Friday, November 7, 2014

Everything is Coming up Roses

It may be too hot for Spring weather but I'm loving picking all the opening roses in my garden,many of them newly planted but I have got a couple of found goodies to share first




I got this dome to add to my collection a few years back, to put my much loved stone pears, and when I spotted a marble based cheese platter for $1 at the charity shop,I ditched the top and just kept the marble base.



A darling bonnet from last week's  fair for $3.50 for my collection








from the charity shop a new heavy cotton tote $2


 Mr VL bought a brand new in the box telescope for $20



My birthday was on Halloween and my Mum has asked me to choose something myself in the last couple of years. I have always had a love for antique costume jewellery from the Victorian/Edwardian era,so I have started collecting a piece a year. This year  I chose a belcher rose gold ring with a paste Spinel stone from about 1900. I've now got a little collection of 3 pieces altogether









The garden is full of opening roses 

























As for our grumpy broody girl we read on the web that they become overheated with hormones and bathing them in ice water helps




( I wonder whether this will work for me)








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Friday, October 31, 2014

Fun at the Fair

I look forward the the Annual Antiques Fair in the small country town of Woodside, which we have visited even before we moved to The Adelaide Hills. It's always worth getting there before it opens to scoop up any real bargains


a tortoiseshell dressing table jar for $6



my favourite buy....a set of miniature faded blocks from the 1950's...$5


a pair of antique shoe lasts $10 pair




a really old set of Shakespeare books  $5

a sweet little book with a homemade book mark inside $3



there are a couple more things which I haven't taken pics of yet which I will keep till next week 


In the garden this week
















 maturing plums


 3 happy girls

one grumpy broody girl





Preserving lemons

"Crepescule"



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Friday, October 24, 2014

Hot Spring

It's been a very hot  and dry spring and we seem to have jumped straight to Summer with no rain for 3 months I picked up a couple of things this week from the local charity shops

An Akubra hat for $1.00 and a child's velvet riding helmet for $2 (just for decoration)




I love ceramic apothecary jars and this is my second





digging out my vintage bridal headpiece collection and rotating them





In the garden this week









Princess Alexandra of Kent







Abraham Darby





the first rose from the Mme Gregoire Staechlin which we planted in June and will cover a wall




Pierre de Ronsard







Clematis




Pink Wisteria Tree




recently planted Indian Hawthorn Bush




catmint













Look who has just migrated from the neighbors  to our  own gum tree...isn't he gorgeous


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The Charmed Home
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