Recent Finds....

Over the holiday weekend, I managed to get some antiquing and flea market shopping done...here are my finds.....

Two large plates and two large soup bowls in the Melbourne pattern by Gildea and Walker, dated 1881-1885.....in perfect condition with only mild utensil marks......!!!

I love anything in the brown, sepia and taupe family, can't wait to do a tablescape this Fall!!!

Next, I found 2 plates, 2 soup bowls, 2 little berry bowls and 1 oval vegetable bowl in Purple transferware by Clarice Cliff........

Is that berry bowl tooooooo cute???

These are also in perfect condition, am on the look out for cups and saucers now.......

I also found 2 cups and saucers in brown, called Wild Turkeys, Windsor Ware by Johnson Bros. to go with the brown transferware pieces.....inside the cup is a turkey with purple on its wings and body, forgot to take a pic of those!!!!  They will go with both sets.....the brown is so close to the purple color, no one will notice!!!

I've been busy with gardens, lawn care and general stuff so have not visited in here as often, but will be back soon!!!  Thanks for stopping by..........

Sweet Lupines

Flowers have started to bloom around here......finally!!!  The lupines self seed every year and I never know what color they will be......this year there is a peachy pinky color.......very pretty!!!  And the lavender is about to open , pretty soon the purple cone flowers will also bloom along with the yellow coreopsis and purple campanula......!!!

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The bare sticks you see in the pics are my hydrangea bushes.....they are trying to come back to life after the harsh, long winter we had and the s.l.o.w. spring.  The other foliage are my white violets, remind me not to fertilize them again.....!!!