This lovely cameo bracelet. If anyone knows when this is from please let me know!
I forgot to get a photo of this DVD before I lent it out so here is a stock photo. It was not the best mystery ever but good for its time. The hero is adorably awkward and also really not great at art. I am not sure if the latter was intentional or they forgot to hire someone really good at art to do the portraits like they usually do on TV shows. They might have been making a point about rich people back then being dilettantes but I was not sure. Everyone acted like he was really good.
This weathered but lovely edition of Poe.
This school copy of Tennyson, given as a prize. I don't know if a lot of schools did this, but it can't have been cheap.
The bookplate with the details of the prize winner for needlework in December 1920. The school is a girl's school in Sydney. It was originally opened in a terrace house by Miss Marian Clarke on 20 July 1885. It moved to larger premises at Wahroongah in 1898 and appears to have operated at that location since. It is a private school, currently for girls from pre-school upwards and high school students can board onsite.
The Abbotsleigh motto, Tempus celerius radio fugit, may be translated from Latin as "Time flies faster than the weaver's shuttle". As the shuttle flies a pattern is woven; the shuttle of time also weaves a pattern of which the threads are people, buildings and events. The motto was given to the school by Miss Marian Clarke, whose family crest was a weaver's shuttle surrounded by the motto, Tempus fugit radio celerit. The school used this form until 1924, when it decided that the ungrammatical Latin should be changed to the present word order, which has been used ever since.
The reference to the weaver's shuttle is also believed by many to be a reference to the "proper" place of women in terms of domestic duties/servitude to men. Some members of the school community have called for the motto to be changed to keep pace with modern views on feminine rights. Wikipedia.
As you can see mine still has the ungrammatical original motto.
The Wicked Lovely series is one of my favourite series of Fae stories. You can read about some of my other favourites here.
Akira graphic novel part 1. This was one of the first animes I saw.
A memory book with some very OTT llamas.
My violet plates. Violets are one of my favourite flowers and feature on my floral tattoo sleeve.
The other pieces of my violet collection so far. The two cups on either end were opshop finds, the one in the middle was from a friend, I believe she got it secondhand.
My new William Morris mugs.
What did you think was the best find? Do you have a favourite china pattern?
I loved that BBC adaptation of The Moonstone, it was just as good as the book (not often the case). LOve the Poe & Tennyson books, they're beautiful. I'm not really a fan of dainty china - terrible considering I'm descended from one of the great Staffordshire pottery dynasties! I love the bold designs of William Morris so those mugs are a winner. x
DAY 1: Sunday We arrived at Gold Coast Airport from Sydney early in the morning and got a bus to Surfer's Paradise. Once there we got an early check in at our hotel in the Q1 building at about 12.15, and went out to look around. We checked out the shops and beach. We had an ocean view from our room and could see and hear the waves. DAY 2: Monday Day two's weather was punctuated by rain showers but we were doing mostly indoor activities, so it wasn't a big problem. We started out at Ripley's which was just off the main street in Surfer's Paradise. Ripley's Believe it or Not Robert Ripley ( February 22, 1890 – May 27, 1949) began his career as a sportsman and cartoonist. He was fascinated by unusual events and objects, leading to his "Believe it or Not!" comic strips which became very popular. He enjoyed travelling the world to find oddities and opened his first museum in Chicago in 1933, then known as the Odditorium. In 1936 he was voted the most popu...
This one has been a long time coming! I took a lot of breaks due to some issues and learned a lot along the way! It all began when I found a secondhand quilt cover with two really pretty patterns: I used my go-to pattern for the skirt. I went with the longer length skirt (view A and B) with the ruffle from the edge of the quilt cover on the bottom. The ruffle. I initially cut out a different bodice but I didn't like the fit. I d ecided to combine the two different fabrics into a Gunne Sax inspired dress with the bodice cut from remainders of both fabrics and a different bodice pattern. The bodice pattern I chose. The new bodice pieces. After that I abandoned the project for quite some time. The centre bodice and side front pieces refused to line up right. I checked and made sure I had cut them out right and I had. I received advice that I needed to notch them and they finally lined up! For the sleeves I had a limited amount of fabric so I had to go with quite small cap sleev...
After Ripley's Believe it or Not , We took the bus to Surfer's Paradise's new arts precinct. Home of the Arts (HOTA) was opened 8th May 2021, and hosts performances, a movie theatre and art gallery. You can go there by bus or ferry. Ferry is more expensive but a lovely trip. When you come into the HOTA gallery, make sure you check out the stacks through a window. When you press a button they light up and you get a glimpse into the storage area, and some artifacts lined up for your viewing. Ground Floor: Brickpedia My partner and I grew up playing with Lego and really enjoy the Australian Legomasters series so it was great to see this. We haven't been to a Lego exhibiton since we were kids and there were some fabulous ones on Egypt and pirates. I am glad Lego is becoming popular again. A mushroom castle with wonderful details inside and outside including "normal" sized bugs and flowers to show the scale. Four sizes of duck Lego notepad A pizza farm with all t...
Those William Morris mugs are fab!
ReplyDeleteI loved that BBC adaptation of The Moonstone, it was just as good as the book (not often the case). LOve the Poe & Tennyson books, they're beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI'm not really a fan of dainty china - terrible considering I'm descended from one of the great Staffordshire pottery dynasties! I love the bold designs of William Morris so those mugs are a winner. x
Some great finds here, Laura. I'm particularly loving the cameo bracelet and the Poe! xxx
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