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Mariette's Back to Basics ― Wow; the painters left yesterday around noon after working for about 3 weeks on our exterior! Great quality job they did and you will soon get to see the results. First I need to show you the previous projects. Today I just have a little vase with ...
Tags: Our Roses, Family
BacktoBasics ― 2 weeks ago
Mariette's Back to Basics ― Along with singer Lynn Anderson who sang: I never promised you a rose garden we can say: ∙ I beg your pardon,I never promised you a rose garden.Along with the sunshine,There's gotta be a little rain sometimes. ∙ Link above is from...
Tags: Rose Silverware, Our Roses, Family
BacktoBasics ― 3 weeks 1 day ago
Mariette's Back to Basics ― Not only real yellow Midas Touch roses but also my yellow embroidered roses that I cross stitched on a rayon damask tablecloth. ∙ That was part of my trousseau at the time I first got married. It is French 3 Suisses. ∙ This is almost...
Tags: Rose Silverware, Our Roses, Mariette's Back To Basics, Hand Embroidered, Giovanni Raspini Silver Gifts
BacktoBasics ― 8 weeks 5 days ago
Mariette's Back to Basics ― Here I would like to show you our lovely Yellow Midas Touch Roses. These photos are form 2009 and meanwhile we have lost all our Midas Touch roses due to drought and heat... ∙ The little table square I have sewn myself. ∙ The yellow...
Tags: Rose Silverware, Our Roses, Friendship, Mariette's Back To Basics, China And Porcelain, My Sewing Creation
BacktoBasics ― 9 weeks ago
Mariette's Back to Basics ― In Europe they do celebrate TWO days of Easter; First and Second Easter Day! So let me wish those lucky ones a very Happy Second Easter Day! ∙ My Organdy Beribboned Easter Eggs in yellow and salmon... ∙ This is the book from which I ...
Tags: Our Roses, Easter, Le Jacquard Français
BacktoBasics ― 11 weeks 2 days ago
Mariette's Back to Basics ― Usually our 1818 Jeanne d'Arc Rose blooms in April... BUT in January, on the 24th, I took the following pictures. Unreal for the time of the year... It must be because on January 11 and 12, we had such high temperatures of 26°C or 78.8°F....
Tags: Our Roses, Our Garden
BacktoBasics ― 19 weeks ago
Mariette's Back to Basics ― It is already rare for having perfect roses in December, but this one is even more of a miracle rose. Having these special roses, grown from clippings that my Dad took from Grandma's garden after pruning her roses for the last time before she ...
Tags: Our Roses, Oma Rose, A Gathering Place, Modern Country Lady
BacktoBasics ― 26 weeks ago
Mariette's Back to Basics ― On December 4, when we walked through our garden we found still some roses blooming! Just have a look at them. That is such a joy for having them even in late fall! I placed these three in a Baccarat Crystal vase and put them on our Corian window...
Tags: Our Roses, Baccarat Crystal
BacktoBasics ― 27 weeks ago
Mariette's Back to Basics ― For sure you sometimes have the feeling that writing for a reason does not come easy... At the moment we are scanning old photographs from husband Pieter's family. He lost his eldest brother, only a good month ago. It is never easy for getting on...
Tags: Our Roses, Countries Visited, Followers
BacktoBasics ― 38 weeks ago
Mariette's Back to Basics ― Sometimes a self made gift is the best for a certain occasion. And such was the case when both of us were invited to dinner at a Church friend's home. We happened to have perfect blooming Gardenias and Roses in our garden. Both white colored and...
Tags: Our Roses, Gardenias
BacktoBasics ― 51 weeks ago
Mariette's Back to Basics ― On our windowsill the lilac orchid started blooming in all its splendor. However the trailing blossoms needed to get elevated so they could fully open up. At the same time we had a lilac rose blooming in our garden. So we teamed them up together. ...
Tags: Our Roses, Orchid, Baccarat Crystal
BacktoBasics ― 19 May, 12
Mariette's Back to Basics ― Tell me, is any of you also as much in love with WHITE roses? Two years ago I could snap just ONE photo from a single bud on our antique 1834 Félicité Parmentier Alba Rose. Link from that post you find below. This year we were so happy to see that ...
Tags: Our Roses, Blog Award
BacktoBasics ― 13 May, 12
Currently around a half of organizations ranging in size from SMEs to large multinationals ...
∙ One of the few things I consider when buying a frock is the print. Growing up, I ...
My first thought when I saw the topic for this weeks Photo Challenge: Curves was the ...