Its about time.

It's about time we got to pick flowers  from the garden.

The first bouquet and the last are always my favorites.

 I think I say this every year.

back to scarves

Some more Liberty scarves for my ever growing collection.

A charming soft floral from the 1950s.

1960s mod!

 and a nice. large Hera, from the 1970s....think I already have this.

I also picked up  a couple of Jacqmar, which are  scarcer than the Liberty scarves. I specially like the chestnut polkadot.

Oh No!

My magnolia, now taller than the house

has just started to bloom - look at the date -

 when another cold spell descended. Sorry the picture is blurry but it was pouring with rain when I nipped out.

That it for another year I suppose.

Think I have seen this scenario befor.

How 70s can you get?

or, Woodstock here I come!

Found these two beauties last week.

Home made, hand embroidered , all those polyester knits we know and love.

Now for sale in one of my Etsy shops.

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