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Getting Ready for the Garden. 

2/29/2016

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Before it's all green; it's this. Welcome to gardening in New England. A visitor might see cold and lots of dead things, but we see hope and excitement of a future filled with warm breezes and fragrant florals. 

This will be my first Spring in the new home.

Wonderful for me, Elizabeth (the former owner), and I are sorta kindred spirits. She, like myself, loves Alice in Wonderland. And the garden already reflects this imaginative beauty. Recently, I brushed up on my whimsy and read the original Alice in Wonderland to my 2 boys who laughed and enjoyed it much more than I thought they might. The fruit didn't fall far...

Currently I am obsessing about collecting every antique pot I can possibly muster up! Last year I added a very large cement fountain and oversize cement bird bath that looks straight from the late 1800's.

I am also Pintresting every cool idea. And Im buying food for the garden to grow. My goal is to make it look like an original 1875 garden, with a mixture of Secret Garden, Peter Rabbit, and story book charm an whimsy. A place where children can put down the technology and be reintroduced to hide-n-seek, tag, eating berries straight from the vine and hiding out under a trellis of green beans. 

A tiny look into the current garden

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Garden End of Last Summer...

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Fruit and flowers I ordered. 

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List of Fruits
(all fruit images and all fruit I purchased comes from StarkBros.com)
(roses and roses images from DavidAustinRoses.com)

*HoneyBerries
*Blueberries
*Strawberries
*Columnar Trees:
Apple (red & green) 
Peach
*Raspberries (red & black)
*Mini Lemon Tree
​*Mini Tangerine Tree
​*The Generous Climber Roses

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My Future Ideas for Garden 

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My vinatge life. Living like it's a victorian era. I can assure you, it's all very possible, practical  and real. When it warms up outside; you will find me out in the garden, wearing big garden boots and adorable vintage dresses (that were found far to tattered to wear out to the market).

​You will find me growing a tea garden, a culinary garden, and organically helping the earth, but also helping my inner being. You will find me having tea in the garden, making memories, laughing with friend, eating, loving, living... of course, you will find me doing all these wondrous things  when you don't find me engaged in my first love of gathering historic and beautiful vintage clothing and accessories.
I am vintage soul and heart:
just like you. 

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My Sweet French Finds

2/1/2016

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Today, when taking the boys on a field trip down towards Cape Cod; I happened upon one of the few Antique Shops still open off season.

Inside I found the most wondrous piece of French architecture. As usual, I found a dream piece for a dream price; $50 buck!  This hand carved, wood piece was a perfect match for the "glam" and "formal" but "lived in" feel I am going for in my living room. 
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I promise, when our sectional arrives I will post a the whole living room - as for now here is my super find of the day. 

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I must say, our new piece looks great next to that other amazing find I got this summer - another piece of France, that hand crafted chandelier cost me $20! I know, - Unbelievable! It was already newly rewired to boot! ​
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The coolest part about that chandelier is the arms look like an octopus and there is a very "sea star" feeling to the "leafs". This couldn't be more perfect for us. We LOVE the ocean and ocean life. So anything that is vintage, looks shipwrecked from the victorian era is right up my alley. My husband owned a tropical Angel fish for 21 years!!! She passed a few years back and any signs we can have in our home that pays tribute to deep sea and ocean living, make both me and my husband so happy. 
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And let's talk a bit about the coral. A south shore antique shop basically gave it away at $10.  Always look at the price on objects; even if you think you cant afford them - you never know what you might happen upon. 
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Thanks for viewing and feel free to share your thoughts, opinions, or questions! Also, we would love to see or hear about some of your great finds! Xo
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    MY VINTAGE LIFE.
    Join me on my journey as I discover the South Coast of New England, decorate my Antique Federal Colonial home, play in our English gardens, grow organic fruit, veggies, tea, and flowers & herbs, hang with my family, Oh, and surround myself with Vintage Everything!  

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