Gifted
An old stand.
Not sure what to do with this yet.
Any ideas?
Made in 1923 by the writing scribbled in pencil on the bottom
Celebrating
Australia day
Cleaning
The front entrance
following Becci's zone challenge over at the Down to Earth Forum
Come on over and join in the fun :)
Making
smoothies,
from orange juice, yoghurt banana, pineapple and mango...
using my vintage blender.
Reading
One thousand gifts by Ann Voskamp
You can see here beautiful blog here
Doing...
Keeping hubby busy.
Putting wooden flooring in the pantry...
Making a plant box for an old wheelbarrow...
Adding legs to an old bath ready for the garden,
we are going to plant potatoes in there...
Garden
I have planted out some new zucchini plants.
Picking
Nectarines, eggplant, potatoes, capsicum, apple cucumbers, green cucumber and rhubarb, and the tiniest tomato.
The garden is loving this cooler weather.
Baking
Anzac Biscuits
These ones are the chewy kind.
INGREDIENTS
1
cup (150g) plain flour
1
cup (90g) rolled oats
1
cup (85g) desiccated coconut
3/4
cup (155g) brown sugar
125g
butter
2
tbs golden syrup
1
tsp bicarbonate of soda
2
tbs water
Method
Preheat
the oven to 160°C. Line two
baking
trays with non-stick baking
paper.
Sift the flour into a large bowl.
Stir
in the oats, coconut and brown
sugar.
Put
the butter, golden syrup and 2
tbs
water in a small saucepan. Stir
over
a medium heat until melted. Stir
in
the bicarbonate of soda.
Pour
the butter mixture into the flour
mixture
and stir until combined.
Roll
level tablespoons of mixture into
balls.
Place on the trays, about 5cm
apart.
Press
with a fork to flatten slightly. Bake
for
10 minutes or until golden brown.
Set
aside on trays for 5 minutes, then transfer
to a wire rack so they cool
completely.
Welcome
to my new followers, I am so glad to
have you here.
Three
hundred followers, WOW!
What have you been doing? And what is the
weather like where you live?
xTania
COngratulations on 300 followers. It's easy to see why you have a popular blog Tania. Thanks for the reminder to head over to the forum. With the school holidays, I haven't been online as much and I have missed visiting the forum.
ReplyDeleteTracy
I've been reading your blog for a while & just realised i'm not a follower. So now you have 301. :) Certainly lots happening with you. Love the stand & your wheelbarrow. Hugs,xx.
ReplyDeleteAll looks wonderful, Tania. I love your wooden stand ,so special having furniture that has been loved by others - they say you never own an antique you are just a custodian waiting to hand it on to the next person.
ReplyDeleteEverything is looking great Tania :D The bath look great and absolutely love the wheelbarrow...I want one, I want it now! :D
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Tania! Isn't the cooler weather wonderful...I can't even complain about the abundance of water.
ReplyDeleteVery productive indeed!
ReplyDeletexxx
You sure have been busy and congrats on 300 followers.
ReplyDeleteAnne xx
Love the stand, I see a big maiden hair fern on it....and the produce, gotta love that....this cooler weather is making such a difference to the garden.
ReplyDeleteLove that stand Tania!! Congrats on the 300 followers!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on reaching 300. Now, don't laugh, but could that stand have been made for a big old family Bible. I've seen some Bible stands about that heavy, though a flat top and a continuous rim aren't normal.
ReplyDeleteWell done, Tania on 300 followers! This post was lovely, a real snapshot of what's going on at your place and wow, there has been lots! I think the wooden stand would look nice with a lush, trailing pot plant in a nice pot on it. Ooh, snd i think I must make some Anzac's too, I will try your chewy recipe! We've been having a lovely Australia Day here, the weather has been fantastic.
ReplyDeleteGorges, That is a great idea re the family bible. After all I believe the stand came from a church :)
ReplyDeleteSuzanne and Joolz, I would like to put a plant on the stand but I am a bit worried about water and timber should they come in contact...I might look at getting an artificial plant for it though.
x
Hi Tania,
ReplyDeleteWow, I felt a bit tired after reading your post - you've done so much.
Thanks for mentioning the zone challenge thing at down to earth, I think that could really work for me at the mo'.
The stand could be used in the hall to put your keys on when you come in and out, perhaps?
Interested to see how your potatoes go. We live in 'spud' country here in the Southern Highlands.
Plenty of rain over the last few days.
cheers
Fi
You're a busy little beaver. Love the stand. Our weather has been kinder to us in the last week but we never know what the next day will be like. lol.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Anita.
WOW! Those are some very lovely things.
ReplyDeleteI love the stand. My mom has one very similar to that and she keeps a potted plant on it.
Have a lovely day!
- Kristin
you sure have been busy!!!
ReplyDeletehave a nice week,
love regina
Love your stand Tania. In my house I have a little table that I put different displays on through out the year. Maybe an idea for you.
ReplyDeleteAtm. it has my Australia Day display next I will be putting my Valentine display on it which includes a beautiful photo of my partner & I.
Through out the year it will have Easter, Sports, Family, Birthdays, births, death tributes & my favourite an Anzac day display where I like to keep a candle burning for most of the time.
These displays are only limited by your imagination & what you have on hand. I never spend a lot on them just what I have plus what I pick up at the op shop & $2 shops. This year just for an extra bit of fun I will be adding a St Patrick's day theme.
Anyway just a suggestion & something I have a lot of fun doing on a limited budget.
Caroline
Oh! You have been busy. I would definitely put a fern on the stand, it's wonderful. Potatoes in a bathtub? Why not. I think you are quite clever and I long to be readying the gardens. :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Debbie
Your post is so full of busy, busy. Love it!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds amazing; definitely, love your blog! Thanks so much for sharing & I look forward to future posts! :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds amazing; definitely, love your blog! Thanks so much for sharing & I look forward to future posts! :)
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy. I wish my garden grew as much veggies as yours, my zucchini got powdery mildrew and that was the end of them which was rather sad. Well done on 300.
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