Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Green through the Gold...

"You'll have to repaint it..."
said Ben, surely tongue in cheek after all those years of coming close to having 'it', whatever 'it' happens to be this time, bashed over his head whenever he says this!
So this time, which was at the end of our September camping trip, 'it' was this gold mirror with the most wonderful bits of green showing through the paint. We found it with another mirror at a 'Vide Maison' in the foothills of the Pyrenees - the only time we've ever actually been to a garage sale in France.
Putting it up on the mantelpiece when the Christmas decorations came down inspired me to go and seek out the green and gold I already own: 'The thrill of what you already have' once again! (Sorry that died a death as a monthly project last year, friends...)
But one Christmas card was allowed to stay - do you see the wonderful Cardinal print that clever Izzie and George (our summer pet sitters) sent us? Wonderfully green, and a great reminder of a lot of Lenten fun last year...

4 comments:

Healing Woman said...

You are living the ideal life. I hope you get to more French garage sales. I know the outdoor market sales there are wonderful as well as antique shops..but garage sales much be fabulous. Mirror is so typically French.

Sue said...

This is a really interesting shape definitely worthy of a home.

Frances said...

That mirror is a lovely find, and I'd say that your "thrill of using what you got" or something like that is very lively...perhaps it was just hibernating.

Best wishes.

Purrfect Haven said...

its beautiful just as it is! Helen, Darcy and Bingley xxx