My "Corners of Grey old Gardens"

My Husband many weeks ago gave me a little gift :o)

It was a book, a very old book called "Corners of grey old Gardens"

At the time we just loved the book and with us being bits of this and bits of that gardeners The book asked to come home with us and we said yes! ok!. :o)

It didn't cost a kings ransom, infact it was a very cheap book

However.............................

When we got home we discovered it is the first edition of 1914. It has original illustrations in colour inside that are just little paintings attached to the pages and almost all of the pages have not been cut open yet.

So! we very carefully put it in our book shelves and a couple of times I have looked at it and thought I should have gloves on or something when I look at this stunning little hard back book written and illustrations by Margaret Waterfield it is so old and such a treasure. I am honoured to own it now.

Now I know you are wondering were this is leading. Well with not a drop of water we can now use on our garden I feel our garden is that "grey old garden" as in the book and so looked around to take some photos of corners of a grey old garden today, only to discover with a smile that there are still some lovely spots that we enjoy each day in our garden and I can sit and yes look at this lovely book and simply say yes!!! it may be grey in spots but gosh! I do love the corners in our garden.

This little shelve holds many treasures that give my back area a feeling of clutter but a comfortable feeling all the same. I love the old watering cans and the rocks my grandchildren I am sure one day will say why do you have these but you know they came from a creek on a day that my husband and I will remember forever.

The vintage green with black rim enamel ware, well what can I say! this old fashioned lady just loves it. What about the old Fowler preserving or bottling outfit the colour and rustic look makes it a gem to me.

Now this is a corner of my back area that hubby and I love. We sit here in the summer evenings and chat with a nice glass of chardonnay or two :o) and talk about our days.

I like to sit here first thing on a summer morning with a hot cup of tea and think about my family and how lucky I am.

This morning I took another gentle look at this lovely book and for morning tea I shared a plate of (4) :o) Walkers Cinnamon shortbread rings with myself.

I have just discovered these beautiful biscuits yummo!

O! and mum look at my new little vintage bird plate I just know you will love this one.

The walls of our extension have not been painted yet so the primed pink weather boards do little for me but in my minds eye I can see the finished project so that is ok!

We have such a lot of lovely Artists on blogger, Janet comes to mind now and there are many others I enjoy visiting but while artist I am not I do very much enjoy the way you can display vintage plate chips like this little design of mine.

We have them in our garden every time we dig so to discover another little piece is always a thrill for me. They may have been in the soil for almost 100 years but cleaned up they look as good as new.

This close up is of the display I have done on a piece of marble we found in our back paddock many years ago and it now sits on top of an old singer sewing machine legs......top photo. I display plates outside as well the big roast platter was my great grand mothers and I am sure some of these plate chips came from one very similar.

I hope you are all having a lovely day or evening and may your day be filled with the knowledge that little corners of your garden are not grey but flow over with such happiness as does mine.

This is my Monday........in my garden!! :o)