Fussing, Fleas and Knitting Graffiti

What a horrible old week..do you ever have those? Of course there's always "stuff'"that happens and I'm quite a good problem solver, in general, it's just when you get ambushed & overtaken by the tricky bits of life, you can end up feeling pretty yuk & defeated!  Fleas, dead birds, neglected barking dogs, overload of pollens (pine & wattle) = hayfever...we surely must be on the cusp of spring in our neck of the woods. Well the dog has nothing to do with spring, but neither does finding out that you've been falsely accused & viciously lied about for years & years by certain family members (not mine) & it's stuffed up soo many things & made life so skinny & hard. Let my blog speak for itself. The glad game isn't working very well & I sure hope that the flea spray does a better job because it smells disgusting & I hate chemicals!!!
Fortunately loveliness does not fail me, so when I found this pretty vintage picture at The Mart in Havelock North I was so delighted. I have been vintage hunting for a good 30 years, but when I saw this I realized that very few lovely vintage pictures come up for sale here.

I like the simplicity of the 50's style plain cream frame..always works.

Our sun can be pretty harsh so I decided to pop this on our bedroom wall, since there's lace curtains in the window, which in turn, meant a makeover of this chest of draws.

I adore old velvet flowers, but you don't come across them very often either.

This crocheted cross is such a sweetie. That's the wonderful thing about the advent of our Trade Me, there are now things offered up for sale that otherwise may have been put into the rubbish & they are often very reasonably priced if you keep your eyes peeled.

There's a funny old secondhand shop in the middle of town called "Good Forecast", it's always worth a quick walk around..that's how I found this tray..very homemade & old painty looking. The winter sun was shining one afternoon so I borrowed Rob's reading glasses ; ) & got out some of my favourite books for an airing. 

Aren't books wonderful.!!! I was just thinking the other day, with all the dreary news & sad downward trends & cut backs of so many things in society, isn't it amazing that "free" libraries are still robust, open & generally humming. Arguably one of a communities most precious resources.

Did you ever watch the English Patient? I love that movie. Michael Ondaatje says "She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape. "
I would have to add...she had always wanted beautiful pictures but didn't know it!!

Charlie, the Borrowed Cat, came to see what all the fuss was about books!

While we were out walking this week we came across knitting graffiti on the fence at the squash courts down the road.

Some of it looks like finger knitting. Did you ever do finger knitting..I loved it or was it the old cotton reel that I was drawn to?

The next day we found "bubble graffiti"....mounds of foam scattered all over Queens Park : )

When I went to the Farmer's Market last week I stood stock still & speechless at the pretty display of edible kale. I was soooo excited when I saw the sign to say that they were only a $1 each & that I could buy them...so I did!

This white one is called "white peacock".

Aren't they so pretty.

Gay & Robert grow the most amazing array of organic plants & salad vegetables.

Including the cutest eggs..well the chooks lay those for them.

Speaking of eggs, that frequently come in cartons like these..what a great idea for storing Christmas decorations.

via Pinterest

I found this pretty American polished cotton on Trade Me a week or two ago. A true vision of loveliness! Doesn't have a purpose. I just love having the fabric, but you never just know.

bye!

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