nice haul.....Liberty scarves

No Liberty scarves have joined my collection since last summer. I was having withdrawal symptoms and  determined to get a fix.

So, for the past 2 weeks I have trolled the thrift stores, I came up with seven!.

This is my favorite, cocoa brown with soft, feminine colours,

followed by the above with the pre-war label.

But this one is a bit of a puzzle, large with a hand rolled edge,  it has a somewhat tacky, glitzy tag with lurex yet!. I think it is the new direction Liberty is following/

Strange scarf here too, I have never seen a striped border before - and I have over 800 Liberty scarves. The border may have been larger and re-hemmed because it is badly hand rolled.

During the same outings some other vintage scarves made it into my basket, I dare not tell you how many. They are making their way into my etsy shop and will keep me busy for a few weeks.

All in all, not a bad haul.

easter sunday!!!!

Easter Sunday 2016.

One of my Christmas Cactus, blooming for the third time, thinks it may be spring.
Unlike my garden with nary a green shoot.
No sign of spring here in Ontario.

snappy chariot

Kiwis do so love a snappy chariot!

Usually I do not give a toss about cars,  just something to get me from A - B.

But here, in New Zealand,  the vehicles make me smile.
Whether it is on the highway,

parked on the main street,

in the market square,

or outside the town hall.

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Now, I could link these photos to the car internet pages, but I don't know what sort of cars they are!

But I can link you to this.https://www.etsy.com/listing/267999895/vintage-silk-tie-jaguar-silk-tie?ref=shop_home_active_11

To Market,to market

Some images of markets from this trip.

I love a local market day.

Santa Monica.

Nelson, NZ. Wednesday Farmers market,

and Saturday general market

and Sunday second hand market.

Coroglen, on the Coromandel peninsula has a charming, rural  Sunday morning event....lots of atmosphere.

Whitianga, of a Saturday morning, in the center of town. ( having trouble with my photo spacing folks!)

Finally, the very lively Rarotonga Saturday morning.

I tried not to spend too much.

Whitianga

Mercury Bay has been  home for the past couple of weeks.

Basic groceries /Post Office/ Library are in Whitianga, a short ( very short) ferry ride away.

Home to a charming Saturday morning market.

A war memorial  - I always stop to read a few names, its the least I can do.

Four good oppies.  I have only been  to  three of them,  but managed to clean up.

Yesterday the Mercury Bay Area schools were having a swim meet.

 They were  all swimming 2k from Ferry Landing to Whitianga Wharf.
 Intermediate girls were first in.

What a healthy, enthusiastic bunch of kids!

Follow some of the links....much better photos than mine!.