Tea and Scones and new treasures found

It's Winter here and the roses are still blooming.

I am still able to cut quite a few for indoors.

Because it's so cold outside, we aren't sitting out, so I may as well enjoy the blooms where I spend most of my day.

We are having home baked scones hot from the oven, with jam and cream.

I think we will use the blue rose Nikko and some mismatched English china cups

When the roses fade,I still love them for a few more days,

even the dropped petals,get left just where they are.

I even, after tea is over,use the tea setting as my table centrepiece.

We also visited our favourite Vinnies today.

Within 2 minutes of walking through the door,we spotted this gorgeous 16 piece setting.

My hubby even said that we couldn't pass it up at $17 the set.

Now that does not usually happen.

With the gold chargers from Christmas, I think it looks really nice.

We also found another addition to our pink glass collection

I think it is so pretty and quite large.

For $4, a steel

I quite often use fruit as a centrepiece for our table too.

I love the colours with white embroidered linen

My Australian friends,Keep warm 

and for my Northern friends,enjoy your lovely warm weather.

xx jeanetteann

I am joining the following parties this week.

Rose Chintz Cottage

A Delightsome Life

Faded Charm

My Romantic Home

Knick of Time

Lily-Rose-Cottage

Antiques and Teacups

Coloradolady

Rose Vignettes

How Sweet the Sound

Have a daily cuppa Mrs Olsen

French Country Cottage

Common Ground

The Thrifty Groove

Ivy and Elephants

The Delectable Home

A Stroll Through Life

Trish's Heart and Home

Kathe with an E

Sunny Simple Life

Mod Vintage Life

Winter is here

                                                              WINTER IS HERE
                                                A lovely warm cosy fire,slippers and a rug,
                                                      only one more thing I wanted to do 
                                                                and that was knit.

A trip to K Mart to look for yarn

I usually buy wool from the Bendigo woollen mills

when making jumpers,but just for a scarf, K Mart yarn is fine.

I found this strange looking stuff called Pallette

It had the pattern under the label.

It took me a half hour to work out what the pattern was saying.

After only an hour my scarf was half way there. 

It was layers of frills.

 All I had to do was knit into the holes 

and use the holes along the strand as the wool to wrap around the needle.

Very clever whoever thought it up.

Within 3 hours it was finished. Amazing stuff.

When my daughter saw it she wanted one too.

So when My Granddaughter, Kelly came over on Sunday and saw mine.

She wanted to knit a plain scarf.

Off she went with her mother to K Mart to buy some wool

I asked her to get me another ball of the Pallette in Autumn tonings.

We sat down and had a lovely afternoon knitting away,all cozy in front of the fire with a cup of tea,

while the rest of her family went off to the footy.

"Rather be here Nanny", she said

Kelly loves a cup of tea especially in a china cup.

Kelly's wool is a lovely turquoise colour in plain knitting

and the one for my daughter was finished by dinner time.

I'm in the mood for more now

What are you knitting at the moment?

xx jeanetteann

I will be visiting

Sandy at Rose Chintz Cottage

Antiques and Teacups

A Delightsome Life

My Romantic Home

Rooted in Thyme

Crafttionary

                                   

Queen Elizabeth 11 Diamond Jubilee

THE CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 11, 59 YRS AGO

I was just 7yrs old in June 1953

I can remember as if it were yesterday

I think the Queen is so beautiful and have never forgotten the excitement of the 

 party we had in the street where we lived.

I grew up in the West Midlands of England,although I now live in Australia

I have some mementoes from that day.

Everyone took part in the fancy dress at the party

The photo is of my two brothers,my mother and me all

dressed up

All the children were given gifts, a mug with Queen Elizabeth, a 5 shilling piece

in a little plastic case (my grandson has mine now in his coin  collection)

and post office stamps in a little commemorative card

My mother made all our costumes,even my crown

My mother was dressed as Good Queen Bess

I was Queen Elizabeth11

My elder brother was King Henry V111

I can't quite remember what my younger brother was.

Everyone decorated their homes,and windows. Banners and Flags were draped across the street.

This is a biscuit tin from the day

and a needlecraft magazine,cost one shilling, with embroidery patterns to commemorate the Coronation

                                           Embroidery to use as a cover for the Radio Times

.

                                   

A Tapestry of the Golden Coach and procession

Embroidery Transfers for the Coronation

A Jacobean design embroidered cushion for the Coronation

THE DIAMOND JUBILEE

THE 2ND JUNE WE WILL BE ALL SITTING IN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION WATCHING

THIS MOST BEAUTIFUL,EXCITING EVENT, 

59yrs after that eventful day in 1953

I wonder if you will be having a party in your street, 

There won't be one where I live,but in my mind I will be back in 1953

 reliving the excitement of that day.

I will also be looking forward to visiting my favourite bloggerette friends to see their 

DIAMOND.JUBILEE POSTS

xx jeanetteann

Mothers Day

I got to celebrate Mothers Day, late this year,because we were on holidays

Our Children  spoiled me as usual with lots of sweet gifts.

Mothers day wouldn't be Mothers Day without flowers.

This beautiful vase containing the flowers was made by my daughter.

She knows how much I love handmade gifts. Isn't it lovely?

The jar is a vintage Agee utility. I think they are for preserving.

My favourite childhood book Black Beauty, it is inscribed 1974 and my favourite magazine

I also received a pretty box full of bathroom goodies,can't get enough of those.

I am joining the following parties

House in the Roses

Angelwings and Apronstrings

Knick of Time

Coloradolady

The Farmhouse Porch

French Country Cottage

Kathe with an E

The Charm of Home

My Romantic Home

Lily-Rose Cottage

Rose Vignettes

A little of me

Have a daily cup from Mrs Olsen

xx jeanetteann

Holiday treasure finds

A load of pictures today to show you my lovelies from my treasure hunt while on holidays

The beautiful cloth with the purple flowers. It also has an organza border

$12.50

Pink liqueur glasses, set of 5 for $4, I had a matching one at home to complete the set

Lovely big earthenware brown teapot $5

Pink dish $3

Royal Albert mug in perfect condition $4

Set 4 pink Meakin dinner plates $4 each

Glass dome cover $5

Loved these little bunny egg cups at $1 each

I bought the birdie from a gift shop,as it was so sweet

Linen cut lace table cloth $5

I cut some of my beautiful roses today, I came home to a lovely flowering garden

which is amazing,as there hasn't been that much rain at home.

Roses are certainly tough old things,for something so beautiful

Isn't my little birdie delightful

What a welcome home,my lovely roses put on such a welcome display

Happy 4th anniversary  Pink Saturday 

 Pink Roses for Beverly at "How Sweet the Sound"

A lovely find, 6 Scottish napkins with embroidery on each corner

A pretty embroidered daffodil tray cloth 50c

The tea set is a previous purchase but goes so well with the yellow embroidery

xx Happy blogging my friends xx jeanetteann

I am joining the following parties 

A Delightsome Life

House in the Roses

How Sweet the Sound

Lily-Rose-Cottage

Antiques and Teacups

Coloradolady

My Romantic Home

Rose Vignettes

Knick of Time

French Country Cottage

Common Ground

The Thrifty Groove

Ivy and Elephants

Faded Charm

Rooted in Thyme