Eclectric Treasures

My treasure hunting, l have decided, is going a little bit left of centre at the moment! Still buying things l love but WHAT l am buying is not quite the sort of things l would expect myself to buy. Like this gorgeous little $4 pair! Made in Japan, a sugar bowl and a milk jug both on saucers. Love them but when on earth are we ever going to use them??

This bowl...is it bizarre , gross or just downright ugly? l really don't know but  l liked it!

It's heavy iron with wooden beads threaded through with copper wire Begging out to be filled with oranges and perfect for our dining room!

And two $1 brass candlesticks......you can never have too many candlesticks.............

And this......a double stacker candlestick. Perfect for a fence post out on the farm somewhere....

Now THIS one is splendid! Not an Op Shop find, but a lovely present from my sister!

As was this! Found in an Antique & Collectors Market in Bendigo. Probably needs to be full of peas!

So all in all an eclectic mix! Weird and wonderful. l love them all!

Ohhhhhhhhhhh yes and this!!! Found in one of my favourite shops in our town. A badly angled photo l must admit but l was trying to avoid the camera flash in the middle of the shot! It's a print by a German artist. Geoff and l went halves on it as our joint Christmas present to each other.We both just loved the light on the sheep going over the bridge and on the water. We HAVE both spotted teddy bears, monsters and big grumpy looking lambs in the clouds but are trying not to dwell on that at the moment!!!!

Phew!

Success with the baby chick! My plan had been to slip it under the hen in the dark and hope she would wake up in the morning and not notice she had an extra kid under there! As it was a lovely sunny day yesterday, when l got home l  thought l would take chick outside and let him discover dirt, grass and sunshine for a little while before his big foray into the real world that night! To my delight , our lovely hen had no issues with taking him on board straight away!

Although the poor little thing took a while before he cottoned on that he was meant to follow the big fluffy hen and not my hand and voice!!!

 A happy ending , a good hen and a very relieved me!!!

New Chick

As l write this l am doing so with my left hand.The reason for this is because my right hand is clamped at my side! The reason for THIS is because l have a two day old chicken fast asleep in my armpit!!!!! Not my bed of choice l must say but he climbed up my sleeve till he got there and has settled down and gone to bed!! Great!!
He's the usual sad little hatching chick story. The eggs started to hatch and spread over a few days. The hen got to the stage when she took the chicks she had off the nest and decided to leave the others.
The eggs were cold and this little fellow had just started to hatch out. Of course as the egg got colder and colder its energy levels faded fast and when l found it , it was almost dead very cold and only a tiny crack in the egg to show it was even alive! It's that age old decision....do l hatch it or do l let it die... So often they don't survive and you wish you had let nature take its course and let them slowly fade away before they even begin.

 But no.............l didn't..........and amazingly it survived!  Its best friends are a teddy bear and a thermometer!

Apparently baby chicks need to be kept at  temperature of about 95 degrees.The first 24 hours he lived in front of and under the fire He has now progressed to a box with a heat lamp inside.

Hopefully now he is strong enough, l still have time to slip him under his Mum maybe tonight...

 If not.............l really REALLY don't want a pet chook.................!!!

Delivered today

Whatever angle you look at it.....

Its still a lot of wood..........that has to be shifted.....

Sort of glad I'm flying to Melbourne tomorrow for a week to see my sister!!!!!

Sorry Geoff!!!

Happy Face!

My latest Op shop find netted me this $2 red glass bowl....

Which l think goes really well with the red glass sugar bowl l found from the same place a few weeks ago...........

Which in turn makes a nice matching pair combined with the OTHER  red glass sugar bowl l have had for several years!

 Now all we need is High Tea and Scones and l can use it all!!!!

Flowers looking lovely outside the dining room window this morning...

As did the cat who ran from one end of the Walnut Tree to the other above my head as l took photos!

And of the stunning Pom Pom Tree which we nearly hacked to death last year It has recovered very well and is now more of a large Pom Pom Bush then a tree!

And finally a rather odd addition to  the streetscape of our very quiet Jacksons Road. Made out of an old Satellite Dish, nailed to a  tree just as the bitumen ends and you hit the dirt. Only the small handful of residents up this far get to appreciate this happy little face and well wishes. We can't help but wonder who did it and why!!!

More fences

Last weekend Geoff and l started and ALMOST finished a task in one day!! (Well two really l suppose). The project was the continued picket fence in the garden. Friday l pulled down the sheep netting.

 Dug the holes and concreted them into the bright  orange earth!

THIS time (after lessons learnt!) l pre painted everything first......two coats...........brilliant! Well done me! No fiddling with a paint brush around edges,sides, under rails, plants, dirt... etc.... Yuk!

 The next day the rails went up....

And finally the pickets! All done! No painting required except a few blobs where the screws go.

Love it.

Oh yes.... we do have to put the gate in...l like the bedhead idea but Geoff thinks a picket gate would look better...yet to be decided!

Gift Day!

Thursday turned out to be a special one for us. For some reason we were inundated with gifts from friends and family all on the one day!. First was these lovely (candlesticks??) from Israel given to us by my Dad who has just returned from a short holiday there. They are hand painted and just gorgeous! Thanks Dad! Love them.

The second gift of the day was this hand knitted dog coat made by our lovely friends Ron and Yvonne whose wedding we went to a few weeks ago. Lilli however wasn't too forthcoming with showing it off and (much to our huge amusement)...... refused to have her photo taken wearing it and huffily turned her back to me when l tried.

Forced to pose............NOT happy!

They also gave us a CD. A compilation of some of their favourite opera and music from their extensive music collection which we enjoyed on their wedding day. Thank you Ron, Yvonne and little Hanno xx

Ok.......so yes..........this possibly looks like a not too pleasant 'sample' but gift number four of the day was from a customer at work. Following a conversation l had had with her  a few weeks ago about home made liqueurs. This is called Lemoncello and is soaked lemon skins, syrup and vodka!! It was very sweet of her to remember and to make the effort to bring some in for me.......even though it DOES look like a urine sample!!!

Last gift of the day was some delicious fudge made on Bruny Island.

Geoff travels over there once a week and delivered some building supplies to the chocolate /fudge makers. They gave him this little gift as a thank you.  Thank  YOU  Bruny Chocolate and Fudge Factory!!!

And just a random shot of the last rays of sun shining though our kitchen! Just lovely!!!