Lilly Cottage

Works in progress!

If you want to see some of my new works in progress, I have just posted about them on Kiss Noises go take a look and tell me what you think....KN Linda 

Wordless Wednesday

 

OK it's time for a healthy dose of PINK PINK PINK!

Just in case you thought I had gone completely off pink at Lilly Cottage with all this talk of other colours, here are some photos to calm your worried brows.

What's more is that it is new pink, not rehashed pink....I think...

 

 

You can really see here how Gail McCormack and I have such similar painting styles...NOT! Bern can you see your heart canvas?

 

 

OK just to clarify Mother, this is a picture of a fountain, not a bird bath because if it was a bird bath those birds have been out in the sun too long!

 

 

 

OK so maybe you have seen some of that pink before, remember to click on the photos for a bigger picture...Find it Friday will return this week too, maybe I might use this photo so study hard.

 

 

Pink AND  Blue...

 

Anothe Gail Mc Cormack print..soft and stunning, goes nicely with my lollipops don't you think...eclectic, that is my word of the day, actually if I had my own word...like in 'Eat Pray Love' it would be Eclectic.

 

 

Aahh Pink my friend...glad to know you are still here and I think I like this bolder brighter version of yourself...well I suppose I have always really liked bright pink, you should see my wardrobe it is the only other colour, wait black is not a colour it is a shade, well if black was a colour, pink would be the only colour other than black in my wardrobe...oh that is so confusing.....must need more sleep..I even had a pink wedding dress except it wasn't bright pink it was a lovely soft pink.......yes sleep am rambling again. I can show you a photo of my dress if you like, of course I don't look much like that girl anymore....but that's a whole other story.

Be back later in the week with more colours....black not included....and about the visitors I had to Lilly Cottage last week. 

Until then ttfn Kiss Noises Linda

 

Today is ANZAC  day in Australia and we have the chance to remember and honor those brave men and women who fought for and often lost their lives and to those still fighting to keep our country safe and allow us to live the lives we live today.

Thank you!

Lest we Forget

Kiss Noises Linda

"I see red I see red I see red" ( and white polka dots as well)

Now I know that is a song title but I 'm not entirely sure if it is by Split Enz though...but anyway that is what I am singing.  Last post it was blue and this one seems to be lots of red but it has to be a special red, not a tomatoey red but a bluey red.  Anyhoo it seems to be everywhere at Lilly Cottage...take a look.

 

 

 

OK so technically that one is burgundy but isn't it scrumptious and it is more red than not red...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK so some of that last photo might be more pink than red but it is sort of red and I was very excited to have sold the painting in the background on Sunday and have started on some new paintings ( I wrote about them on my Kiss Noises Blog if you want to have a sneak peek).

Have a truly scrumptious day,

TTFN

Kiss Noises Linda Lilly Cottage 

Calming restful blue quilts and pillows, Brilliant blue Peacock painting.

Yes Blue, blue has crept into Lilly Cottage and is the colour of the day.  After avoiding blue and concentrating on our beloved pinks for a few years, blue has suddenly looking very good....check out this new blue lovelies...

 

 

 

 

OK I think I might be drifting in between blue and green here but green is blue after all but with a bit of yellow added! I hope you don't mind some blue/green goodies as well.

 

 

Oh can you see my peacock painting...hang on I will give you some close ups...

 

 

 

 

New bone china mugs from Robert Gordon....a perfect blue/green.

 

 

 

 

 

So what do you think, is it alright to be a little bit blue?? In the nicest possible way of course!  Enjoy your weekend, ( I am still trying to work out Twitter..come and find me lindalillyc if you like to Twitter too).

ttfn Kiss Noises Linda

Lots of goodies to unload but first meet the girls.

As we are gearing up for cooler weather...yahoo!!...Lilly Cottage has a whole batch of new quilts and throws and lovely things to go with them.....which I will show you when I have enough energy to take the photos.

In the meantime, don't you just love this gorgeous girl.....she is a handmade doll by Penny ( who sells on eBay, I will add a link later but it is something like....Handmade dolls by Dot and Penny or something...must check that out).  Anyhoo I have quite a collection of these gorgeous creatures and I thought I was take the newest girls out to Lilly Cottage to jazz up the place a little.

 

 I even wish my makeup looked this good.  The detail is amazing in all her creations. Darling husband loaded the car for me on Saturday morning and when I went to the side of the car to unload...this is what I saw...

 

All buckled up in the van, seatbelt and all....how lovely it is to have a laugh to start the morning!

 

I will be back as soon as I can with some pictures of my new paintings and the new stock.

Kiss Noises Linda.

A Magical Memory Filled day.....the great Easter Egg Hunt.

Now if you have been reading this blog for a little while or have been out to see Lilly Cottage in person you will know that Lilly Cottage is in one of the most beautiful little corners of the world, nestled in amongst the trees at Old Petrie Town, Kurwongbah Queensland Australia. There is a lovely museum out there and a lot of the buildings are the originals or replica's of old buildings from around our area.  We are also lucky to be nestled in amongst some 400 year old fig trees with the most amazing roots.  It is a magical place. So so pretty.

On Friday evening I decided that we should have an Easter Egg Hunt out in and around the trees in the park and sent off a few emails to some lovely people I know who have wonderful children and even though it was short notice...like very short, I had full acceptance and was faced with ten smiling fresh faced children and some equally eager adults at eleven am on Saturday morning.

I had some wonderful plastic eggs that open so you can hide real  chocolate eggs inside and I had the BEST time hiding 35 eggs in around the park and then going back to take some photos before the children arrived.

 

You can click on the photos to make them larger so that you can join in the easter egg hunt too! I was so excited putting the eggs out, it had all the makings of a mgaical day.  Especially when faced with the most amazing toadstools that most surely in the biggest fairy ring ever.....they appeared overnight and look at how gorgeous they look......warning there are a kazillion photos in this post but I want you to feel like you were there with us too!

 

 

 

 

I mean is that not a bit magical!! It had rained the night before and a little in the morning but Saturday during the day was just lovely with just the right amount of dew on the grass, perfect for hunting eggs.  NOw back to that egg hunting, here are a few more eggs for you to find....I wonder how many you can see?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gosh I love some of those photos...more to come, I think I will load these up to Flickr later on....Just in case you were wondering, I did let others join in the hunt, there were my children, my nieces and nephews and my dear little Katie ( with her lovely mum who I went to school with since grade 4!!! too many years ago), Grace the Bakers daughter and the gorgeous girls from the Agapanthus and Goldsworthy household along with Rosey's wonderful friend Miranda.

Here they are getting ready....of course out of 10 children there were only 3 boys....and boy were they fast!

 

 

 

 

Run run run!!!

 

 

Is that a fairy in that fairy ring?

 

Woohoo Eggs!!!

 

 

 

 

Even excited adults!!  The green eggs were for grown ups only (they had coffee infused belgium chocolated in the eggs....yumm).

 

What a wonderful wonderful day, thank you all for sharing it with me ( and for putting up with all those photos).

Kiss Noises Linda.

 

 

The Bunny is coming.....

 

 

Kiss Noises Linda

The curious case of the cinnamon scent.....

It started out like any morning at Old Petrie Town, the shop owners arrived early as usual to open their doors and await the happy customers who would no doubt soon join them.

Something was a little different though as we started to set up our displays at Lilly Cottage....the smell! There was an overpowering smell of cinnamon ( which mixed with our normal rose and vanilla scent was something strange indeed).

Being that the smell was inside the shop we ruled out the Bakery across the path and my Mothers first thought was that some critter had chewed through our bundles of cinnamon sticks but no they were still intact....oh well perhaps they had dragged one away and were chewing on it somewhere.

Not long after our neighbour from Ladybug Giftware, Marjon came in to tell us there was a really strange cinnamon smell at her shop as well, somewhere near the front door it was the strongest and she could see that something had sprayed on her door....surely not a animal that had cinnamon scented wee???

I so wish I had a camera around as she then proceeded to sniff the doorways of all the shops around the street.......what a picture, this beautiful tall blonde woman flitting from shop to shop with her nose on high alert bending over to sniff the doorways.

All but one of the shops had cinnamon scented doorways and when she reached the Naturopath she had the horrible thought that someone may have broken in and stolen some of the essential oils that they sold and gone around and threw them all around ( well maybe only the cinnamon ones).

Our friendly Naturopath was a little more sceptical however and decided the only logical combination of a strong cinnamon smell and our location would be the bakery. Armed with evidence, well at least a strong suspicion she headed over to the beautiful Bakery and asked them straight out!

After much laughter from the Bakers part he admitted he was responsible for cinnamon smell.  It appears he had gone around super early ( as Bakers do) in the morning and sprayed cinnamon on our doorways so that we would go and buy his HOT CROSS BUNS!

What a good marketing idea! Not only did it provide mystery, intrigue, exercise and entertainment....we also bought his Hot Cross Buns. And yes they were delicious!!

Seeing as they were the source of such fun, I gave them their own little photo shoot ( of course I had my camera then)....they look yummytoo!

 

This is the culprit...remember him from the Baker and the coffee? That's him alright...Albert!

 

 

 

Yum Yum hot cross buns!!

Have a very Good Friday and enjoy your Hot Cross Buns and time with friends and family today...Happy Easter!

Kiss Noises Linda