30.5.13

cookies and fajance



Thank you for your generous comments about Marin. I have to tell you my list of Ravelry favourites is now filling fast with yet more possibilities of shawls, shawlettes, scarves. I do believe they may be the new hats (although having said that, I have just had a disaster with my latest one .. don't ask, you'll not be seeing it for a long while to come!)

Since I last posted we have seen a riot of colour here in our little part of this world. We were sorry to see the apple blossom leave, its petals eventually scattering the ground like wedding confetti but the lilac trees made up for it, bursting into life with beautiful scent kindly pervading the air outside the front door. Each time I passed by, I would press my nose into the delicious offerings. Alas they, too, are no longer but the rhododendrons are just managing to hang on and I constantly remind myself I should be photographing before they, too, are gone for the year. But truth be told I am as busy as a bee at the moment and any photography is way down the list that is my To-Do organisation. Sorry!

I finally started a sewing project a week or so ago, the weather was particularly warm and we all know how few clothes I have right now. But just like that the rain and cold returned, sending me back to my knitting needles and now I am left juggling several projects that make me think I am going nowhere, fast.

I'm rather pleased with a couple of goodies I recently scooped from my favourite thrift shop. I love old jars and this large 'cookie' jar is making me happy. And I grabbed the 1970s Royal Copenhagen 'Fajance' dish faster than the speed of light, almost (but not quite) from the clutches of another thrifter who made the grave error of setting it back down on the table, because my hand shot out and back like a cobra lest he should change his mind. I did at least manage the courtesy of asking if he intended to buy before I marched off to the till!

So that's my news for this week and now I'm going to retreat to the sewing machine, see if I can finish my latest dress before the Winter sets in. What are you up to? Only good things, I hope.

14 comments:

  1. That dish is gorgeous, I'd have fought you for it if I'd been there!

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  2. what a gorgeous dish! nothing that nice is ever found around here...

    And what are you knitting? I've lost my knitting mojo and can't find it anywhere....

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  3. a dish worth fighting for indeed x

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  4. Good move, yet politely executed.

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  5. How decent of you to observe the niceties. What if he'd said 'yes'?! T x

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  6. Perfect description of a thrift store snatch Kate :o) your cookie jar is gorgeous x glad to hear that you are enjoying a little sewing x Penny

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  7. I love that dish. It's colour is fantastic.
    Rosie

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  8. Recently I read that Vancouver was high on the list of most desirable places to live in the world and from what you are saying that seems to be true.

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  9. Gorgeous dish Kate. :)
    You seem to have a never ending supply of gorgeous blooms there!
    V xxx

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  10. Good to know they've got good thrift shops in Canada and the 70's Danish ceramics dish. What a find!

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  11. Hello from New York. I happened upon your site totally by accident, and am so happy to have made that landing.

    It's been great fun to see your recent posts and I am sure to be visiting again.

    Best wishes.

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  12. Way to go with those fabulous thrift shop finds!! And excited to hear you've been beavering away at the sewing machine again. Woohoo! Looking forward to seeing what you're working on.
    Mel x

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  13. Yippeee summer dresses are the best! Can't wait to see it. - Annie

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  14. Oh, you lucky woman! What a treasure! Now that I know Royal Copenhagen made such interesting pieces, I'll keep an eye out. Or take a trip to the west coast!

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