Weekend!

I'm really sorry for my absence... I've been too busy. 

But the specimen pots have been washed on the outside.

Some of them can use a good clean on the inside as well.

For now I'm wishing you a nice and tranquil weekend!

Toast

beautiful Japanese Usuhari glass, the thinnest of all glasses 

A toast to you having a lovely weekend! Cheers!!!

Shelter

Not all of our ferns are hardy, some of them need protection from the cold...

Art Breda

I visited Art Breda. Here you can see some of my favourite pieces.

Two paintings by Hendrik Willem Mesdag...

 oilpainting "Kalme Zee" (price 275.000 euros)

watercolor "Vissersboten langs de kust" (price 58.00 euros)

 Graeme Wilcox

"Don't give up" by Riky van Lint

"Nenuphars" by Émile Gallé 

Léopold Bernstamm 

Princess of Darkness by Irene Wijnmaalen 

David Begbie - Sensu 2013

On the left my "prince of Darkness" (big smile) and companion.
You can see some of our earlier trips together here, here and here.

Treasures from Crisnée

Yesterday we went to a brocante market in Crisnée,

I saw something I liked so I asked: C'est combien? (French for: How much is this?)

The seller in Dutch: Dat! Dat is de tand van een beer! (English: It's a bears tooth)
(we continued our conversation in Dutch, just read my free translation underneath)

Me: That's no bears tooth! It's a bone, just take a look at the structure inside.

The seller: Yes, yes it's a bone... it's a dinosaur bone!!!

Me: That's no dinosaur bone! And I wasn't asking you what it was (smile),

I just want to know your price...

A smiling seller: 1 euro?

 I also found a small torch with a bullseye (aka walleye, dome) lens
and a torpedo style (aka Hamilton's, bomb, egg) soda bottle for a couple of euros.

We already had a simular torch and bottle...

This might be the beginning of a new collection... (big smile)

Ancient Electrics

We bought a vintage bakelite mushroom ceiling lamp online.
When it arrived I discovered the fitting was missing.

The plan is to use it as a standing/table lamp on top of our old piano.

We'll we able to screw it on top as a safety measure for our cats.

When I visited my parents yesterday morning my father, still in his pyjama
and robe, started searching his garage trying to find an appropriate fitting.

I also visited 3 electric shops but nobody, not even my dad, was able to help me.

The current standards don't fit and old-fashioned bakelite parts are hard to find.

But just before I fell asleep 💡
- I have to check the old bakelite barn lamps I once bought -

Niko no. 6020, 6020, spare glass, Niko no. 6263 eagle-eyed and sniffed by Nim

It turned into a small collection over the years ☺︎

And YES it seems I do have one bakelite and porcelain fitting!

Check!

Now I just need some sturdy electric cable (Nim likes to chew on electric cables)

and a bakelite switch and plug. To be continued...

Glass

If you can give me some information about this vintage bowl, please let me know!

Eurantica

Today I visited Eurantica with an art loving friend of mine.

I love the wooden works by Ernst Gamperl

I enjoy wood, ceramics, ethnographic art, photography and furniture...
amongst other things :)

Three vintage chairs and a desk by Lucien Engels

 Lovely sculpture "L'ado" by Anne Smith

A nice collection of paintings, some of them by Leo Pors
My friend likes the hanging sculptures by Anke Birnie

and is really into glass...

And what an incredible table top... magpie on a branche... also by Gallé

Tealights

The days are getting shorter and darker. Today it's raining.

I'm still adjusting to the colder temperatures but I love this time of year.

I bumped into some bark textured glasses. Perfect for a couple of tealights.

New Find

I found this small bowl in a local thrift shop for 50 cents :)

Dusting

I've been dusting the kitchen shelf.... 

Time off from work but still got to do some work at home.

Grain

On our work top in the kitchen two stackable vintage containers filled with quinoa.

T.G.I.F.

I hope you'll enjoy your weekend as much as I do!

I started my weekend enjoying a tasty lunch in very good company

and I'm looking forward to tomorrow.............

Light

Sunlight can really light up my everyday life!
Even when I'm inside the house.

Dark

Normally my interior decoration becomes much lighter in spring and summer.

But somehow I'm in need of some dark elements so instead of lighter it became darker.

The drawing was a present from the artist 25 years ago. It is made by Snor.

Rose

We have been working in the garden yesterday.

Afterwards the kenderman poured me a drink.

Parcel

Such a  shame I don't use any sugar in my tea ;-)

Acorn-shell Glass

I found this glass on a flea market.

There's a mark of a French lilly on the bottom.

Is there anyone who knows where it's from?