In the pink....

Today

 I am passionate about

 PINK 

combined with 

ORANGE

On their own, 

they are colors that make my blood sing

 but...

put them together and I am in seventh heaven!!

What could you make with this silk?

Would it matter what the food was at this table? 

I want these all over the house!!!

 the flowers here

could almost

 be prettier than the bride!!!!

 Goodnight

Clearing sales!!!!!!!!

I.

Should.

Never.

Go.

To.

A.

Clearing.

Sale.

Did I buy the microwave?

The brand new dishwasher?

the thermos perhaps?

NO!!

I bought the bench

WHY?

 Because it has memories!

It was once the island bench in a kitchen

 that  belonged to family. 

Then, with new owners, it was 

 relegated to the shearing shed

 with this piece

alas this one is a fixture

 (in the shearing shed!!!)

 and did not come up in the sale.

but I am trying to negotiate!

wish me luck.

because once upon a time,

 this incredibly beautiful man

 stood on the opposite side, 

whilst meals were being prepared

AND IT SHOULD NOT BE IN A SHEARING SHED!  

I believe ,

 both cupboards came from

 Country Trader Interiors

and this is how I think it should look

this is the style of the drawers

maybe too top heavy do you think?

But it has the spot for a food prep sink

Of course, there is a problem!

after years in the old shearing shed

there has been  damage to some of the boards. 

but never fear 

with 'Top' in charge 

they should soon be fixed.

What do you think?

Was I foolish

to buy memories?

Word verification for the night

http://whiteandwander.blogspot.com/

had a beautiful puppy  image that I 

commented on wanting to bring home

 but that my  puppies would not be happy

the WV was SPRIAZES

Surprises anyone?

Images me, Atlanta homesmag, and not sure of the others SORRY!

Goodnight

forgotten tastes

I wish you could feel this...

could smell this ....

and ohhhh

I really, really, wish you

could taste this...

If you could

 you would taste again 

that wondrous thing,

 that is,

 a tomato ripened on the vine, 

then picked,

 whilst the day's sun still warms the flesh

The texture firm, but giving,

 the juice running down your arm,

and so delicious,

 that you eat it like an apple

This roadside stall

 is where 'Tommie' hangs out 

5 days a week

from February to May.

If you asked

 'Tommie' would tell you that

IT'S HARD SLOG

IT"S DIRTY

IT'S TIRING

and....

IT'S FUN!

So, if, on your travels

 you should see the white truck

with the umbrella and the

gaily coloured tablecloths,

 covered in bags of tomatoes,

and the best tasting

 sauce, relish and pickles,

ask if you can taste one.

YOU WILL NOT WALK AWAY

WITH LESS THAN A BAG 

A gentleman today

 ordered 8 cases 

 to take back to his family and friends

   BECAUSE....

They taste like old fashioned Italian tomatoes

 and he hasn't had those 

since he arrived in Australia!!!!

'Tommie' says

Goodnight

Word verification for the night:

http://bonjourmadamestephanie.blogspot.com/

has  beautiful images of a well lit Eiffel Tower

and the letter were

KINGLIT!!!!!

Goodnight!

dreams versus reality

I was just about to toddle of to bed

when I foolishly took one more look at my

file of ideas...mistake!

I must say that I don't think 

I have ever wanted this staircase 

but it fascinates me no end

 so I guess that makes it a dream...

Not necessarily one I want to come true...

but a dream none the less

Don't think I would like to try these after a dinner party

Of course if we ever have another staircase

 the reality of it would be more like this

and this really encapsulates

 both dream and reality because I love it!

(Just quietly I love the room as well, those red chairs are just magic!)

Now I am heading of to bed to sleep...perchance to

DREAM!!!!!

Goodnight

Pssst...Don't know where either of these came from so thank you to whoever ( should that be whomever?) and I promise to take note of where I grab my ideas in future

Goodnight again

an absurd observation!

Having sent a few comments

 over the last few days 

I made this absolutely absurd observation

 of the word verification letters!!!

A comment mentioning my dislike of ironing... read

wohardr

does that look like workharder to you

a comment on how pretty something was got me

plesinly

that looks very much like pleasingly to me

Thanking someone for visiting me I got 

uwlsme

now that looked like you  welcome 

MAYBE BLOGGING IS SENDING ME MAD 

BUT.. 

THERE WERE DOZENS 

WHERE THE LETTERS 

HAD A STRANGE FAMILIARITY 

ABOUT THEM

SO......

if  I keep checking these out

I COULD BECOME THE COMMENT QUEEN OF BLOGGING

Goodnight

decisions, decisions, decisions!

As I get older making decisions gets harder and harder

Take this week

We still haven't decided

 what to do about the floors in the cottage.

Not, because I don't know what I want 

(White painted)

 but as we are going to sell it

 as soon as it is finished,  

Are prospective buyers going to be put off by painted floors? 

Would they prefer dark stained?

NEXT DECISION...

Do we reopen our "junk shop"?

OR.....

Do we fill the cottage full of bits 

and open it one weekend a month?

It is some years since we were last opened

 and rents in our town have more than tripled.

 Why, when we have so many empty shops, completely mystifies me!

Not everything we had was older than me!

but a good deal of it was

This barber's chair now resides in an historic pub out west

The kauri pine desk only stayed here about a week 

before it crept home (it still resides in one of the guest bedrooms!)

This piece only stayed a few weeks before it headed to Melbourne

The wedding gown walked down the aisle again

not long after this photo was taken!

and do I really want to sell these pieces?

What to do? what to do? what to do?

THAT IS THE QUESTION

Goodnight

floors, floors, floors!

Tonight I have been looking at floors

floors, floors and more floors!

We have a cottage we are renovating

 (and have been renovating for some years)

...AND THEREBY HANGS A TALE!!!

Over the years we have renovated a fair few homes 

but suddenly these last two were the

straws that broke the camels back

and we just don't seem able to finish either one!!

BUT...

to get back to floors.

 I dislike,

WITH A PASSION,

carpet

      SO.....

up came all the smelly old stuff.

 Underneath were reasonable,

 but not overly impressive, floorboards. 

The problem is that at some stage in their life 

some of these boards had been stained, some not!

AND...

the question is

do we sand?

do we paint? 

OR

do we lime?

The trouble with liming

(Which is  my favoured choice)

you don't really know what result

 you are going to get until you have finished.

Mostly they are a cross of the two above

 but one kitchen floor we did had

 quite dark blue and pink tones 

(I imagine that was caused by not quite gone old stains)

It was beautiful

BUT...

I don't want a whole house like that

most of these images are from http://www.beachstudios.co.uk

So more nights of looking at floors

 and testing in the laundry. 

I can always paint the laundry floor

 in checkerboard

 as we did in our shop

in the image below

Goodnight

Amazing talent

A lovely young friend of mine named Georgia

 takes the most amazing photographs of children and

 I thought I would just share two of my favourites

her ability to get children relaxed and natural is fabulous 

(these three children are of course beautiful and amazing anyway 

and I'm not, no really I'm not, biased at all!!!)

Goodnight

taking shortcuts never works!!!

WILL NOT TRY THAT LITTLE SHORTCUT AGAIN!!!!

For those who cannot see the images in the last post I am putting them up again and adding some new ones! 

They are still all from

http://www.icietla.com.au/

breadboards (imagine the memories in these!)

No touching this one. Just as is!

This is the one for Leigh!

Linda hope you can see these!!!!!

DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE SHOP SITE?

LET ME KNOW!

Goodnight again