Even the aubergine (last photo, on the right) doesn't look happy. In fact, maybe something better mentioned over at Cro's, looking at my last purchase, aubergines don't appear to have much stamina at all before going a little soft to the touch.
Well, my dear John, enjoy silence as much as I do (intermittently) though you do strike me as someone who thrives on bustle.
Love the sun filtered first photo's atmosphere. So genteel, so countrified. When are Miss Marple (Joan Hickson) and the vicar coming for tea?
Far be it from being contrary. It's on the right, John, on the right; behind the bananas on the right. An aubergine. The mango is on the left. Don't you know your own kitchen? Or maybe I don't know my left from my right any more.
Just to stick my oar in, I see a mango to the right of the bananas and a tiny glimpse of a yellow fruit to the left of the bananas in the dish to the left of the photo. It would be unusual (to me) to put an aubergine in a fruit bowl.
Look, Sweethearts, I may be delusional, I may even be going blind - yes, my cataracts mist everything into fog - but I know an aubergine when I see one. Be charitable. Look at the LAST photo. Forget the bananas and the mango on the left (looking at the photo). Cast your eye to the right. There is a forlorn aubergine (with its hat on - blue) to the right. Keep gas lighting me. Eventually, I'll believe you. What a ratatouille in a non existing Le Creuset you have managed to storm up.
Listen Ursula Dear, There's a teapot, behind that is something perhaps made of fabric, behind that is a spray can with a blue band close to the top! There is no feckin' aubergine in that photograph!!!
Ok, Col. Whatever. As long as it's a teapot. And the Angel (my son) has just confirmed it's a teapot. Well done all of you. Let's hope that when you lose your eyesight (even if only temporarily) you will meet the same good humour, good will and blessings as I have here today. Heartwarming.
I want it . :) I collect old china .. not to place around the room to look at but to use and enjoy. I got a huge set of fine china from my late mother in law but I tend to treasure the sweet pieces my great grandmother (from England) used .. I have a few of her pieces but I want more ! :)
There is something about a clean and tidy house that is so satisfying. Unfortunately, mine never seems to stay that way. Good job. It all looks wonderful.
Lizzy, it's always best to see the ridiculous among the sublime. Without wishing to widen the aubergine vs teapot issue into a discussion on philosophy it nevertheless serves as a fine example of "perception". How we perceive the world in our cup, sugar or no sugar. Never mind. Should necessity arise for the white van to draw up at my doorstep I hope John will be the nurse in attendance. Handing me an aubergine gone soft - as a reminder.
I love how you have the things you love out close at hand for when you need them and pleasing to the eye in the meantime. But one question keeps hammering at my brain: in a house of many furry animals, how the heck do you keep them fur-free?? In our house (and we only have two cats now) it would be impossible!
Everything looks so beautiful John. Loved it all! Wish mine looked like that! I keep saying I am going to hire a housekeeper! I have a weakness for beautiful china and glassware. What is the pattern in the first photo? I would love to have a few pieces of that one.
I love that china pattern, the colors are wonderful. I want it. I think the first time I ever had "real tea without milk" lol was when my great grandmother made it in a brown teapot like yours .. they are called Brown Betty Teapots :)
Looking at your pictures takes me back to my grandmas cottage with all the same kind of things in it. I loved it and still reminisce so you have made a 64yr old very happy today Thank You from the bottom of my heart. x
Lovely photos - they look just like a glossy spread for Country Living.
ReplyDeleteyou have an eclectic mix of items in your home.
ReplyDeleteA cover spread of Cottage Life magazine
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures that need no words. Your personalities have leeched out into your home environment in often subtle ways.
ReplyDeleteEven the aubergine (last photo, on the right) doesn't look happy. In fact, maybe something better mentioned over at Cro's, looking at my last purchase, aubergines don't appear to have much stamina at all before going a little soft to the touch.
ReplyDeleteWell, my dear John, enjoy silence as much as I do (intermittently) though you do strike me as someone who thrives on bustle.
Love the sun filtered first photo's atmosphere. So genteel, so countrified. When are Miss Marple (Joan Hickson) and the vicar coming for tea?
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Its a mango
DeleteFar be it from being contrary. It's on the right, John, on the right; behind the bananas on the right. An aubergine. The mango is on the left. Don't you know your own kitchen? Or maybe I don't know my left from my right any more.
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Thats a teapot
DeleteJust to stick my oar in, I see a mango to the right of the bananas and a tiny glimpse of a yellow fruit to the left of the bananas in the dish to the left of the photo. It would be unusual (to me) to put an aubergine in a fruit bowl.
DeleteMy comment should have come straight after Ursula's! :)
DeleteLook, Sweethearts, I may be delusional, I may even be going blind - yes, my cataracts mist everything into fog - but I know an aubergine when I see one. Be charitable. Look at the LAST photo. Forget the bananas and the mango on the left (looking at the photo). Cast your eye to the right. There is a forlorn aubergine (with its hat on - blue) to the right. Keep gas lighting me. Eventually, I'll believe you. What a ratatouille in a non existing Le Creuset you have managed to storm up.
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Listen Ursula Dear,
DeleteThere's a teapot, behind that is something perhaps made of fabric, behind that is a spray can with a blue band close to the top!
There is no feckin' aubergine in that photograph!!!
Ok, Col. Whatever. As long as it's a teapot. And the Angel (my son) has just confirmed it's a teapot. Well done all of you. Let's hope that when you lose your eyesight (even if only temporarily) you will meet the same good humour, good will and blessings as I have here today. Heartwarming.
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I had to look up what an aubergine was. Ah, I see. An eggplant. Carry on.
DeleteI had to look up 'lobster'.
Delete*sigh*
ReplyDeletePictures speak volumes.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very cottagy look in your cottage.
ReplyDeleteOh my, each little snippet of pic . . .
ReplyDeleteBe still my heart . . .
Swooning over the pattern pieces in first pic . . .
I need them for my cottage . . .
I can feel the peace, hear the tick of the clock, see the shadows sweep over the walls...just lovely.
ReplyDeleteYes the dogs and albert are all outside watching a baby rat behind the woodpile
DeleteAs you're such a good housekeeper if I send you the train fare can you visit and re-arrange my house please? All organised and tidy, how lovely.
ReplyDeleteA perfect mix of old and new.
ReplyDeleteIt looks so very homely. Enjoy the peace while it lasts. X
ReplyDeleteI felt like a voyeur, viewing the pictures, as if no one was home and I was alone there. Eerie.
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ReplyDeleteSorry- Ursula
DeleteUppsala, Notes from Abroad. It's an aubergine.
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Little Brown Teapot ...
DeleteNice calming atmosphere. Only thing missing is a dog sitting on the counter. Jus/ lovely
ReplyDeleteSilent, clean and tidy cottage. I love the china in the first photo John, Is it from the 1930's or maybe '40's? :)
ReplyDeleteIts burleigh ware from 1933
DeleteI want it .
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I collect old china .. not to place around the room to look at but to use and enjoy. I got a huge set of fine china from my late mother in law but I tend to treasure the sweet pieces my great grandmother (from England) used .. I have a few of her pieces but I want more ! :)
They could be paintings. Very lovely.
ReplyDeleteDelightful scenes, what a clever home maker you are.
ReplyDeleteIt really does look like it could be an advert in a Home magazine.
ReplyDeleteYou havent seen the carpets
DeleteOK .. but mine are covered in cat hair.. can you beat that ? heehee
Deleteomigod, I just googled Burleigh ware ... I want it all !
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lovely :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cottage.
ReplyDeletelove that lobster bowl and i have the same scale. your cottage is charming!
ReplyDeleteI love your pictures. And I love cottages... and you have a lovely one filled with nice touches.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to come and live in your cottage. Do you take in lodgers? ;-)
ReplyDeleteThere is something about a clean and tidy house that is so satisfying. Unfortunately, mine never seems to stay that way. Good job. It all looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYou havent seen tbe floors
DeleteThat lobster bowl is genius!
ReplyDeleteIts carlton ware from the 1930s, i used to collect them
DeleteNo Clarice Cliff ware?
DeleteSuch a lovely home!
ReplyDeleteI love your china. One can almost 'hear' the silence of your lovely cottage.
ReplyDeleteDid you make all those pots of jam?
ReplyDeleteNo, i am the " official" tester for Rosemary and German Bernard who live in the village,they are prolific jam makers
DeleteHow can I get a job like that?!
DeleteMove to Trelawnyd
DeleteLovely and serene. The Burleighware china is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThe aubergine vs teapot issue is hilarious.
lizzy
Oh, it is hilarious. The whole post cannot be about an aubergine.
DeleteLizzy, it's always best to see the ridiculous among the sublime. Without wishing to widen the aubergine vs teapot issue into a discussion on philosophy it nevertheless serves as a fine example of "perception". How we perceive the world in our cup, sugar or no sugar. Never mind. Should necessity arise for the white van to draw up at my doorstep I hope John will be the nurse in attendance. Handing me an aubergine gone soft - as a reminder.
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I like the flowers.
ReplyDeleteAll from the garden
DeleteAdore the first photo. Lovely !
ReplyDeletecheers, parsnip
You keep a beautiful home John ... you're cottage looks lovely. XXXX
ReplyDeleteLovely...thanks.
ReplyDeleteYour cottage feels like one could walk in and a younger Aunt Gladys would set out a plate of scones. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteYou only see the nice bits x
DeleteI love how you have the things you love out close at hand for when you need them and pleasing to the eye in the meantime. But one question keeps hammering at my brain: in a house of many furry animals, how the heck do you keep them fur-free?? In our house (and we only have two cats now) it would be impossible!
ReplyDeleteSome say its messy
DeleteI kept scrolling up and down, up and down, looking for the elusive aubergine! I love the china and the flowers. All truly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI never want to see another fucking aubergine
DeleteI make a mean Moussaka John.... Just sayin :-)
DeleteMaybe we should all do a 'silent' post, it's very relaxing just looking at pictures from around someone else's home :-)
ReplyDeleteI bet you washed all that glassware and Burleigh ware before you took the photos ;-)
And as for the aubergine debate .... love your teapot !!
I agree sue we all love a snoop around other people's houses
DeleteEverything looks so beautiful John. Loved it all! Wish mine looked like that! I keep saying I am going to hire a housekeeper! I have a weakness for beautiful china and glassware. What is the pattern in the first photo? I would love to have a few pieces of that one.
ReplyDeleteI love that china pattern, the colors are wonderful. I want it.
DeleteI think the first time I ever had "real tea without milk" lol was when my great grandmother made it in a brown teapot like yours .. they are called Brown Betty Teapots :)
Butterfly pattern and the sugar bowl is bluebell
DeleteThe plate is " pan" pattern
DeleteSilent Cottaging.
ReplyDeleteTom :-)
DeleteWHAT?!
DeleteDirty beast
DeleteI enjoyed looking at these lovely pics of your nooks, crannies and knickknacks.
ReplyDeleteLoving the comments on your silent post John.
ReplyDeleteLovely
ReplyDeleteLooking at your pictures takes me back to my grandmas cottage with all the same kind of things in it. I loved it and still reminisce so you have made a 64yr old very happy today Thank You from the bottom of my heart. x
ReplyDeleteThank god i didnt photograph the doggy skid mark on the duvet
DeleteSilence and a clean and orderly place. Bliss. Rare bliss.
ReplyDeleteVery Hygge!
ReplyDeleteHush your dirty mouth x
DeleteWhere do you find the vintage china, John? I'd love to read about your flea market [car boot sale?] adventures.
ReplyDeleteI collected the burleighware when i lived in sheffield. I have lots of it including two lovely potties
DeleteOf course you have potties. please show us sometime! So---no flea ventures lately? Maybe now you ll have time?
DeleteSh-h-h-h-h-h!!!
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful. This post has had an instance effect on my blood pressure. Can you come to my house and sort it out as nicely, please!
ReplyDeleteI always dreamed of living in a cottage in Wales... then I moved to New Zealand and that as they say is that. Makes me very nostalgic xx
ReplyDeleteJo in Auckland, NZ