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)
