.....pick of the crop...but I better add that I didn`t grown them, they`re from The Work`s Garden, grown by The Big Hairy Gardener.....it`s a bit like having a dog but not actually having to bark yourself.....and a lot less work for me which I suppose makes me very lucky indeed! I also get to harvest loads of fruit and turn it into......
....or
(that`s Gooseberry!)......
......and then I might go and collect some of these, laid by some new Chickadees, bought after Mr. Fox ran off with the old ones! I always wash and date the eggs but this one was so big, I couldn`t resist marking it accordingly!.....
A few weeks ago, I was tuning into my great Bloggy Chum Shaz`s (aka TheShabbyChicBohemian) latest post to see what wonders she had performed in her very own inimitable and extremely artistic fashion, when I read that her next project was going to be an Indian themed journal. Well, it just so happened that my Sister was about to depart for a month to India, where she would be teaching in a villlage school near Mumbai and before you could say, Madhur Jaffrey, I had emailed Shaz and asked her if I might buy the Indian themed journal from her as a going away pressie for said Sister. She very kindly obliged and here are the fruits of her labour (no pun intended!)......
....look at the beautiful cover and the beautiful pages within....
.....feast your eyes on those sumptious colours....
....all made with the greatest attention to detail and with the loveliest materials....
....fancy a cup of some lovely Indian Tea? These are the little touches which Shaz adds to her work which clearly shows that she is a Master of her Craft. Needless to say, my Sister was overwhelmed with her gift and asked me to order another two journals from Shaz. A `Peony` themed one for our Mother and another one for herself with a `Hemingway` theme, which Shaz obligingly set herself to do and you can see the fantastic and spectacular results over on her blog. My Mother was so enthralled with her journal that she refused to write in it - she didn`t want to spoil the beauty of it! I`ve since persuaded her that that is the reason for having a journal!!! Thanks once more, Shaz, I`ve already let you know how grateful I am to you but there`s no harm in `one more for the pot`!....continuing on with the `lovely stuff`, my other Best Blogging Buddy, Betty over at http://betty-thewoodfairy.blogspot.com/ is a fantastic silk painter and she sent me the dearest little lavender sachet which she made from some lovely silk covered in her beautifully painted roses...
....love the colours, don`t you?
....and it smells fantastic too!I`m very lucky to know such gifted folks and for that I`m extremely grateful....just like I`ll be extremely grateful to you if you`ve managed to get to the end of this very looooooong post (that`s what I get for staying away so long!).
Until next time.......
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Hey Anne, aren't you lucky being the recipient of all that beautiful fruit and veg. I do wish we could grow caulis like that, just beautiful..... Cant beat home grown produce and eggs too.
ReplyDeleteWonderful journal, all that attention to detail makes it so special. I hope your sister enjoys her time in India.
Gorgeous Lavender sachet too, just love those colours Betty used. I am in the process of stripping Lavender I have grown so I can make a few sachets for my stall. Must crack on and get it done or it will sit in the cupboard forever..........
Hope you are well,
Claire X
Dear Anne thankyou for posting on the little sachet - and even taking a colour themed picture, your 'work garden' is fabulous and the produce you get to enjoy is a very hard earned perk of the job I am sure! The journals are really unusual, what a gifted lady to make such individual things. So lovely to get a long newsy post long enough to take a cup of tea over! Bettyx
ReplyDeleteWhat a feast Nana......for the eyes and for the soul.....you and your friends are all very talented, and I must admit I feel a little like your mother with regard to journals...too pretty to write in!
ReplyDeletethat journal was incredible....I envy people with all that talent!
ReplyDeleteI laughed at your egg eek indeed!
I discovered we have an amazing patch of raspberry plants in the back yard now that we cut all of our trees down so I can't wait to fertilize them in the spring, fingers crossed, yours look perfect!
until next time Momma!
What a great post! So much eye candy I don't know what I liked the best but I have to say that journal is really lovely, your sister will treasure that! I laughed at the egg too. I have bantams so our eggs are really small or normal sized to me. When I have to buy some in the shop it is a shock, its like mutant chickens are laying those eggs they are so big the eggs!! Have a great weekend Anne :-)
ReplyDeleteHow did I miss this blog post???! Thanks for the comments on my little journal, you are a dear. I was just admiring your fab harvest and yummy photos, you are one lucky lass bring home this haul. I made the cheese and olive scones by the way, from that lovely book you sent me - they are fabulous and I still have a couple in the freezer. Would a good Sunday afternoon film be the right occasion to get them out?? I might see... Have a great weekend, what's left of it and I promise to be a better blogger and look what my friends are posting more regularly, lol
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