Happy Easter

Just a short blog

I thought I would share our front door with you

I found this wreath last Easter, when we were guests of very, special, people

My daughter -in-laws parents had us all there for 5 days

Hubby and I, Rodd and Deb and our 2 lovely Grandchildren

They showed us all around Sydney ( Australia ) including the Sydney Show

"Happy Easter"

APPLE PEELING MAGIC Just a Little Trivia

A Little Exhibition with our  Magic Apple Peeler,

with the help of my Hubby, and grandchildren Jakob, and Sarah

Isabels Collection of Vintage Wedding Gowns, Accessories, and Memorabillia

This is the 2nd exhibition of Isabel Harvies we have been too
I am in love with these clothes and all the fabulous memorabilia

A STEP BACK IN TIME

Isabel Harvie with her favourite model she calls " Daisy "

This blog could go on forever, but I think I should stop  here
"Thank you Isabel ,' all proceeds go to charity
You donated $ 14,000 to charity with your 1st exhibition
but this exhibition is only 1/2 way through
finito

THE PHANTOM ( The Ghost Who Walks )

Do you remember" The Phantom the ghost who walks }  Comics ?

With his dog Devil ,and his horse Hero

My husband came to Australia when he was 8 years old. Not knowing the language, 

He mainly learnt to read and write through the Phantom Comics,( as he hardly ever went to school)

Now many, many, decades later his dream is to build his cave  and then the Phantom himself 

I think we will start with the cave, through photos,

as we did every thing ourselves

Lot s and lots of rocks

The phantom might be 400 years old  - but this lovely old piece of wood is over 60 years old -right for the phantom sign

The Phantoms Cave is Finished at last

Now for the Phantom !!
Our son taking him home to paint

The outside undies!   My wife dyed them and painted stripes

My sister -in - law Cheree  fixing the outfit  She is  5 foot 2, the Phantom is about 6 foot 7 inches

Making the gun belt

Our son attaching his mask

My wife Rhonda has finished the gun belt

  Our phantom looks great at night , quite eerie actually with very dim lighting
An illusion, A dream is realized  

The Phantom in his Cave

Vintage Lady

I spotted this delicate Rosina, Bone China, Vintage, Lady yesterday

I knew my sister Cheree would love it

I found it in our little antique shop

It was sitting there with another Rosina figurine, but it wasn't her Birthday 

until September, months away!

I showed her this photo, and she thought this lovely lady in green was perfect

So, Cheree now has a very early Birthday present

 ( Mum, myself, and sister Janice all put towards it )

Cheree is a doll maker ( and has her own kiln )

She is also like a doll, and bear doctor,  and a doll teacher 

This is the other doll in the antique shop she is hoping her husband will buy her ???

OLEANDERS

My Favourite trees are ' Willow Trees "and  "Oleanders "

Some people call Oleanders Shrubs

My Oleanders flower 8 months of the year, and are green all year round

The frost doesn't damage them, or the supreme heat

To-day it is 38% , and my white, cream and pale pink Oleanders look so cool

I use them as backdrops,or just a specimon tree

I also have them in pots ( I love the red one )

5 of them I have topiared, so that I can grow flowers underneath

Poisoners   ? Yes, the sap is especially poisoness if eaten But oleanders have been grown all around the world, and there has been only a few fatalitys
In fact, the sap from the azalea, and rhodedendron are poisoness
Azaleas -  Roman soldiers were poisoned from honey like sap of azalea pontic
Rhododendrons - Thier poisonos compound is Actylandromdal found in the nectar and produces
depressions of blood pressure, shock, and finally death

"Interesting Fact "
Oleanders are the official flower of Hiroshima, having been the first to bloom following the atomic
bombing of the city in 1945

2 Special Items I Found for my Garden

I just love this old Childrens Bicycle                              It.s so cute and looks great in my garden

I found my other find in a shop called" Cheap as Chips"

I just knew I had to have him 

To me, he looked like the extinct Dodo Bird, but I think he is supposed to be a Pelican

But  I call him "Dodo "