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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Commercial Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Saturday, January 8, 2011

{Our Home in the SNOW -- January 2002}



Once in a while we have seen a winter-wonderland here in Dublin, Georgia. In 2002 on January 2 and 3 we had for two days snow and it really did stay! So we got some great photos from these two days; very unusual for us. It looks pretty though! So have a look around our home in the snow...


This is eight years ago and some trees are no longer there. Like those weeping ilex in front of the house, they're gone. They hid the house and it was no longer pretty. In the beginning we got carried away by them and had our Christmas lights hung in each of them. Tiny white lights; very romantic.
The solid oak indoor shutters inside of the windows are closed here. Those have proven to be a very wise investment as they keep and the cold and the heat out! Never having to mess with curtain cleaning and dust free. Very light when opened so we love them!
The photo below shows the dining room shutters (l) open as well as those from the office. The guest bedroom is shut. 


 
From our front porch, overlooking the brick walkway to the mailbox and the road. 
Our Vintage Woodworks from Texas looks lovely now...


The antique copper ship's pump on the wall and the oak bench with wrought iron 'roses' in antique green to the left.


This is to the side of the kitchen bay window. This photo is from the first snow day on the 2nd of January. 
Gazebo is visible here as well.


We do have lots of evergreen trees and shrubs, as can be seen in these photos.


We never again will be able to make photos like this as the Southern Magnolia has grown so tall and wide...


Here the gazebo is visible and the pond below. Our property is on a slope.


This is on our driveway and it's the second day of snow on January 3.
Our Magnolia Grandiflora 'Namnetensis Flore Pleno' is still small here...


The balcony to the right and again the gazebo with the pond area is visible.
This is our our young Quercus Virginiana 'Grand View Gold' covered with snow.


Taken from the other side of the pond.


Our Scarlet oak (r) keeps its leaves on quite long and they still have some color here. The other oak (l) is a semi-evergreen. There is a feeding house for the wild ducks under the semi-evergreen oak.


The greenhouse in the back and to the right is our triple-stemmed river birch. We lost it in one of the hurricanes, it got ripped off and only one 'ugly looking' stem was left... So we had to cut it down.


Here you see our third bridge across the creek into the wood garden with walking trail. 


From the balcony towards the pond. The Virginia live oak tree on the left is huge now. 


That's it!
Who knows we will again get snow like this? 
We at least do treasure these photos. 

Thursday, January 6, 2011

{LUXURY LIFE - Argenterie Raspini & my Giveaway}



Meet the actual Silver Master Giovanni Raspini from Italy, the designer for all my upscale silver gifts.
He did also the beautiful 925/000 Alphabet Angel; my International Giveaway.
Click on the hyperlink to enter; ends on January 25!



{Part II: 19 NEW Romantic Rose Boxes etc. by French Artist Françoise}


Okay, here comes the remainder of the romantic French Country Style Rose Art by Françoise Kiéné from France.

French Basics

Unique Signed Collage Painting in Classical Frame by Françoise. See again at: Spectrenoir for more details.
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Unique French Country Style gifts!


Beautiful composition of pink roses and hydrangea by Françoise, in a technique of collage and painting on cloth that has been tightened on a wooden chassis. See it at: Spectrenoir for more info.

Beautiful painted composition on wooden pencil box with sliding top. Signed by artist Françoise Kíéné. See at: Spectrenoir again for more.
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Wooden box with romantic roses by French artist Françoise Kiéné. Look at: Mariette's Back to Basics for sizing and more.


Wooden Box with pink Roses on a pale blue background, done by French artist Françoise Kiéné. See at: Spectrenoir for more about it.
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Dark wooden box with roses composition painted by French artist  Françoise Kiéné. Some woodcarving on the lid and on outsides. See it at: Spectrenoir for full info.


Round wooden box with rose and violets by French artist Françoise. View it at: Spectrenoir for further info.


Hexagonal wooden box with roses on a pale blue background by French artist Françoise Kiéné. See it at: Spectrenoir for more info.

Photo by Françoise the artist

Three adorable  wooden boxes with rose(s) composition painted on the lid by French artist Françoise Kiéné. For further information please see them at: Spectrenoir.

The photos are made by Françoise and by me, in our gazebo without a flash as the summer sun is providing already plenty of light. So that's why you have seen different colors but rest assured all the French Basics Artwork from Françoise looks so nature-like; it is great perfection!


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