Friday, July 31, 2015

Winter Holiday



I found some more antique cutlery in Ballarat, for my small collection on travels last week. I have a small collection which I love 











A couple of my previous thrift finds only $4 the pair



I have 6 of the beautiful pearl handled knives ......only $1 each







We stayed 2 nights in a vineyard B & B , in the heart of the Coonawarra which has some of the best reds in the world, before heading to Melbourne for 4 nights











sunset in the vineyards













home again to freezing,frosty mornings













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Friday, July 17, 2015

Winter White


I have been thinking about for ages about getting rid of my pretty, tall frou frou bedside lamps with fabric shades as they don't really give out much light to read by, and I have agonized for ages on going practical. I decided to go the whole hog and go with the industrial look from Ikea











Not much happening in the garden except lots of foggy mornings...I am dying for Spring with a dozen new pink roses and wisteria planted and the prunus trees blossoming














sweet smelling daphne





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Friday, July 10, 2015

MidWinter


This ceramic sweetie was $1...but I'm regretting not buying the aqua version next to it






Lemons galore in the orchard









lemon delicious


Winter stills.....bare trees, frosty mornings, sparse flower garden, less eggs to collect


















sighhhhhh....can you believe it's only 6" wide  and the drier is going!!




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Friday, July 3, 2015

Sweet Finds


Found in the same church charity shop, a white leather clutch with rose gold hardware $4  (That's  me on the handles) and a darling vintage set of pearls $3.50



I collect vintage Lotus pearls and I had a spare box for this set



mid week treat...Lemon Tart



winter garden stills












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