Vignettes
French Country Cottage
Ivy and Elephants
Shabby Art Boutique
Chic on a Shoestring
Country Farm Home
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot
Rose Vignettes
Rooted in Thyme
The Charmed Home
Elizabeth & Co
Finding Fabulous
A Revisionary Life
Thoughts from Alice
Woman in Real Life
Woman in Real Life
Denise inVA