A Retro Green Phase

Greetings lovely friends & readers

It would seem that - without even trying - I appear to be going through a bit of a Retro Green Phase   

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It all began late last year, when the handle on my electric kettle came loose.  The Mr tightened it,  it came loose again - he declared it dangerous & told me to go buy a new one.  I had Covid at the time so I online shopped & saw this simple green kettle heavily reduced at Briscoes..  " That'll do " I thought.    I absolutely loved it & especially loved the pop of retro green in my kitchen.

Then I found these rather vintage utensils in some of Mum's old things so I washed them well & displayed them in my kitchen utensil box.   Another pop of retro green.

This pottery egg crate belonged to Mum.  When I cleared out No 44 I put it in the Donate box, but for some reason, I pulled it out again.  I had thought I might sit a plant in it.  

Yesterday I painted it with some chalk paint in the colour Country Green.

            It looks wonderful filled with freshly gathered eggs ... I am currently pet-sitting & feeding hens for my                                                         neighbours again.  Another pop of retro green  💚

These vintage scales were in a box in my Sleep-out.  They were an Op-shop purchase early last year but they had no tray for the top & I'd never got around to searching for one.  I cut a simple rectangle of customwood to do just-for-now.

I had been gifted these beautiful waffle cotton wash-cloths at Christmas, along with the Olive Oil Soap.  I pulled out any green coloured tea-towels from my stash & did a simple display on top of the scales.  Although a different shade of green, this looks lovely on the opposite bench in my kitchen. 

   

This gorgeous retro green cloche was a gift from The Mr at Christmas.  I must be honest here & say he did not choose it for me ... rather the conversation went like this.   He - "is there anything you'd like for Christmas".  Me - "Oh I've seen this lovely green cloche in a vintage shop in Cambridge".  He - "well I don't know what a cloche is but go buy it for yourself " So I did & I gift wrapped it & sat it under the tree & tried really hard to look surprised when I opened it on Christmas Day  😉😉 

I made a hessian tag & tied to the top & then did a simple display in my vintage sieve to go on the deck table. I just used what I had on hand & repotted the plant into a thrifted white bowl.  This looks really fresh after the red display I had here over Christmas.

My 2 moth orchids were gifted by my eldest son a few years ago now.  They weren't looking great & did not flower last year so I decided to try repotting them.  These sage green pots were $7 each from K-mart.  I also purchased the proper orchid potting mix.

After a root trim & a re-pot I gave them a gentle wash with the hose. I am really hoping they do better now - one has a white flower & one pink  (when they do decide to flower that is)

This old red cane table has seen better days.  I saw a picture of a Garden Shed somewhere painted a gorgeous green.  It was a Resene advertisement & the colour was called Paddock.  I bought a testpot of it & painted the old red table.  This was one of those projects that I regretted the minute I began.  Cane should really be spray painted to get in all the nooks & crannys.  But I persevered & lost count of how many coats I had to give it.

The old red cane chairs in * this post * also gave up on me. I sat in one of them & the bottom gave out - yes I know I need to lose quite a few pounds (!!!)   So I dragged out 2 chairs of Mums & put the cushions on that I made  in *this post*.  I found an old floral table cloth of Mums & made a seat squab for each chair.  I loved the blousy roses & thought the leaves matched the Paddock Green table well.

It's a nice place to sit out on the back deck & enjoy a cuppa - it gets sun but also late afternoon shade & looks right out over the paddocks.  I am sure a certain ginger fairy 🐱 will curl up there soon. 

Little One has been rather naughty this past week. I have been weeding around the pond & I noticed a couple of dead fish.  I caught him hiding in the garden surrounding the pond & "fishing" ... he doesn't want to eat them, he just wants to hook them out & play with them. Trying his very best to look the picture of innocence - do not be fooled !!  😣

Thank you as always dear friends, for your welcome visits here today,

Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead - remember to be kind to yourselves & to each other,

With much love & friendship to you all,

Love Julie & the furry three x0x0x0