'For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over again."
F.Scott Fitzgerald.
Showing posts with label Treasure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Treasure. Show all posts
Monday, 16 June 2014
For what it's worth...
'For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over again."
F.Scott Fitzgerald.
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Bambi
I have been humming this ever since.... Happy April!
Friday, 6 December 2013
A Story Of The Sea
Some of my most recent finds include a giant Victorian scrap book, a 1920's Coral Satin dress and a Pink toadstool pot. The Pewter scallop shell box and the antique Cresent measuring tape where salvaged by Craig.
"She was seeking the oldest of rainbows to be herself and unafraid".
I like the way Lana Howls.
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Animals Around Us
Edith Holden was the 1980's Edwardian sweetheart. Most people know of her for the 'Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady' fame (and let's face it who hasn't spotted a copy in their local charity shop at some point), but for most people they know no more of her than those beautiful illustrations.
It wasn't until I found this copy of 'Animals Around Us' that I decided to learn about her life properly, and so started my love affair with this special lady.
As you can see from this book she was an avid nature and animal lover and she used her incredible talent to support early animal welfare charities.
Her sister married a vegetarian (very rare for the time) and Edith's family were spiritualists who held local seances. Her Mother could automatic write and was said to carry on communicating through Edith's sister long after she had died.
For so many reasons she is my kind of lady and now I feel so lucky to own such a treasure in this original 1921 copy of Edith's work.
I have only scanned in a selection of her illustrations and in the book they are all accompanied by beautiful and informative poems about each animal. I know how my kids are going to be doing their learning (no matter how much they would rather have a kindle)!
I have a copy of 'The Edwardian Lady' in my shop if anyone wants to learn more about Edith and her interesting life.
Please feel free to share any of the animal images and if you do please share considerately and link back to me. Thank you.
I have also listed lot's more goodies this week. Click on the picture below to visit my shop and if anyone wants any of the items before Halloween then please private message me and I will do my very best to make it so.
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my previous post! It looks like I had better start putting together a hair tutorial then. ;)
Monday, 1 July 2013
A Wreath Of Flower Legends
"Legend appeals to something in us, something we want and have a right to...which appeals to the sense of the lovely which exists in nearly everybody."
Archdeacon Holmes
As promised, here is my Midsummer blog post offering.
Combining my love for Mythology and Flowers this book is just so special. Written in the 1950's by Rose Sydenham Dugdale it includes flower legends from all over the world and beautiful 'Flower Wreaths' illustrated by L Anne Ellis.
Far away in the dawn of time, Cupid, the god of Love, was wandering over the earth sad and disillusioned, for he so rarely found that true love which the gods gave to the children of men as their choicest blessing.
Determined to find only the highest ideal in a union for himself, he flew to his mother, Venus the goddess of Beauty, for advice. His mother gave him a magic mantle which belonged to Jupiter. "Wrap yourself in this mantle,' said she, "and you will have power to find the pure soul you seek so earnestly."
Taking heart, Cupid quickly descended to earth. After many wanderings he found the desire of his heart: she was Psyche, who lived between the earth and sky unseen by mortal eyes: great was her beauty, her goodness, and she possessed rare mental gifts.
Cupid took Psyche by the hand and together they floated far and wide in the upper air, for they knew that they had found that true love which always brings fresh joys and renewed happiness.
Wearying at last, they descended to rest on an Alpine meadow, fragrant with breath of thyme. When they had rested and were about to continue their flight, they heard a soft voice like the murmuring of bees calling to them: it was the voice of the meadow pleading for the stars to decorate the greensward in perpetual remeberance of the lovely pair who had rested there.
"Your wish shall be fufilled," cried Psyche; "henceforth stars shall shine all over your flowered mantle."
From that day the meadows have been spangled with daisies, and wherever the feet of those true lovers touch star-like blossoms, their petals are tipped with crimson.
I wanted to share them all with you but there are just too many! The Daisy legend is one of my favourites, and ever since reading it I can't help but think of them as crimson tipped stars.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
A Herbaceous Border
A Herbaceous Border
January
The Tidy Gardener
Poppies
Larkspurs And Pinks
Daffodils
Irises
A Cornish Cottage
Lilies And Roses
The Road To Rome
The Window Garden
A Room Garden In Spring
Illustrations by Winifred Lucy Robinson taken from my 1909 'Childrens Book Of Gardening' book.
My dreams in book form...? The weather is getting warmer and all I want to do is spend days long in amongst all my flower friends. If I had all of these gals outifts then that would help and I wouldn't mind being called Winifred either!
I was trying to choose a favourite and it's a toss up between 'A Herbaceous Border' and 'Lilies and Roses', I could move right on in to those ones.
Which ones would you choose?
As always please share graciously and link back to me, thank you!
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Those who wish to sing
'Every Heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.' Plato
All photo's by myself or Craig
In what ever shape or form I hope your day tomorrow is filled with love and loved ones.
Love me xx
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