Merry Christmas to All my Bloggy Friends

                                                                 

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Gardenalia

We drove north to a farm sale selling rusty farm equipment....I do love placing old pieces in a country garden. We bought a huge old heavy wheel

and half an old plough

dusk

 the garden is over run with rainbow lorikeets

we have netted the nectarine and apricot trees having lost all the cherries to the lorikeets

 roses,foxgloves and delphiniums

the heatwaves have finished the spring roses so they have all been pruned and ready for summer blooms in about 3 weeks

late roses

Jubilee Cake with lemon icing

I piled spare baubles with  starfish shells and lights in a huge vase

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A Vintage Find

I found this sweet vintage vase in a church shop for  $1...it looks great with the pink roses I'm picking from my garden

picking roses

 It's the start of cherry season and my clever husband baked this delicious cherry pie

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Everything is Coming up Roses

It was my birthday on Halloween and I was given some money by my Mum...I intended to buy shoes but when I spied this meat platter I had to have it. It's huge and heavy about 1850 and in perfect condition and matches a couple of pieces I already have

my darling husband spoiled me and bought me  a new camera as he knows how much I am enjoying taking pics

David made new  pink rose garden with a path for me in winter  and they are now all opening...what a joy they are to me

picking roses for the house

my first paeony flower

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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

The Charm of Home 

Woman in Real Life
 Common Ground

    Thoughts from Alice

The Shabby Nest 

        Bella Rosa Antiques 

    Dwellings of the Heart

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                                                                   Rooted in Thyme