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"Where better to care for the soul than in the details of our daily lives?....The soul has an absolute, unforgiving need for regular excursions into enchantment. It requires them like the body needs food and the mind needs thought... An enchanted world is one that speaks to the soul, to the mysterious depths of the heart and imagination where we find value, love and union with the world around us. As mystics of many religions have taught, that sense of rapturous union can give a sense of fulfillment that makes life purposeful and vibrant." ~ Thomas Moore.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

August Flowers In Whites


Hello Dear Ones,

I'm doing white flowers this week, simple daisies with greens and other flowers from the garden, in some beautiful white stonewear.........and one of them is a chamber pot.....yes, you read that right, chamber pot....with a British accent too :D
I saw some gorgeousness on another blog with June of Laughing Angels who had some peonies and roses in a chamber pot.....I loved the pot but had never seen them around. I googled and found a couple on ebay, and this one was an entire set of white in pristine condition, with delicate floral scroll gold relief and they are so beautiful all together! The large pitcher must have originally come with a bowl, but not in this one, the small container with a lid is a soap dish. I haven't found out what the small pitcher is for yet.

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So here are lots of pictures.

I love seeing all arrangements on the table together, but they have other places to go to. All of the flowers and greens except the daisies are from my garden.

















 The humble daisy with Song of India.


















 A tiny pitcher and bowl set gets a single daisy under a cloche LOL....





















 White daisies with yellow garden penta flowers.




















 The single lavender rose in my garden with some other purple flowers and white plumbago.


















 Love these all on the table like this! Even the housemate stopped and stared....said his fav was the chamber pot one.....he likes the Song of India greens.








































My happy shabby napkins had to get in this pic! LOLOL.....I keep them folded on the table in a wood platter.....serving up serviettes!








































For my room, I found this crystal vase with silver metal trim so pretty, for $2.50, had to have it.










 Still lovin my pearl grey walls......

























Another beauty I had bid on only to demonstrate to housemate how the bidding process worked, so I chose this pot I was ''watching'' on ebay and when I clicked to bid 50 cents more to show what happens when one bids, I had no idea the other 2 bidders would not continue, and I won this auction without wanting to! lol, but I'm glad I did because this gorgeous pot was only $10.50 cents.....soooooo worth it! And I think I got the prettiest ones for sale too. Its a beautiful off white with crackle finish, relief details, and blue flowers, much prettier in person.

























 The inside is pretty.














Simple pleasures!

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