Out and About this Week

I did a little walk up to the Salvo's on Thursday morning and found a couple things.

A 1979 Pyrex lime green Spring Blossom casserole to add to 1972 my mixing bowls...yay....boo no lid......but happy to pay  $3

A lovely large glass vase to fill up with white shells and starfish in my for$2.50

Friday I dropped into the local fleamarket and picked up this gorgeous book....I LOVE IT

Today we drove up to the Adelaide Hills and stopped at a church fete and I found some more old books

Love the inscriptions

We stopped at a junk shop sale in Mt Barker and I found this gorgeous turkey platter on the floor for only $2

A bunch of sweetpeas from the Farmer's Market

....and wandering around my spring garden

 checkout the sunbeams!

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Finds of the Week

This week has been a good mix of thrifting, bargain finds and garden surprises

A lovely big rustic earthenware Italian bowl for $3

A large pure linen handmade tablecloth with monogram

for $8- love it!

An old sewing drawer which I have already sanded as I'm going to paint it white

I bought a ruched white doona cover and pillowslips for under  $50 which includes postage

We planted a new David Austin rose last year called "Princess Alexandra of Kent" and they have come in masses this spring

Lemon Thyme 

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Friday's Finds

I've had a few days off this week so I've been buzzing around flea markets and thrift shops and pottering in the garden

An old ironstone butter pat

 salt and pepper containers

An old vintage picnic basket

The first gardenia for spring

The first clematis flowers

Masses of Lobelia

Catmint

The first "Pierre de Ronsard "roses


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This Week's Finds

I love, love this 1930's 4711 Rhine Lavender Cologne bottle,it'sperfect on my new bedroom table

 

 

I also found an old  school case

 

 

 

How pretty is this woven basket for $2

 

 

 

 

We harvested our winter  crop of potatoes and planted tomatoes,capsicums, chillis and basil and rosemary

 

 

 

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A Busy Spring Saturday

I zipped around to a couple of thrift shops this week

I couldn't resist this old,old draught set for $1...love the dovetail corners

A beautiful platter for $5

 One of the perks of Mr VL's job is we can go out to the plant  wholesaler and choose from thousand's of plants at a fraction of the price...so we popped out this morning  and did some planting today .

....and so to planting in our garden on a gorgeous Spring afternoon

I am linking up with Julia
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Angie at Kick of Time Tuesday

Selena at Apron Thrift Girl

Ivy and Elephants