Autumn

I have just realised that I haven't produced a blog entry for some time, so I don't know where the summer went! Our son was home from University for the summer so it was really nice to spend some time with him, then we had a holiday in Hastings on the sunny south coast. An old friend of mine lives in nearby St Leonard's so we met up and she came back to stay with us for a while - a good excuse to visit all the local tea shops!

Then we had a weekend in Bedfordshire for the Twinwood Festival which was great as usual! The Bootleg Beatles helped to create a wonderful '60s night' atmosphere but there were also excellent performances from Down for the Count Swing Orchestra with guest vocalists, and rock and roll group Jackson Sloan and the Rhythmntones. Saturday evening was finished off in style by the Electric Swing Circus and their version of 1920s swing in the magical Woodland Glade.

Of course mustn't forget the fabulous Bryan Ferry at the Cornbury music festival in July - so good to hear some of those 1970s Roxy Music classics!

However, September is with us again and, as usual, sees people returning to work and learning after the summer break and back to work for me in my garden office which is not too much of a hardship!

It may be worth mentioning that I also have a presence on Ebay at  http://stores.ebay.co.uk/green-vintage8855 which has a slightly different vintage feel to it from MillCottageRetro on Etsy.

Below are some photos of items that have recently been added or that are in the process of being added to green-vintage8855: 

Collection of vintage green glassware bought at auction

Some pretty china pieces of which some were found at a car boot sale, one was an inherited piece and another from an auction sale

Mixture of auction, car boot and charity shop purchaes

I suppose that you could say that these pieces constitute the more traditional end of vintage thrifting, whereas on Etsy I place mid century and retro pieces. My Ebay store will also have clothing and more modern items that do not fit in with Etsy's guidelines.

However, here are some pieces that will be going into my Etsy Store soon:

 

Some traditional Dartington glass bowls and a retro brandy glass, don't you just love that ruby red colour. Some people just collect that colour of glass

Super retro tableware: the fabulous Midwinter Pottery, super on trend Hornsea cruet and the deep, deep Mediteranean blue of Rimini Blu.

Here is a rather cute collection of Cornish studio pottery wares. I have kept back one piece: a coffee mug which has my name on it here in my office (not literally, of course - it says 'cafe'!)