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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Hello Meg ,Love the hat tin and the milliners bits and pieces , I bet your veg garden is just as pretty as your beautiful flower garden , Have you ever posted pics , Have i missed them
ReplyDeleteYes back in 2013/14 I did post a lot of veg garden pictures but 15/16 we are in a drought and need the water to just keep the trees and lawns and shrubs alive . We don't know when it's going to end xx
DeleteLovely finds again. Who could resist those? You've just got to love your roses. I can't get enough of them!
ReplyDeleteSeemed strange when I read the last week of summer. Here in France I'm longing for Sunmmer. Spring is here one day and gone the next. We haven't really had what I call a proper winter. So much rain and very few cold frosty days. So nice to see your basket ready for your picnic. I can see that vintage hat box used in so many ways, with plant pot full of pretty flowers in the summer, or winter by a fire place full of fir cones, love it. Those roses are so pretty, do they bloom for a long time, I'm looking for some ones for a rose bed we are hoping to make when it stops raining.. Enjoy your weekend
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara , they do bloom a long time but we have had such severe heat and drought they are struggling xx
DeleteWhat a beautiful warm post we have just come into Spring here in England its a sunny frosty morning here very pretty but very cold to. Love the hat tin what a great find and your flowers are gorgeous I wanted to say roses but they look like something else to me and cant for the life of me think of it right now but 50's ladies used to have them in their wedding bouquets. Enjoy the start of Autumn and fingers crossed you can save your elm you are certainly doing everything you can, dee
ReplyDeleteThanks Dee. Did you mean peonies ? Not much of a first week of Autumn though ...it's going to be over a century every day for the next week...my poor roses!
DeleteYou certainly have an eye for a bargain, loved the stunning hat box what a great find. The milliners bits and pieces are a real delight and as always beautiful roses.
ReplyDeleteThank you ...as you probably know I can't resist vintage luggage of any sort!! xx
DeleteMeg, as usual your photos are stunning and even your chooks are pretty. LOL! Such gorgeous colours. Loving the photos of your roses.
ReplyDeleteThank you...the girls are looking pretty but they are not laying at the moment xxx
DeleteHope you manage to save your tree. Did you get advice from a tree expert?
ReplyDeleteIt's all so beautiful
ReplyDeleteLove the hat box never seen a metal one
Those potatoes looks good also I need a bowl of homemade potato salad
I love seeing your pretty chickens and sure hope you can save the tree
We are fighting a losing battle in our neighborhood against pine beetles. It is heartbreaking to see how many pines have been removed. Good luck with your elm. The girls as usual made my day. Love the tin hat box.
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