Happy Easter Friends

Autumn Lunch

I had some wonderful friends over for a Sunday lunch and I always enjoy using my found pieces over the years and being able to pick flowers from my garden

Antique soup plates which are real antiques and found for $1 each,antique dessert spoons, scrolly white porcelain plates from a 8 person Austrian dinner set $40 for over 100 pieces, wine glasses and 1940's flower vase for $2 , all from charity shops.The french navy place mats coasters and napkins from a half price sale.

charity shop vintage blue and white jug

Gum leaves in a vintage bucket

   There is a little greening up of the landscape (the running wire along the roof line is for wisteria)

A few autumn roses appearing

charity shop original antique prints of 19thC London

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First Week of Autumn

This week I found a pair of  vintage handmade baby clothes for my collection  ...$5 the pair from the country church charity shop

so far the first week of Autumn has been very hot and very humid and very unpleasant

Moody skies

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Thoughts from Alice

The Shabby Nest

Dwellings of the Heart

A Tray of Bliss

Rooted in Thyme

Coastal Charm
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Last Week of Summer

We took a trip up north for a picnic and in a tiny country town shop I found this large old hat tin....very cheap

A collection of  tiny French corsage pieces used by a milliner around 1900 (couldn't resist)

A homemade whole orange cake ready to be packed for the picnic... huge op shop picnic basket $2

We harvested our potatoes from the veg garden....the drought has reduced our crop by half this year

The Sedum is covered in bees and butterflies

A foggy dawn

Still battling to save our Golden Elm from elm beetle ...we have put sticky tape around the trunk poison in the ground and a fence around to keep the girls away...and will soon inject the trunk

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The Dedicated House

French Country Cottage

Shabby Art Boutique

Chic on a Shoestring

My Romantic Home

The Charm of Home

Woman in Real Life

Thoughts from Alice

The Shabby Nest

Dwellings of the Heart

A Tray of Bliss

Rooted in Thyme

Coastal Charm
Shoestring Elegance