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Mrs Black's This n That: PORTMEIRION POTTERY
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The Story of Minerva Black. Wednesday, 22 May 2013. Introduced in 1972, you could be forgiven for thinking that Botanic Garden was the only design Portmeirion produced such was it's popularity for at least two decades. It was charming. Delicate illustrations of garden delights in feminine hues with Moths and Butterflies recalled the then highly sought after Victorian and Edwardian botanic drawings. The shape of the china was beautiful too. Coffee cup in the dark blue glaze. Totem tea pot and cup. They sa...
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Mrs Black's This n That: March 2015
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The Story of Minerva Black. Tuesday, 17 March 2015. THE FIRST BUDS OF SPRING. 65279;. The First Buds of Spring. Watercolour, 25 x 16 inches, signed and dated 1885. It is still very cold here but the first buds of Spring are opening bringing us hope that soon winter really will pass. It has been a mild Winter overall, with snow only coming in small amounts in January and February. Royal Albert Primrose Hill teacup. Possibly also known as 'A Wood Nymph'. The Chris Beetles catalogue entry ends thus, "Its ...
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Mrs Black's This n That: June 2015
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The Story of Minerva Black. Wednesday, 24 June 2015. Candle lit sandcastle by the sea, source unknown. Summer is a riot of flowers. This year on clothes as well as in the garden, and every year we are reminded how well Lord Leighton captured the heat of summer in his Flaming June. But for me water flows through the season and paints it from the blue, green and shimmering palette of the rivers, brooks and seas. Faded blue and green chest of drawers. An Art Nouveau brooch from my collection. William Morris...
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Mrs Black's This n That: March 2014
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The Story of Minerva Black. Thursday, 20 March 2014. The Birds Nest by Emile Vernon. Spring has come. Birds are nesting and bulbs are blooming again. The Snow Queen did not visit us this Winter in our little village perched atop the borders of Berkshire / Wiltshire but o. Ur hearts were cold having lost our beloved cat Isabella in the Autumn. Love Never Dies - Isabella Elizabeth. Their homes and they lost everything. The great beauty of Nature is awe inspiring but sometimes she can be cruel. We help forg...
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Mrs Black's This n That: MERMAIDS
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The Story of Minerva Black. Wednesday, 27 June 2012. I am becoming obsessed with all things watery and blue and green - seas, rivers, lakes, ghostly galleons, fish . and yes . mermaids. Poseidon's Horses by Walter Crane 1893. Lady of The Lake by Graham Reading. Victor Nizoutsev's magical Mermaids are breathtaking. Must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.". 8212; Anaïs Nin. 169; Spectrum Colour Library/Heritage-Images. Sulimith Wulfling The Mermaid. It but tha...
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Mrs Black's This n That: October 2014
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The Story of Minerva Black. Thursday, 30 October 2014. GHOST STORY - The Haunted Bedroom. It's nearly Halloween. In folklore this is a time when the veils between the worlds grow thinner allowing us to feel the presence of the other side. When the spiritual and material worlds touch and a potential exists for magical events to occur. I like a ghost story at Halloween, and I share one with you now. It is a sad tale, but it happens in such a lovely house. What's the footstep following, but never passing by?
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Mrs Black's This n That: November 2014
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The Story of Minerva Black. Wednesday, 26 November 2014. Myott England's Countryside platter, edge detail. A treasured pattern of mine. As we do not have Thanksgiving in England we are tipped straight from 'back to school' to Christmas, with a small stop between for Halloween and Guy Fawkes, or Bonfire Night. I love the little Trick or Treaters which visit us on Halloween, and on Bonfire Night our village hold a communal bonfire with fireworks. I am very nosy about china and always like to take a peak wh...
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Mrs Black's This n That: LOVE NEVER DIES - Isabella
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The Story of Minerva Black. Wednesday, 27 November 2013. LOVE NEVER DIES - Isabella. May 14th 2007 - October 18th 2013. My candle burns at both ends. It will not last the night;. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -. It gives a lovely light. Edna St. Vincent Millay A Few Figs from Thistles, 1920. Bright eyes, burning like fire. Bright eyes, how can you close and fail? How can the light that burned so brightly,. Suddenly burn so pale? Mike Batt for Watership Down. Remember me when I am gone away,. It had...
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Mrs Black's This n That: June 2014
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The Story of Minerva Black. Thursday, 19 June 2014. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The program from Her Majesty's Theatre London January 10, 1900. From: The Victoria and Albert Museum. A lesser known painting of Titania and Bottom, by Edwin Landseer. Beautiful table setting from HERE:. Long evenings alfresco, Rose wine, music festivals in the park, the heady scent of incense and roses. Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, The Secret Garden, Mermaids, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Pirates and those Faer...
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Mrs Black's This n That: STORYTELLER ~ Old Wardrobes
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The Story of Minerva Black. Wednesday, 18 July 2012. A lovely bedroom, but hardly room for the books let alone the clothes! I've always been fascinated by old wardrobes even before I had read the story, and ever since there lurks the possibility that such a piece of furniture might just be a portal to another world, even if only because it contains a treasured outfit with the magical ability to transform yourself once worn. This one has so many more possibilities. Old heavy wood carved wardrobes seem to ...
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