A couple of days ago I stopped by a favorite place, Market Imports, located at the city's large State Farmers' Market. Here you will find two acres of imports including antique European furniture, and vintage and reproduction garden and architectural elements for home and garden from around the world including England, France, India, Mexico, Belgium, Indonesia and China.
My first stop was in the vast outdoor area to spend an hour drooling over the many beautiful iron urns and containers for the garden, in colors from deep rust and creamy white, to French gray, verdigris green and even combinations..........
..........such as rusty French gray!
I felt I'd died and gone to heaven when I saw these above ~ look at that delightful embossed swag decoration!
These above and below also had that French garden look ~ I could see them filled with lavender and purple blooming rosemary.
Rust is a hot color, literally, but with a slim green conifer centered, creamy variegated ivy, hot yellow lantana and purple petunias draping over the sides, wouldn't these urns look stunning?
I enjoy many urns around my home and garden, see here, and would just love to add some of these beauties one day.
I'll take a short break here while pondering how I might need to hire a forklift and large truck to get this urn to my garden..........this is NOT one of those lightweight resin knock offs, this is the real iron thing! If we're ready to risk a heart attack moving one, how about making it a pair for the front entryway. Oops, forgot, I live in a cottage, not a castle!
Will be back soon to show you many more fabulous treasures, iron, wood, glass, tin, some huge, some small, from Market Imports. You will love everything.
What other village has no cars and no individually-owned houses? Clovelly, on the North coast of Devon, is owned by one family (one of only three since the Norman Conquest). Here you can discover a timeless village where the steep, cobbled street tumbles down past pretty cottages to the tiny, deep blue harbor.
The street is too steep for motor vehicles, so for centuries donkeys were the main form of transport. I remember riding a donkey here when visiting as a child. Although they are no longer used for heavy loads, Clovelly still has its resident donkeys, and children can enjoy rides in the Summer. All goods are now transported by sleds - from groceries to furniture and building materials.
..............viewing galleries, small gift shops, and cottages of note including one where author Charles Kingsley resided while writing 'Westward Ho!'. The village also inspired him to write 'The Water Babies'. He lived in the village as a child and often returned as an adult.
The large white building on the quay is a hotel. Several cottages along the famous cobbled street do B&B. The street, known as 'Up-along' or 'Down-along', depending in which direction you're headed, was built from pebbles hauled from the beach. 
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