Sometimes crazy family fun

My babies just turned 21 & 18

 



 

So we had a BBQ

 

 

New boyfriend now comes to everything & we love him already...so does Em

 

 

The Kids were getting board so a game of Sardines started

 

 

To play sardines - one person hides then everyone else starts looking for that person - if you find the hidden person you squeeze in next to them and hid too

 

 

 

Because it was raining inside hiding spots were precious - Luke hid in the bathroom, it did not take long for everyone to find him even Grandpa joined in the fun unwittingly

 

 

There were no tears and everyone was a winner

 

 

 

More cake for everyone - well done Cheesecake for not biting anyone, just a few growls for wee Daniel

 

Roly-Poly Bear Book..Woodland Tales

Roly-Poly Bear is a sweet little Children's Book by Doll Rudeman

Poly-Poly is just an ordinary teddy bear with lots of woodland friends

and ending with much happiness...





Illustrations from my favourite vintage children's books

A Child's Garden of Verses...

by Leonard Cotterill

This book was first published in 1946...

I picked it up at a Salvos store in Nowra for 20c (it still has its price tag) about 10 years ago

Miniatures Collection...Teapots

Here are some of my miniature teapots..

I bought this little wooden cabinet in Berry..to keep my miniature teapots safe

One of my favourite miniature teapots is my Hummel Teapot it has a picture of Hansel & Gretel on the front....left back

I really adore my tiny Strawberry tea set too..

My wee birds like the Chocolate strawberries best





My miniatures collection...Tea Party

My miniatures collection lives in my glass china cabinet.

You will see my royal albert tea set in the background

This is my tiny porcelain Rabbit sitting in my wee little vintage chair



Sweet little dolly...1cm tall

Porcelian Cat having a stretch

Tiny wee warwick Teddy Bear made from English Pewter...

Very old antique Elephant made of Ivory....it was my Grandmothers

Sweet little porcelain Duck

Porcelan Birds...

....and there are some many more for another day

I will keep posting my little collection and I plan to give away some of my miniatures so stay tuned

My Joan Walsh Anglund Collection..

Joan Walsh Anglund Collection..

Over the last five years or so I have collected over 40 Joan Walsh Books

My first book was given to me by my very sweet friend

"Love is a Special way of Feeling"

Most of my collection I have found in thrift shops, the cheapest book was 50c

I love the delicate beauty of the tiny pictures.

"A Book of Good Tidings" is filled with thoughtfully chosen Bible verses 

Joan's little pocket Books are just a delight to read, they come with a little cover to protect the precious book

In Australia these books are very hard to find so I sourced them on ebay.

"A year is Round" is a very sweet book

You may have noticed the artist (Joan Walsh) only gives her little people eyes when she draws - they don't have mouths or noses

 

So enchanting...

"Spring is a new Beginning"

"What colour is Love ?"

"Look out the Window"

"Childhood is a Time of Innocence"

 

...just gorgeous

"In a Pumpkin Shell"

"Nibble Nibble Mousekin"

"Morning is a little Child"

...a childs sense of wonder

"The Brave Cowboy"

"Christmas is a time of giving"

"A is for alway"

"A Birthday Book"

"Do you love someone"

"A Child's Book of  Old Nursery Rhymes"

"Love on Another"

"Almost a Rainbow"

(I was a little sad when I bought "Almost a Rainbow" as it was a book of poems for Adults and had not pictures)

I was so excited when I found the little Joan Walsh Anglund miniature tea set

I really love my porcelain collection aswell...

But my favourite Joan Walsh items are the wee fine pewter Figurines

They have been exquisitly handcrafted and they are my absolute little treasures

So the big question is ?

Do you know of any other books or other Joan Walsh treasures..???

Please let me know so I can start hunting

I would really love to add to my collection

O'dear the teen years...

My teenage years had some ups and downs but I survived without two many scrapes

Mum and Dad keeped us busy we were an active outdoorsy family

We were a close family that did everything together

 This photo was taken in our backyard in Epping

This was taken on a holiday to Queensland

Freckles and lots of sun filled our days..

We loved the snow too..

Our Dog Peppi

....and Cindi

Not sure whats happening in this photo, I think we are rubbing Zinc on our noses

Check out the western shirts

Life was good it was 1978