Burn it up, baby

A German glass cake mold from the 60's will be the perfect stand for my Christmas decorations. I will fill it with colourful bubbles that will look amazing when light shines through the glass. After Christmas I might use the mold in it is original use for baking cakes, or not - I don't much like hand washing the dishes and I wouldn't dare to put the mold in the dishwasher.

Ready for the winter

I hate to have an empty yard in winter and therefore I try to leave as much of the decorations out as I can. I almost through the hydragenias away as they wilted but then I thought that they look rather good even when brown. I just hope the pots don't break during the winter.

I have bought some callunas for the winter as they look rather good even after they have frozen and melted again (thanks to cousin Tiina for the basket - baskets are great for the autumn as they don't gather water).

I know what you did last summer

Or at least I know what we did, we  shoveled (a lot of) gravel! Now is the time to enjoy the fruits of the labour - even if it is wet and cold, there is NO MUD in the yard.

No empty shelves here

We now have a large chest of drawers in the bedroom so there is lots of room to display globes, jugs and other stuff there, too.

Another man's souvenirs

You don't have to go travelling to buy souvenirs. This porcelain plate is a souvenir from Stratford upon Avon but all I had to do was to go the the local flea market...And as the plate is from the 1950´s I couldn't have bought it even if I had travelled to England myself

Turquoise dreams

Turquoise vases are my weakness, especially if the vase is from the fifties. I usually only buy ones in pristine condition. This one's lower handle was glued but I bought it anyway as the price was right and the repair was rather unobtrusive.

Avoiding the inevitable

I have raved about the longevity of carnations before and here we go again. I bought these three weeks ago and they still were looking so good that I cut the stems and put them outside. If there won't be frost, they'll still be beautiful next weekend.