my granddad made me love gardens. below the fields at his back gate he had a large rose garden set out like a chess board with a paving stone between each bush; opposite a market garden sized vegge patch, then layers of hedging, flower gardens, jungle, chooks, rabbits, goat and lawns. we, the hoard of cousins who congregated there every saturday afternoon, eating hand dug veg raw, jumping hedges, raiding the preserves and making bonfires, played amongst the roses too. slow, careful races; rose petal shower fights, perfume making. our mothers all left late afternoon with with a sunburnt kids, a palm prickle of roses and a clink of preserve jars.
i feel very close to my grandad when i garden, especially when i do anything with roses. and i love pink roses in blue-green jars. pink any flower in blue-green jars. all jars op-shopped of course.
are you an Op-Shop Show-Off?
it’s charitable, green, cheap, exciting, fun, nostalgia inducing, potentially lucrative and often just plain necessary. whatever your reason for op-shopping we’d love it if you joined us on Tuesdays here at blackbirdhasspoken.blogspot.com for Op-Shop Show-Off day, a linky open to all, all week, to link up a blog post about any aspect of your second-hand shopping life.
tell us your op-shopping philosophy, or divulge your secret hunting techniques. let us know about your wants, or skite (English translation= “show-off “) about your amazing finds. review the best op-shopping spots in your town, or request or give information on your fascinating finds, you’ll always be talking to an appreciative audience here.
How to link up?
1. post your blog post.
2. link to Op-Shop Show-Off in your blog post, so your blog readers can come over
and peruse or post in the linky too
3. scroll to the bottom of my latest Tuesday Op-Shop Show-Off post and click on the
linky tool, then follow the 3 easy steps
4. don't forget to leave me a comment to let me know you linked up
5.. grab the Op-Shop Show-Off Button from my sidebar to decorate yours (paste the
code into a HTML gadget under the 'add a gadget' part of the layout section in
blogger and save)
How to link up?
1. post your blog post.
2. link to Op-Shop Show-Off in your blog post, so your blog readers can come over
and peruse or post in the linky too
3. scroll to the bottom of my latest Tuesday Op-Shop Show-Off post and click on the
linky tool, then follow the 3 easy steps
4. don't forget to leave me a comment to let me know you linked up
5.. grab the Op-Shop Show-Off Button from my sidebar to decorate yours (paste the
code into a HTML gadget under the 'add a gadget' part of the layout section in
blogger and save)
Sounds like you had a wonderful time and its lovely that you are reminded when you are in the garden. Love the blue glass, shows off the flowers beautifully.
ReplyDeleteLiz @ Shortbread & Ginger
Such beautiful jars!!
ReplyDeleteOhhhh I remember fondly school holidays shared with the cousins at my grandparents place
Oh what lovely writing about your treasured memories, Max. Beautiful photos to match too. xxx
ReplyDeleteLovely photos... I am going to have a go at this linky - I am :)
ReplyDeleteOh this is just lovely Max! My favourite is the second last, the peachy coloured roses in that jar would just make any room look pretty. Ive linked up an older post, but still they are opshop finds that I was quite happy with! Taz xx
ReplyDeleteThose two colours are just perfect together.x
ReplyDeleteOK....I will try to post next Tuesday. I am here in NZ (Nelson) at the moment, but am restricted to buying scarves and vintage knitting patterns as I live in Canada.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful little glass jars and bottles. One of my favourite ways to display flowers. I'm trying to collect more so I can cover a whole table top or mantelpiece with flowers!
ReplyDeleteDear Max, I've linked up the Op-Shop Show-Off but I really don't know if I've understood everything very well. I think it's not right that a photo of me is on your blog. Maybe you can remove it so that I can give it another try. I think it must be a photo of an op shop find, mustn't it? What have I got to do on Tuesdays?
ReplyDeleteSorry for being not as good in English as I should.
Hi Max, I love your wonderfully poetic memories too. How cool..rose petal showers! Old glass especially coloured is a perfect companion to garden picked flowers..what joy! I am linking up just now & will add the the button to my side bar very soon. I hope that it's ok that I write about other things within my posts too..would that break the "rules"? Much love Catherine x0x0x
ReplyDeleteThese look great, I adore the story about your granddad, I can relate to it so much.. such perfect memories oxoxo
ReplyDeleteThat sounds glorious, such a lovely image popped into my head...your roses looks gorgeous in their jars :)
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