Showing posts with label favourite things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label favourite things. Show all posts

Thursday, May 21, 2020

My Favourite Things . . .


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These are a few of my favourite things.  Maybe some of them are yours also!  A few of the things which catch my eye, inspire me, pluck at my heart strings, make me smile, intrigue me or that I just plain enjoy. I hope that they will do the same for you.      


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New potatoes.  They are so lovely simply steamed and then rolled in butter and fresh herbs. 




Working with wool felt, making penny rugs, etc.  I actually adore penny rugs/mats. 


  


Cabbage roses  . . . .  





Reds, whites and blues in any shade or combination  . . . 


  


The colour purple  . . . 



Robin's egg blue  . . . 


  


Light and shadow  . . . .  the way they play together . . .


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Cucumbers and cucumber salad  . . . 



Patchwork and lace  . . . 


  
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Buttercups  . . .  did you ever play do you like butter? 



Enid Blyton books  . . .  I think I've read them all  . . . 


  

This  . . . .



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Hanging out with the ones you love  . . . 


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Thimbles and wooden spools  . . .  



Whimsical abodes  . . . 


 
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Children's illustration  . . .  


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Embroidered pillow slips  . . .   



Honey  . . .  but sadly I cannot eat it anymore  . . . 


  

Shepherd's huts  . . . 




Furry boots  . . . 


  


Forget me nots  . . . 




Pretty tea sets  . . . .


  

Rainbow ice cream  . . . haven't had it in years  . . .  or moonmist  . . .




Vintage greeting cards  . . . 



Wisteria  . . .  there is a street in Freiburg, Germany that is completely festooned with it  . . . magical  . . . 

A thought to carry with you  . . . 


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•。★★ 。* 。
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˚ ˛ •˛• ˚ | 田田 |門 ★
 *sometimes you just have to be done,
not mad, not upset, just done •。★★ 。* 。 




In The English Kitchen today  . . .  Tomato, Basil & Red Onion Salad.  Yumminess.

I hope you have a good day today. There are some dark clouds rolling over here, but very quickly so think this will pass.  Whatever you get up to, don't forget!  



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And I do too!   






Thursday, April 16, 2020

My favourite things . . .

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These are a few of my favourite things.  Maybe some of them are yours also!  A few of the things which catch my eye, inspire me, pluck at my heart strings, make me smile, intrigue me or that I just plain enjoy. I hope that they will do the same for you.    
 
 
 
 
New, old and in-between.  I just love the smell of books. I should have been a librarian. 
 
 
 
 
Anything with cherries on it . . .  love cherry art, especially art deco style cherry art. 
 
 
   

 
Love, Love LOVE this girls dog pillows. 
 
 
 
Schnauzers . . .  
 
 
  
 
Short bread biscuits  . . . . 


 
 
Country walks down country lanes  . . . 
 
 
  
 
 
Window seats  . . . . 


 
 
Old instruction leaflets . . .  on any topic. 
 
 
  
 
 
Peter rabbit  . . . . anything  . . . 


 
 
Hand crochet doilies . . .  used to do a lot of these  . . . 
 
 
  
 
I have no words  . . . . 



 
Vintage baby decor  . . .  with the soft lambs, and sweet eyes, puppies  . . . 
 
 
  
 
 
Ringlets on little girls  . . . 


 
 
Wooden spindle beds  . . . . 
 
 
 
  
 

Old radios  . . . . 


 
 
Old sewing machines  . . . 
 
 
  
 
 
This kind of siding  . . .  and those windows  . . . 


 
 
Pillows with messages  . . . 
 
 
  
 
 
Orange cats . . . 


 
 
Quaint bathroom vanities  . . . 
 
 
  
 
 
Garden swings  . . . 


I guess I just love anything that reminds me of my growing up years  . . . 

A thought to carry with you  . . . 

° * 。 • ˚ ˚ ˛ ˚ ˛ •
•。★★ 。* 。
° 。 ° ˛˚˛ * _Π_____*。*˚
˚ ˛ •˛•˚ */______/~\。˚ ˚ ˛
˚ ˛ •˛• ˚ | 田田 |門 ★

 *
What draws people to be friends,
is that they see the same truth.
They share it. ~C. S. Lewis
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Nothing new in the kitchen to share today. Yesterday got away from me and then it was too late to take photos.  By early afternoon these days the light has changed dramatically  . . . 

I hope you have a lovely Thursday  . . .  don't forget! 
 
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And I do too!