tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763732887715662168.post2328234320337534376..comments2011-06-29T10:15:37.852+10:00Comments on Linda at Bellavista: Peoples day at the Ekka.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17920625648908748173noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763732887715662168.post-72928206304400992272009-08-17T23:04:26.921+10:002009-08-17T23:04:26.921+10:00Hi Mariana...just catching up. You are so generou...Hi Mariana...just catching up. You are so generous with your comments...you definately know how to make a girl feel good :-) Thank you. I too love rosewood. Most of our furniture up at the farm is rosewood.....natural coloured not stained. Some of it was made in Shanghai and has the most beautiful grain. The rest was made in Malaysia and is a finer grain and not in my opinion quite as pretty. Thats just me!<br /><br />I love "old" things that are well made...they stand the test of time, whilst a lot of things that are bought now a days are just so cheap and trashy you know that they will not last long and will just become landfill. Sigh. I would far rather have LESS quality items than MORE cheap throw away items.<br /><br />What a talented husband you have....lucky girl :-) It certainly is difficult finding the time to do every thing we want to isn't it! How can people say they are bored?Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17920625648908748173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763732887715662168.post-63017284711070864142009-08-16T09:14:28.060+10:002009-08-16T09:14:28.060+10:00What a wonderful post Linda! The historical villag...What a wonderful post Linda! The historical village sounds so interesting. I just love to visit places like that. Our younger generation really need to see and understand how life was not that long ago. <br />So many things touched me in your story; the tickets, the iron, the wood, the mincer but I have to say I absolutely adore your scales. They are gorgeous. I want one! But of course it is not just the scales themselves as gorgeous as they are, it is all the memories attached that make them so valuable. How very precious. I adore things that have "a history", along with all the chips, tears and cracks they bear. I detest objects newly made up to look "old". <br /><br />Hope you manage to do a woodworking class. You sound so resourceful. My hubby did woodturning years ago and has built our kitchen table along with lots of miscellaneous items, bowls, mirror, dressers. He loves to use rosewood the best. Our kitchen table is a bit like your scales. A lifetime of memories attached to it. We have heaps of rosewood stored in a safe place, but god knows when my busy hubby shall ever get around to it next. When we bought our farm we discovered red cedar in the hills. Our part of the world was heavily logged for timber one hundred years ago but we have found some cedar trees including a huge log lying near the forest. Beautiful, beautiful timber. Another precious thing. <br />Love your "throwtogether" fritters. They sound so easy and such a crowd pleaser. <br />Love MarianaThrough My Kitchen Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300798774076098054noreply@blogger.com