Click on the image to find out the history of the 4th July.

Beautiful vintage image of a little girl and her doll... click on it to see it full size...

If you are into Vintage and Victorian things you will enjoy the sale at whimsydust.com till the end of June. That's not too many days left so hurry if you think you might like to purchase all the goodies from all my Collections. There are hundreds and hundreds of gorgeous vintage desktop wallpapers, paintshop pro tubes so you can create your own pretty things, there are hundreds of cards in all designs, way too much to mention here.

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I know some of you have been wanting my whimsydust.com things for a long time so now is the opportunity you have been waiting for.... the Mega Bundle valued at over $260 ... is for sale for only $35.00 plus the cost of postage and handling of the dvd or cds....

check it out ... you won't be disappointed.....

The forget me nots I planted from seeds haven't done well. I think they don't like the soil in the pot. Darn things I was hoping I'd have a nice little display of them this year. They are supposed to be easy to grow. Maybe the seeds weren't so good. They came up ... sprouted... but that's been the end of them really. Even my fertilizer in the water... didn't seem to help. Oh well... I'll have to console myself by looking at the lovely vintage photos that have forget me nots on them... lots of postcards etc... Maybe next year I'll see them in my garden.... :-))

On my WhimsyDust Affair blog I posted a link to the great series called North and South.

If you are into English drama set in the 1850's this is another wonderful show for you to watch. I've sat up in my bed with my laptop and watched each episode on UTube. Skip over to the other blog for the link if you are interested.

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Richard Armitage is the star....... WOW is he ever... !!!! stunningly gorgeous ... and he doesn't kiss the heroine of the show till the last 3 minutes. I thought he never would get around to it... lol....great show ....

A very beautiful vintage girl on this card for you.... save it to your folders and send to your friends .... I love sending hugs .... :-)

I'm off to the dentist next month for two new crowns... made me think of the types of treatment the Victorians suffered through. I saw a movie recently where the dentist had a treadle type contraption that was the drill. The poor patient looked as if he was being tortured. And in my Victorian murder mysteries by Anne Perry she often talks of the Crimea war and how they would pull out the teeth of the dead soldiers and use them to make nicer teeth for the wealthy gentry. Even the ladies would want nice new teeth and one of the characters in the book didn't realise where the new teeth were coming from.

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Makes you think about all sorts of horrible things happening back in the days when they had no electricity, no specialised tools, no fancy leaning right back chairs ... I hate those.... sometimes one feels like you are being tipped completely out the end ... many times I've hung on like a mad woman trying not to be engulfed by the chair and seeing myself land right off the end of the darn thing. However recently I was pleasantly surprised after my visit to my new Canadian dentist. Just in the time since I've left Australia ... nearly 10 years ago ... the whole practice of dentisty seems to have improved out of sight. I even get to see a tv on the ceiling whilst I'm being treated. :-))

Click to save the pretty lady full size ...
Use it to add to your emails for someone special.

I've just added a bunch of pretty vintage wallpapers

for your computer to my "Graceful Greetings Collection" at whimsydust.com

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If you would like to save this one ... click on the image

to bring it up full size and save from there. Its 1024 x 768 in size ....

hope you like it... I'd love to get some comments from any of you

reading my blog... this one or my other one called A Whimsydust Affair.

Gosh these weeks go flying by. I no sooner post to my blog and its time to do it again. :-) Father's day coming up this weekend. I do miss my darling old dad so much. He's buried back in Australia. I remember the days when he would take me fishing... it is such a long time ago. Life back then was easier, quieter and for all the things we did not have it didn't seem to matter.

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Sometimes I think about those days and wonder how we managed. Having little money didn't seem to be a great concern. We managed, we had vegetables and fruit in our garden... apple, plum, and cherry trees, raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries, ... chickens and ducks for their eggs ... mum was always making jam of some sort or pies....

I would spend hours digging up the ducks yard so they could get the worms, or building them little ponds to jump in and splash about in. Having no brothers or sisters .. my pets were my friends and I cherished every single one of them. I miss those times.... people were kinder, more gentle and compassionate, friendlier and had good moral standards.

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Happy Father's Day dear dad - I miss you terribly.

Look after my beautiful boy Wilbur for me..... I am sure you will be together.

1910 - spectacular hat. They sure did love feathers.

Click on the photo to see it larger.

Really pretty vintage bookmarks.

I might have to make some of these for my friends and

paint some vintage roses on them. :-)

Click on the image to see it full size if you like to save wallpapers

for your desktop. This one is nice for Spring.

There's a new one also on my other Blog....

so hop over there if you wish to save that one as well.

Life is a series of new beginnings, and every passage in time brings beauty to the dance.

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What a wonderful quote -

it was on a tiny card my dear friend Patricia sent me. In a parcel filled with little treasures too many to mention. What would we do without our friends. It wouldn't be much of a life if we had no dear ones to relate our sorrows or joys to. They would be all meaningless if we had no-one to share them with. My internet friends have been my life line during the 9 years I've been in Canada. It's not been easy being away from my friends back home but through the wonder of internet we can keep in contact at the flick of a switch.

I wonder what the pioneers would think today if they could see how we have progressed. I know they would marvel at the electronic gadgets and air flight and going into space and all the things we take for granted... but would they wish for the quieter times when there were not so many wars, no nuclear weapons, the quieter pace of walking down the gravel roads and just enjoying being there .... no hustle and bustle ... peaceful and lovely ....

Do you know who this wonderful old gentleman is. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... who created the absolutely marvellous character of Sherlock Holmes. I'm completely addicted to all things Sherlock and lately have been discovering magnificent old movies and series on UTube. All about Sherlock. My favourite Sherlock was indeed Jeremy Brett.. and you can read more about him on my other blog .. A WhimsyDust Affair..

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And I'm eagerly looking forward to reading the book which is compiled from the hundreds of letters Conan Doyle sent to his mother when he was a struggling doctor trying to make a living. What an insight that will be into the real Victorian life. The book is out now... and no doubt I'll spend many hours reading through it.. finding out about this clever man who created the greatest detective the world has ever known... :-))

My new Collection called "Graceful Greetings" is now on my site ...
I'm also taking the Whimsybit tubes I've used to make those greetings and compiling them into another Collection perhaps called "Graceful WhimsyBits" so you know that they are the pretty ones I've used to make the cards. Now if you are a creator you will be able to use those images to make destop wallpapers, or websets, perhaps your own greeting cards or fancy stationery...
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those "whimsybits" will be coming soon..... I'm enjoying making them with all the pretty lace and my painted roses and other stunning embellishments ....... certainly indicative of times gone by and elegance and grace...