Teddy Bears

If you are not interested in Teddy bears I want to warn you right now that that is all this post is about.

I took out the Winter bears just this week which means the Autumn bears have joined the Spring bears under the bed. I rotate them because I don't have space for all of them at the same time and also I appreciate them more this way.

The rest of the bears shown are out all year. These two (below) are made of recycled fur coats.

 This guy is called Craigdarroch because he came from the gift shop in the castle of the same name.
 ( Victoria, B.C.)

Now we come to the ordinary teddies that I find endearing in spite of their being quite ordinary.

                           Some sit high on the old wardrobe....

                                     others perch on my bookshelves....

                             others have found a spot in the sun room.

                              This trio sits on a short flight of stairs.

   
                                      A tea party

                            and one last photo, again a tea party.

I hope you enjoyed seeing some of my bears today.
What, if anything, do you like to collect?


Thanks for visiting,
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Granny Marigold

A Happy Ending

I wasn't sure how this tale would turn out but fortunately it did turn out well. A Hummingbird got into the garage and couldn't find its way out. It flew around for hours and we thought it might just die from the stress. DH tried to catch it ( he was on the high stepladder) but it always managed to elude him. Finally he thought of putting the light out, closing the door , Once it was dark it perched and he found it using a flashlight, it was easier to pick it up and release it outside again.
The garage has lots of dust up high and cobwebs. You can see some trailing from the bird as it takes a brief rest.

I'm so glad the poor little thing was rescued and I sincerely hope it has learned a lesson and won't get caught again.

As Always,


      Granny Marigold

Teddy Bears

You know I have a weakness for Teddy bears. I saw these two Lovelies on Pinterest and Oh how I would like to add them to my collection.

I know this is a Very Short Post but I needed to share my pictures with someone and I know DH wouldn't be impressed.
I hope you had a peaceful and cozy weekend,



     Granny Marigold

In My Kitchen and some Journal Pages

Doesn't November make you want to be making things in the kitchen?  This week I made marmalade and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. I didn't follow a recipe, just sort of  cooked oranges and a lemon with not-too-much sugar. I didn't care for the last jar of bought marmalade so I dumped that into the saucepan as well. It was delicious on my toast this morning.
I didn't use all the oranges in the bowl for the recipe and now I have 2 containers of orange 'mush' in the freezer for next time.

 Double chocolate cookies are my grandson's favourite. Normally I make choc. chip cookies using oatmeal ( to make them at least somewhat healthy) but he requested these this time.

DH requested Biscotti with nuts; all I had in the house were peanuts but that worked out fine. Do you make these simple cookies?  They need to be baked, then sliced then baked a second time but it's not hard to make them at all.

        The grands dipped them halfway into chocolate to make them extra yummy. As you can see my cookies come in various sizes.   *smile*

 Just so you know that I DO make savoury recipes as well I'll include a picture of some veggies ready to go into the oven. Those pieces of tomato were the very last of our garden tomatoes.

               I actually did these journal pages some time ago but I forgot to post them.

It feels more like Winter than Fall here. 0 C. this morning with a windchill of minus 4 and we even had some snow I think it was Thursday.

Remember to turn your clocks back an hour tonight!  (IF you are on Daylight Saving Time).

Have a great weekend,


            Granny Marigold

Tuesday's Treasures

By now you probably all know that Tuesday is my day to go to the thrift store. I almost didn't go today because on Saturday both my favourite thrift stores had 50% off everything. ( I avoid those days because I don't like crowds). I thought the shelves would be quite empty today but was pleasantly surprised. I found a number of treasures... this cute little pillow with a cord to hang it was .50. I couldn't resist.
I was tired of the table decoration that had been there for 2 months so I "shopped in my pretties closet" and came up with this.

This garden flag was also .50. Come next Fall I'll ask DH to make something that I can hang it on outside. Kind of late for this year.

I love organizing and of course one needs nice boxes to do so. This one is unique in that one can put tall things in it. I love the red plaid design.

A cute cutting board also .50. Once I am tired of it it will go right back to the thrift store,
I do try to take back as much as I bring home or we'd soon be over run with 'stuff'!

 Too bad this picture of my 'new' teapot is so overexposed. It's Corelle and those are Irises on it.
I make myself a pot of  double bergamot earl grey tea every day and often make another pot in the evening but that one has to be herbal.

I saved my best treasure for last. It's a very sturdy wooden box, obviously home made ( DH looked inside and pronounced it to be Mahogany). My most costly buy it was three dollars.

So those are today's purchases. I didn't even look at tea cups or books. By the time I had found all these I just wanted to go home and make that tea I was talking about. I hope you are having a delightful week!

Thanks for coming by,


          Granny Marigold

Blustery Day

We have had a day of strong gusty wind. When we went walking this morning the air was full of leaves and heaps of dry leaves were blowing around our feet. Quite exhilarating!

After lunch I planted another ten tulip/ daffodil bulbs that I keep seeing in Superstore marked down to .79 . I  wish they'd put that price on the display because it was by coincidence that I discovered that they were marked down. I know others would snap them up if only they knew. I should have some nice clumps of colour next Spring.

Isn't it amazing that October is almost over?  Next weekend will bring the time change back to Standard Time. No one seems fond of that change and yet we continue to have it.I know that within a week we'll be used to the change but to me it seems unnecessary.

                    Have a wonderful last-Monday-in-October!!
 

                   As always,   
                              Granny Marigold

An Autumn Drive

We decided to take advantage of the sunny day and take a drive out in the country. Lots of yellow and orange leaves to admire.

                   We stopped here to enjoy the tea and muffins we'd brought.
 

Each time we drive this road we see this unusual private home built with the crenelated top of a castle. We speculate that the part on the left must be a staircase.  The house appears to be built of concrete.
 

As we were driving along we saw a ' Welcome' sign  so we drove up to this house and a lovely young woman came to tell us that this was a house built in 1910 ( too bad we couldn't tour it) and the farm was being worked as an organic farm. They wanted people to be aware that they gave ecotours and encouraged people to walk around the many paths past various gardens etc.

                          This was the farthest we walked. We had no wish to meet a bear!!

Later we came to this rather junky old store. We went inside and had a peek but no one seemed to be around.

That was our pleasant day. I hope you had a pleasant one too.

Thanks for coming by,


      Granny Marigold