Monday, June 25, 2012

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea

May is the fundraising month in Australia for the Cancer Foundation. This year DNo 1 decided she would have a morning tea to raise some money. She ended up raising over $500 which was a great effort. She raided my cupboards for anything red and white (her home has red accents) and started making plans.
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We had the most lovely morning. Please excuse the blurry photos but I think there were 100 small children there (not really!) and it was quite hard to get some photos. This fundraising event is very dear to my heart as I lost my father from cancer 16 years ago. Sadly this terrible disease seems to touch us all.
Suzy

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Cold down under

Ok…I need you to all turn up your air conditioning before you go any further!!! I’m sure a lot of you forget I’m on the other side of the world (yes, I do it too!!) so we are just coming into winter. We have just finished our seeding (planting our crops) for the year. We have 1600 acres of wheat, oats and barley planted ready to pop up out of the lovely warm soil. D No 1 and her two little boys came for the weekend and we had such a lovely time. The weather was perfect for gathering wood, picnicking, tractor rides and  generally just being out and about on the farm
Today, however things are a little different. I helped Mr FH for a while this morning and it was quite chilly so I set myself a nice little lunch table on the ottoman by the fire when I returned.
As you can see I needed a cute hat and gloves while I was outside but once I discarded them when I came inside I thought they made the perfect start to a little table setting. Spicy pumpkin soup was just perfect followed by a cup of hot chocolate. (I bet you are sweating just reading this!!).
I just love to have the fire burning…there’s something really comforting about the flames of the nice warm fire on a winter’s day.
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I grabbed this old wooden tray to use to stabilise my cups and I see now I should have oiled it a little to freshen it up but too late now!! Isn’t this the cutest little hat with the gorgeous chunky buttons. I bought it from my sister’s gift shop but when I tried it on I looked TERRIBLE so I have given it to my daughter who looked super cute in it!!
Suzy






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Monday, June 11, 2012

Nothing like a bit of class!

I have had this gorgeous piece of fabric for ages (I did intend to make something to wear but that didn’t happen!) so I thought it would make a great table topper. I used it on my outdoor table (which I had picked up off the side of the road!). I love the prettiness of the cloth against the shabbiness of the table.  I’m not sure why I added the candleabra but it just seemed to fit. Very simple dinnerware matches the fabric perfectly. I have used our silver wedding flatware and the silver goblets we used at our wedding reception. I’m thinking they would be classed as antiques now!! The pretty pink daisies and soft pink napkins add just the right amount of colour to stop it from looking too boring.
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I love the way the gentle breeze it just catching the cloth….such a perfect day.

Suzy




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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Unseasonal Sunday


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I woke this morning to see grey skies and a gentle rainy wind blowing…..actually nothing like these photos!! As much as I would love to be picking these gorgeous hydrangeas (these were from my Mum’s garden) we are loving the winter weather. It has been a long time coming this year.
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Aren’t these colours just beautiful??

Suzy
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

My $2 tablescape!

We came home from the beach house on Sunday afternoon after a relaxing  time ..afternoon naps, facials, massage and dinner. Just what I needed to recharge my batteries.
I’ve had a funny day today…..no internet or mobile telephone all day….yes, ALL DAY! (Note: This actually went on for 48hrs!!! Grrr) It was like I had my arms cut off. So I got busy and did a bit of cooking, my ironing and mowed the lawn.
I actually set this pretty table too! I am hoping I can publish this before the end of the month!!!! I was looking at the table after I had finished and realised most things on the table cost me $2. The gorgeous taupe dinner plate and side plate were both $2 each as were the pretty blue side plates. The blue pots were also $2!. The spotted napkins were ….you guessed it -$2. Everything else I had. No doubt most of them were on sale too! I needed something to cover the white of the salad plate so I used two coffee filters to tone it down a little.
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I love these little pots – I think they will be great for soups, chicken and leek pies and even some little breakfast delights.
I don’t have a lot of blue in my house but by matching it with natural colours it just seemed right.

                                Suzy




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