Grandma's coffee grinder and the snail

This snail ended up in my canvas bag when I walked too close to an evergreen bush to squeeze past a car that had parked on the pavement. Once back home I found the snail and put it on top of a bouquet in the kitchen. This morning I found it in the corner of my grandma Linda's coffee grinder. I wonder where she'll go next.

Sewing machine with bouquets III

An engraved poem about time

Italian cake recipes book from the 1920s-Confetteria Delizia, Genoa

Italian cake recipes book from the 1920s

Old Italian cake recipes book from the 1920s

SLOW

From Arkansas to Wyoming

Feeling joyful...

Far Breton with icing sugar and recipe postcard

...far breton with or without icing sugar? Uhm, decisions, decisions... We bought this recipe postcard while on holiday in gorgeous Brittany, lovely and yummy memories!

My very first sewing machine

Recycling the jam jar...

Floating petals III

I think I will also keep this for a while...

...simply because it reminds me of Italy, and because I love old fashioned candies wrappings. design.

I want to keep this for a little longer...

...possibly because I bought this product last time I was in Italy and it is not easy to find overhere in the UK.

The floral calendar-22 July

While we stayed at Pandora's cottage, we picked pink roses and Mumsy decided to create a floral calendar, how sweet and original!

The petals fell on the kitchen table...

Aunt Maria Teresa

Beautiful aunt Maria Teresa, an ancestor on my Mum's side. She had this photo taken when she was 18, amazing how in those days young women looked more mature than their actual age. Beautiful clothes, accessories and hairstyle. What I love about the old fashioned photographs is the faded effect, the halo around the portrait, I find it magic! I so wish I could have a time machine and spend some time with my ancestors!

From the monochrome sketch book

Perfumes and reflections