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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Welcome Autumn

It is time to welcome autumn and although I hang onto summer
as long as I can I am ready to welcome autumn in all it's glory.

This old bike belonged to my Dad. He rescued it from going to
the dump many years ago and used to ride around town on it.
It is 19 years since my Dad passed away and I was thinking
how much he would have enjoyed the 70 mile yard sale as I think
I inherited my love of junk/treasure hunting from him. Dad also,loved
gardening and got me started over 20 years ago with some of his
plants. I wish I could walk around our garden with him now...I
know he would be proud to see how well those plants are doing!

Autumn colors.

A cosy spot to enjoy a book and a
cup of hot apple cider.

The knitted throw was a thrift shop find.

Well,as many of you know.yesterday was our 70 mile
yard sale day on the eastern end of the island. I had a couple of
tours and didn't think I could go but as luck would have it
one of my tours changed the time to 10:30 so we struck out at 7
and beat the crowds and came home with a car load of treasures!
I will share them later.

Wishing you all a happy fall!

Carolyn

Friday, September 19, 2014

Vintage Style and Garden Bouquets

Hello everyone.

We are enjoying these beautiful last few days of summer here.

Yesterday my friend Snow and I spent a few hours
giving the Gardener's Cottage a vintage makeover.
Snow has a great collection of all things vintage ~
so just a quick peek today at the change in here.

Vintage curtains and laundry on the line.

vintage aprons

A lovely bouquet from the garden
in a beautiful pitcher and a hand
embroidered tablecloth.

The beautiful hand painted box is a
treasured gift from a blog friend
several years a go.

Love this little vintage pink alarm clock.

Bouquets and an April Cornell tablecloth
give a pretty late summer look.

I have a few tours coming again this weekend.

By the way,this weekend is the 70 mile
yard sale.......I can't go until late in the
day so if you go be sure to leave some
pretty old dishes and linens for me!!!

Enjoy a cup of tea before you go.

I hope you have a wonderful
weekend!

Carolyn

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Garden Roses & Tea

Hello everyone,

It is a beautiful sunny day here today so I
took advantage of it and had tea on the porch.

Still hanging onto summer here.I

Love these English roses!

The Mary roses is blooming again.

Teacups & roses.

Now ,in case you are ready
for fall I did an autumn tea
for you.

I am off to get ready for lunch with
a couple of good friends. We are
enjoying these last days for the summer
restaurants.
So,are you in summer mode still
or have you movedi nto autumn?

I am joining Rose Chintz Cottage
for Tea Time Tuesday and
Bernideen's Tea Time blog
for Tea with Friends.

Thanks for coming for tea!

Carolyn

Monday, September 15, 2014

Catch the Bouquet

I hope you had a great weekend.
We were busy here with a few
tours and a photo shoot.

When these beautiful bouquets were not
in use , I did a little photo shoot of my
own for you.

I love the romantic look of these bouquets.

A basket of posies.

Saturday was a beautiful day but Sunday when we had
close to 60 visitors from Japan we had warm showers
off an on all day but it didn't seem to dampen their spirits
and the garden is still holding up pretty good for this time
of the year.

Hope you have a good week and
thank you for visiting me today.

Carolyn