Thursday, May 22, 2008

Dusting & Fluffing...

The Autumn winds are blowing a gale outside so I've decided to stay nice and warm inside our little Jacaranda Cottage and do some dusting and fluffing. Neil Diamond is quietly playing in the background singing some beautiful songs just for me (yeah I wish!) and I am going through the cottage cleaning and feeling very happy that I am not outside being blown around by that cold stinging wind! I've stopped for a morning tea coffee break and thought I'd post some random photo's for you today.


Rooster cookbook stand (which was one of my Mother's Day gifts!) and thrifted soup tureen that I got for $7.


Just dusted & re-arranged some family photo's...


This glass heart bowl was $1 at my local thrift store. After a quick run through the dishwasher it came out sparkling!


This little bird set was given to me by my Mum a long time ago. It's a little chipped now, but I still love it.


Sweet little fairies standing guard over some books...


China cabinet emptied, sorted, glass run through the dishwasher.......*sigh* I love glassware.


So now I've stopped for a cuppa and some Koala shaped biscuits that I bought.....


to share with you!


Hope you're having a lovely relaxing day too.....love Amanda xxx

14 comments:

Wendster said...

That is an accomplishment, getting all of the glass cleaned!
Just love the giant cupcake (cookie jar, yes?) on the table.
I can just picture that frosty breeze blowing outside and you toasty warm inside. Thanks for sharing the koala shaped biscuits. Do you also call them animal cookies? We do. They look adorable.
Enjoy your wonderful Autumn. My favorite time of year.
Hugs!
Wendy

BittersweetPunkin said...

Hi Amanda!! I need to get cleaning too...mostly my kitchen...I love those cute lil koala cookies..they'd go great with my coffee! I hope you are well...I know I am late getting here..blogger was giving me a hard time earlier so I walked away for a while LOL...
Big Hugs,
Robin

Anonymous said...

Amanda, you have accomplished so much. I wish my china cabinet was all clean and sparkly.

Those koala biscuits are so cute.

Have a great day, and stay warm and cozy.

black eyed susans kitchen said...

Amanda, I love glassware too! Anything that sparkles..must be the magpie in me. That heart shaped dish is right up my alley...made my heart go all aflutter. Koala shaped biscuits? Wish we had them around here. Too cute. Stay warm and cozy. Susan

Penny from Enjoying The Simple Things said...

Hi Amanda,
Don't you just love puttering around the house on a cold day? Love the little cookies!
Hugs,
Penny

Dena said...

Hi Amanda,

I love that soup tureen and that giant cupcake is adorable :) Hope you are having a great week.

Hugs,
Dena

PAT said...

Amanda, everything looks so nice! The glass in the cabinet just sparkles!

Pat

Rue said...

Everything looks so beautiful Amanda! I love that cupcake cookie jar(?). Thank you for the cookies! I've never had a koala one :)

Thank you for the prayers for Annie. I sure do miss her, but she'll be back tomorrow, thank Goodness :)

Have a beautiful night!
hugs,
rue

{oc cottage} said...

I love your glassware too!

M ^..^

Pam said...

Everything looks lovely.
I really need to do a bit of work on things here....
I just love the koala cookies!
Hugs,
Pam

bj said...

You are sooo sweet and make cleaning house sound like fun...I can just see you with a big smile on your face, doing things most of us just hate! I'd rather be on that pretty beach of your's ! :o)
hugs, bj

Saguaro Chick said...

Are you available? Could you drop by and help me gussy up my place next? We had a pretty good storm blow through here yesterday, except all I could do was curl up on the couch with a blankie and a bowl of ice cream! LOL! Those koala cookies would have been yummy on top of my ice cream, yum! Those are the cutest animal crackers I have ever seen!

Ruthie said...

I love crystal and glassware, too. Your coffee time pictures make me hungry. :)
Have a great week.
Smiles.

joyh82 said...

I need to do that too my glassware too. But I am not as motivated as you...lol The koala biscuits are almost too cute to eat.