Family Treasure...

Welcome to my little Blog...

Today I am sharing a family treasure gifted to me by my Sister & Brother In Law...

The silver tray was my Brother In Law's Mother's and I feel blessed to have it in our home...

I will share the matching silver cream & sugar set in a later post.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs, Wanda

Small change...

It is hard to tell in the photos but we changed out the colour of the cover on our IKEA Ektorp sofa. The top cover is the lofallet beige which we are now enjoying and the cover below is the vittaryd white cover. When we purchased the sofa we had boughten two of the white covers so we would have a change out one while the other was being laundered. 

Since Sweetpea loves to sleep on the sofa I was having to wash the cover every few weeks. Now with the beige one I am dealing with the dust allot better and I am making sure he is clean when he comes in from his walks. Allot of the walking paths are gravel so the dust is high.

My sweetie snapped a photo of Sweetpea and I while we were basking in the sunshine...since he is the white colour of my hair and I was wearing grey I decided to make the photo b&w...

The reflections in one of our ponds was so amazing I wanted to share the photo with you along with two more below that my sweetie shot in the gardens. 

Thank you for stopping in...have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Wanda

Paris...

Welcome to Paris...

In some respects it seems like yesterday and in others it seems like a lifetime ago...

In July it will be two years since we did the seven week Home Exchange to the Netherlands... We took the train to Paris for a four days and loved every minute... I hope you enjoy your small glimpse while you are here...

Our Dutch friends are going to our Arizona home for the month of October so we will be heading back to the Netherlands in 2017 for our part of the 2nd exchange...

We can't wait to explore new areas and visit friends we met while we were there... 

Thank you for stopping in today...

Hugs,

Wanda

Keep Calm and Think Vintage....

Makes sense to me...enjoy your Vintage weekend...

Some of my favourite things...

Today I am sharing some of my favourite things... I hope you enjoy your visit!

It seems I can not get enough of vintage lace and linens... In the past I have shared that I was parting with some of my collection but that has not happened...I just can't bring myself to let them go...

These two images are photos I took of framed artwork in the Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC.

My garnet brooch is one of my favourites when worn on a vintage looking white shirt. My oak mantel clock is a family piece..tick tock...tick..tock...

Thank you for stopping in... have a wonderful weekend ahead!

Hugs,

Wanda

Glad Easter Wishes!

Happy Easter my Blogging friends...

Hippy Hop through some Spring garden photos...

They are not from our little garden which is in the process of being designed, but rather from around the Village where we live... Nothing says Spring better! 

Have a wonderful week...

Blessings,

Wanda

Vintage needlework...

Today I am sharing some of my vintage needlework tea towels...

Mr. Potato Above and the Peas below were done by my Grandmother Laura. I never had the pleasure of meeting her as she passed away when my Mother was six years old. This past year I have decided to get using these treasured pieces as I am sure our Sons are not going to be interested in them and this way I get to think of her everyday when I am using them...

The two towels below are from my collection of vintage linens and so far I am only using these two... Doing this post has got me thinking I need to go through my treasured linens and start using more of them...they need to come out of storage!

My Dear friend Jacoba @ polderpins.blogspot.ca encouraged me to post about my tea towels so she could have a look at them. Pop on over and visit her new Blog!

I am loving the tulips from the local grocer this week.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today...thank you for stopping in!

Blessings,

Wanda