Autumn Days

a perfect find for under our huge Golden Elm tree
an old chippy heavy table and chair,very ornate 

another blue bottle for the collection

a gray autumn day....still no rain

 an escaped surprise visitor at the back gate...it is such a drought at the moment, he was able to walk across the empty river from the hills you can see in our background

A fave spot in the sunlight

What I Bought for $23.50 Part 2

Part 2 of all the great stuff I found at the charity shop...a mother of pearl compact for my small thrifted collection

a chippy Royal Doulton "Josephine" dish circa 1900,which I am going to plant with 3 pink hyacinth bulbs

a pretty German vase

as well as the gorgeous stuff I have shown last week and this week I also got designer shoes and clothes ....all for $23

still no rain...so so dry in the garden, the hills should be greening up by now...it has been 60 days since it rained

looking forward to the apple orchard over the  back fence taking down the bird netting

watching me cook dinner at the back door

almost ready to harvest

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What I bought for $23.50 Part 1

I had a fabulous trip to a close by country town and a charity shop which was bursting with cheap goodies and $5 a bag of stuff. This is part 1 of what I bought for a total of 23.50

 3  gorgeous vintage silk baby dresses for my collection

3 tea cloths white linen with white embroidery

I will show the rest of my buys next week

We are having the exterior of the house repainted in April, and finally going to get rid of the yellowy cream paint (yeccchhhh) and with a red roof means our colour choices are limited. We painted the back posts a couple of colours and have decided on Dulux Stone. You can see the differences in these couple of pics

I love Glory Vine and it's finally starting to change colour

My girls are moulting and poor Nellie has completely lost her tail feathers

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The Dedicated House

Knick of Time
French Country Cottage
Ivy and Elephants
Shabby Art Boutique
Chic on a Shoestring
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot

The Charmed Home

Elizabeth & Co

Finding Fabulous

Thoughts from Alice

Woman in Real Life
Mimi Mama 
My Salvaged Treasures 
Common Ground

First Week of Autumn

Found this week on a day off drive with David, a big heavy date stamp with a wooden handle. I now have a collection of 2 to sit on my library catalogue cupboard

Our coffee table started off  all brown, then we painted it white on top and new handles, then when we out and about happened to walk into an Annie Sloan shop and came home with duck egg blue chalk paint and voila!

 we were so thrilled to see rain clouds....but not a drop...we haven't had any since Jan

the white bird netting is still on the apple orchards over the back fence

sunset on the autumn roses

St Valentines roses  have been dried

Linking up with 

The Dedicated House

Knick of Time
French Country Cottage
Ivy and Elephants
Shabby Art Boutique
Chic on a Shoestring
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot

The Charmed Home

Elizabeth & Co

Finding Fabulous

Thoughts from Alice

Woman in Real Life
Mimi Mama 
My Salvaged Treasures 
Common Ground