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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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Week that Was

 I have been popping out quite often down to the op~shops lately to just get away from cleaning and tidying the house and garden, which is officially up for sale this week

 

 

I found a Royal Albert Old English Rose plate  to add to the couple I have ( now all I need is the rest!)

 

 

I have a collection of vintage  handmade evening bags and I especially love sardozy bags from India~ made in the 30s to the 50s from real gold and silver thread on black velvet . They should have hand woven Made in India labels in side if they are old

These 3 worked out to about $5 each. The Taj Mahal bag is padded to make the design 3 dimensional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The photos for our house brochure were taken and I think I drove him mad following  him around and taking pics of him!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Finds and Foofing

*Thank you to all my blog friends for your wonderful messages and kind thoughts regarding my father, it is much appreciated by me *

 

A long rummage was needed this week at the Salvos to de~stress

I found a few useful silverplate pieces in the same box cutlery box that I have been having luck with lately

 

 

A nice weighty  embossed cake server

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A sweet pickle fork

 

 

 

 

 

A  little silver  sherry decanter label - yet to be cleaned

 

 

 

We are franticly cleaning still as the photographer is coming on Wed to for the internet shots and the first house open is on the 4th May. I  bought some tulips for one room and more bunches coming

 

 

 

I want the house smelling beautiful ~ I hate most candles and diffusers,they are always sickly ~ so I was thrilled to find Glasshouse ~ I can't describe how divine the Positano fragrance is ...it's lemon verbena and basil. I splashed out on the candle and diffuser

 

 

 

I spent a lot of time in the garden just enjoying our last Autumn in it