06 December 2009

winter wonderland, part two

On Sunday, G and I made our annual holiday visit to Petersham, and the decorations didn't disappoint. There were many more wooden ornaments this year,

as well as snowy pine cones, gathered into knobbly white bowls:

But what we really came to see were the mercury glass baubles, piled in buckets...

and baskets...

and hanging from the beams:

Amongst the woodsy whites and shimmery silvers, there were hints of green. But even the wreath forms were bare,

which somehow seemed fitting in that wintry wonderland.

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11 comments:

  1. Ali7 December 2009 at 22:23

    I love your visits to Petersham! And largely on the strength of them, as our 70th birthday present to my Mum, my sister-in-law and I are taking her to lunch there. But it'll have to wait till next year now! Something else to look forward to.

    Did you make it to Couverture?

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  2. walter and me7 December 2009 at 22:35

    Sigh. So stylish. My kind of decorating. Did you make any purchases?

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  3. Darlene7 December 2009 at 22:51

    It would be such a shame to put those beautiful ornaments away come January. D x

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  4. Anonymous8 December 2009 at 09:39

    How intriguing! I can just see Kristina's reflection in the picture "Mercury+Glass+3.JPG"

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  5. Anonymous8 December 2009 at 10:04

    I agree, those glass baubles are truly beautiful.
    p.s. ordered the i love macaron book (not avail in the UK at the moment so i bought it from amazon.com and will get it from my mom's house at the end of next month when i go)

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  6. dragonfly8 December 2009 at 12:53

    I love the mercury glass baubles!

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  7. silverpebble8 December 2009 at 21:48

    I just bought my first mercry glass bauble at the weekend. It's beautiful - I didn't know that was the name for them.

    I long to visit Petersham - largely because of your blog!

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  8. Lynn8 December 2009 at 22:27

    Ooh, so pretty! And D. Admirer, I can see your reflection there too...

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  9. julochka9 December 2009 at 09:46

    i really love the natural style that's out there this year. it feels back to basics, doesn't it? what with bare wreaths and all...

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  10. Gina9 December 2009 at 17:12

    One day I will visit Petersham. You always make it sound so wonderful.

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  11. Bee11 December 2009 at 21:48

    I'm thinking that this would be a good outing with the parents (who arrive on Sunday).

    I hardly need any more ornaments, though. They barely fit on the (quite large) tree as it is!

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