New Thrift Finds and a New Life

This week my Salvo rummage was very cheap because the Manager was away and she tends to overprice items these days , and I was first in the shop

For just under $20 I bought

 

A new  RM Williams shirt ( RRP $120 )

4 books including a fabulous cookbook from the UK

A brand new oversized clock ( RRP $50)

A vintage milk glass comport

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have bought a mortgage free house in the Adelaide Hills in a tiny town of only 700 people called Gumeracha , one of the earliest in South Australia.
 It is a big change for me as I'm a real townie . The property is on the top of a crest and overlooks AMAZING views, but the inside of the house is going to be a long term project,

and doesn't have the storage for all my treasures .

So I will have lots to show you as we progress...good lord.... the light fittings and the colour of the walls...ARRGGGHHH

 

The garden is half an acre so we are going to have chooks, and we are going to expand the already espaliered fruit trees and include berries and veg. 
 

Mr VL is in heaven as he has bought from the owners a ride on John Deere mower for the huge expanse of lawns. He is dying to start landscaping with autumn trees, pink roses and wisteria around the back

deck. He's hoping to make the garden a real showpiece as landscaping is his profession.
 

The front has the biggest gum tree in the universe with a  bird nesting box, but we can't wait to pull out those scraggy roses along the front verandah

 

These are a few pics from the previous owners real estate advert.They were taken in summer,so the hills view in our backyard would now be green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The garden drops down beyond the flagpole, to an orchard and a back gate that meanders to the town oval 

 

 

 

 

 

We move on Aug 2 !

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I Should Not Have .......But I Fell in Love!

I know , I know  I am packing up to move BUT all those country drives means lots of op-shops, garage sales , antique markets and 2 things I really, really love collecting are old luggage and vintage quilts, and old red and gold books!!!

 

I just had to have this gorgeous navy and tan leather suitcase, even the silk lining is beautiful

 

 

and it has gold initials on the front

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And to make my week complete a huge vintage quilt for $15...I have another almost identical

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Thrifty Groove
Chic on a Shoestring
Old Time Farmhouse
Country Farm Home
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot
Rose Vignettes

Rooted in Thyme
My Charmed Home
Blackbird Has Spoken
Elizabeth & Co

Picking and Packing

A walk down to the Salvo's in the pouring rain was a much needed break from house hunting and packing

An ironstone dish $2.50 for my white collection and I LOVE LOVE the 2 tiny sea urchins for 50c

A Fitz and Floyd shell dish 4.99

 

My annual Cyclamen that Mr VL brings home from the Nursery

 

 

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Old Time Farmhouse
Country Farm Home
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot
Rose Vignettes

Rooted in Thyme
My Charmed Home
Blackbird Has Spoken
Elizabeth & Co

Happy Mother's Day

I 'm enjoying 2 lovely bunches of flowers this autumn morning in bed with a Nespresso

 

 

Sadly my Mother is a long way in Melbourne and I hope she is enjoying the parcel of pretty things I sent her

 

Our house sold straight away so I have started packing away  unused things.....although we have not found another house yet!!

 

My most precious items which have moved to so many places now are my much loved books from my mother. My love of books started from her collection of books she won as prizes for always being top of her class at school and attendance at Sunday School. They were read hundreds of times by me and then my children

 

 

 

 

 

One precious book from belonging to my Grandmother who I never got to meet

 

 

 

 

Charcoal Biscuits ????????? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 books from my Mother's Grandmother to her

 

 

 

 

 

And my most precious of all ....the Anne of Green Gables set my mother received from her mother every Christmas and birthday,which I  read every year of my childhood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Taking a Break

 

We both needed a break from selling the house especially with the first house open on Saturday so we took Thursday off for Mr VL's birthday. We spent a gorgeous day in the Adelaide hills  and stopped for lunch at a wonderful Italian resturant( YUM raspberry brulee)

I found this delicious little white scalloped afternoon tea tablecloth in a little opshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the way home from the trip we bought 4 bunches of glorious flowers to put around the house for the open house...I LOVE autumn

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the little white table in the guest bedroom needed just a little extra touch..Ispied this at the local gift shop on the sale table

 

 

 

 

Another 2 little French leather bound books arrived in my letterbox for my collection from my favourite  French Ebay seller. I have 6 now ..It gives me goosebumps to handle a book 300 years old and only around $10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linking up with :

A Treasured Past
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Knick of Time
French Country Cottage
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Common Ground
The ColoradoLady
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Old Time Farmhouse
Country Farm Home
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot
Rose Vignettes

Rooted in Thyme