Candy striped Tuesday

This week I really needed a cuppa... we spent last weekend helping DNo 1 and her husband and young son shift house! Need I say more?  It is amazing how much 'stuff' we all accumulate. She had only been living in this house for 6 months and I have been at the farm house for 33 years so I hate to think how I could get all of my junk moved.

I bought two of these pretty cups a couple of years ago with the idea of smashing them up and using them for a mosaic but I just can't seem to bring myself to take to them with the hammer.

Pretty little daisies always make me smile. When everything else in the garden has finished there are always a bunch of daisies to pick.

Aren't these little sugar hearts just the cutest things? I'm so glad most of my friends don't take sugar so I can just use these for show LOL! I have used a side plate from my collection of Robert Gordon china which you can see here.

Mr FH picked this old stool up one day when he took the rubbish to the tip (on a farm you have to take your own rubbish to the tip!) so he brought it home for me. It was ugly brown and much higher so I sawed the legs off and painted it pink!

What a happy little spring flower - such pretty colours.

I covered my little tea bag tag with pretty paper - I find them very ugly so I always do this when I have friends coming.

Suzy

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Time to Paint?

What do you think?  I am getting the urge to paint and redecorate and I'm thinking of painting my bedroom cream (I'm sure I had it cream years ago and now I'm doing a full circle LOL) and having it all in muted cream and white colours.

 

At the moment it is pink and flowery but maybe I'm past that..... You can see just how pink it is here. Son No1 said recently to his father that he could not see how he could sleep in here so that got me thinking..is it time for a change?

 

I have a lovely white bed cover under the quilts which I would keep and the curtains are white so they could stay so really it's just the paint colour and the accessories that would have to be changed.

I'm really warming to this I think. Dangerous really cos when I get something in my mind it can't stop thinking and planning. I would love to paint our bedhead which is pretty old but Mr FH is a bit boring like that..I'll have to work on him.

 

I'm actually not sure how I think I can find time for this but my mind is working overtime...

Suzy

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Lemoncello

We have had a couple of sunny days now that spring is here - more rain is needed but I'm loving the warmer days.  I had quite a bit of gardening to catch up on (you know, those pots that come home from the nursery and get watered every now and again!!) so today was the day. After I was finished (that's me finished, not the garden!!) I decided it was time for some light refreshments.

 Have you ever had Lemoncello???  You don't know what you are missing...

I have this beautiful shrub in the corner of the garden (I can't remember it's name) which is flowering madly so I cut off some branches and placed them in this green water pitcher.

Some tangy cheese - this is called Trilogy (it has Summer Herbs, Vintage Cheddar and Sun-dried Tomatoes) along with some crackers and some Pear Paste make quite a tasting plate.

Yum, how good does this look...

And now for the lemoncello. I made it a while ago and have had it in the fridge. I made the label for the bottle on the computer just to jazz things up a little.

As you can see the sun is starting to peek through to warm things up a little.

I love purple and green together and when I saw these pretty glasses at Ikea I just had to bring them home with me.

Please join me for a small drink in the sunshine. I usually add soda water to a small nip of Lemoncello to make a really refreshing long drink.

LEMONCELLO

Peel 8 lemons and infuse peel with 1 ltr of Vodka or Gin (I left mine for about 48 hrs).

Boil together 1 ltr water and 1 kg sugar for 2 minutes.

Strain off lemons and mix liquids together when cool.

Enjoy

Suzy

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Wonderful buildings in Melbourne

Today I want to share with you some wonderful old buildings that I was lucky enough to see on my recent holiday in Melbourne. Believe me they are just stunning and need very few words from me to show their beauty. I hope you enjoy......

I'm joining OutdoorWednesday@ASouthernDaydreamer and also WednesdayGratitude@HeartandHome as I am so grateful these wonderful buildings have been maintained.

Suzy

A cupful of daisies

On Saturday morning when I walked through my familyroom this is what greeted me....the spring sunshine peeking through my blinds. What a lovely sight! Australia is having some bizarre things going on, weather wise at the moment. We have had very little rain and our crops and stock feed are really suffering and the eastern states are having floods - how does this happen??? In the perfect world we would all be getting just the right amount but most of us know this is not a perfect world.
So what does a girl do when the sun is shining brightly after a cold winter- spring clean of course!! I am sharing with you some photos of my familyroom and a couple of table displays I put together.

Now here goes for the guided tour....looking to the left of the entrance door is my side table - I always have some pretty books just to browse at while watching telly. I had these pretty daisies in the garden and I thought they look great in this pretty little cup

Some sweet smelling potpourri is always lovely to have close by..

Next we have our main couch - I really wanted a white one but I had to be a bit sensible (sometimes it happens lol) so I decided on dark green leather and I dress it up with pinks and creams. I made these cushion covers a couple of years ago and purchased the rose print when I was recovering from major surgery on my shoulder and needed a pick-me-up!! Nothing like a bit of retail therapy!!

The right hand side of the couch is where Mr FH sits - he has the lovely books there to lift up the light so he can read the paper not to browse through for inspiration!!!!

 This table is an old tea trolley which I restored and it is perfect for holding china and also a pile of magazine which seem to take over my house.

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I love this pretty tea set against the dark wood - it makes it look more fragile I think.

Moving further along we come to my antique sewing machine which you have seen before here. This is one of my favourite peices.

I have this gorgeous painting above the sewing machine - DNo 2 gave it to me a couple of years ago for my birthday. I had it framed and it was on the wall in my bedroom for ages but I decided to bring it into this room.

Moving right along past the single chair we have the book case which I have shown you before here.

 I have skipped past my tv cabinet which I have shown you the top of here. Next to that I have this cute magazine holder (well, ok, newspapers!)  that I have piled high.

 Just past that I have my big fire which I takes up the whole corner - winters get a bit cold around here!!

Finally, I have this cute book case. It is only about 12'' deep so it is perfect for the little spot between the fire and the door into the office. I bought it for $40 from our school in a silent auction a while ago. I love being able to display favourite books up the top. The selection of teddies came from DNo 1 when she was travelling around Europe when I had a more country decorating style but I have left them there for my grandies to play with.

Isn't this display shelf just great!!! I have learnt though that I do need to change the books around fairly often as they tend to go out of shape (something I hate!!).


Well, I hope you have enjoyed your little tour of my favourite room.

Suzy

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Spring is here!!

This is a magnificent tree I saw on my recent trip to Melbourne. As you can see the limbs are really old and twisted. It was in a park setting very close to the centre of the city. I found Melbourne to be a very drab city as the buildings are very old (I do like that tho) but as they have very strict water restrictions in place most of the cars driving around were all covered with a layer of 'greyness' -I don't think that is a word but I think you will get the picture. I have some lovely photos of some beautiful old buildings that I will share with you later.

After wandering the city streets for some time we came across a market which had the most beautiful flowers - I really wanted to buy some but as we were only there for 3 nights I thought it was a bit silly.  It was just great to see the buckets and buckets of vibrant colours lined up. As today is the first day of spring here I am getting my 'spring fix' by looking as these photos.

Happy spring day!!

Suzy

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