Christmas Spirit Ice skating in Rockefeller Centre. Walking through Central Park in the snow. Parties with eggnog and mulled wine. Roasted and buttered chestnuts by a roaring fire. Christmas is the only time of the year I feel a pang of homesickness. Christmas in the hot baking sun just doesn’t cut it for me. These are photos from some of my favourite Instagram accounts. I hope you enjoy them.  Lakehaven Cottage. Maine. USA. Instagram Lake Haven Cottage Maine USA
 Highgrove Gardens. The Country Estate Of Prince Charles. Instagram Highgrove Gardens UK  Story Of My Home  Pepper Tree Living  Lakehaven Cottage. Maine. USA. With Ella. Instagram Lake Haven Cottage Maine USA  The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge.  Highgrove Gardens. The Country Estate Of Prince Charles. Instagram Highgrove Gardens UK  Pepper Tree Living.  Southern Charm Cottage. Raleigh North Carolina USA Instagram Southern Charm Cottage  Habitually Chic.  Cynthia Margaret. Instagram Cynthia Margaret At Home  Pepper Tree Living Instagram Pepper Tree Living  Habitually Chic.  Fig And Twigs.  Tracy Stillman’s Rescue Terrier, Rocco. All Dressed Up For Christmas. Instagram Tracy Stillman Northeastern USA Life Behind The Scenes With The Ironing Diva. Are my stories. About my ‘Life At The Top Of The Mountain’ in Swifts Creek, Victoria. The vagaries of running a worldwide business from an isolated, remote rural property. And. The many things that I love sharing with you. Carol Jones, Ironing Diva❤️ Please share this post with your friends and family. This is how you help us grow. Subscribe To New Posts If you like what you’ve read. And would like to receive notifications of new posts. You can subscribe here. Thank you! ~Carol❤️ |
Who am I? I am an ex-New Yorker. Who happily calls Australia home. I am also a daughter. A younger sister. A long-standing partner of a significant other. A businesswoman. With a quirky view of how business should be done. I am addicted to my computer. Am a software junkie. LOVE technology. But rarely use a mobile phone. I can sew. Embroider. Knit. Crochet. I’m also an experienced DIYer. Who owns my own power tools. And a toolbox full of the best gadgets a gal can have for getting the job done. I’m an adventurous cook. A keen gardener living in a challenging environment. An amateur photographer of landscapes and wildlife. A perennial student. An avid reader of everything from War and Peace. To trash and trivia. I’m outspoken. Yet discreet. I’m both tolerant. And intolerant. I’m known to not turn the other cheek. Or a blind eye. Life is never dull with my canine and feline menagerie. I’m a huge lover of birds. And all the wildlife that visit me every day on my 100-acre rural property. And I’m also a semi-hermit. Because I absolutely revel in my life of solitude ~ at the top of my mountain. In 1994. Me and my partner, Victor Pleshev, an architect. Did what everyone said we couldn’t do. Poor as church mice from the 1992 ‘recession we had to have’. We built a worldwide business from broke. Long before the internet and email came to our rural village. It took a massive amount of hard work. And equal amounts of sacrifice. Combined with a mindset that everything is a can-do. The reward? 500,000 one-on-one customers. In 30 countries. The icing on the cake? Every product is made with love and care in rural Australia by our super-heroes. Men and women who have a disability. You can read Our Story here. These are my stories. In no particular order. ~Carol❤️
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Designers & makers in RURAL Australia of The Fitz Like A Glove™ Ironing Board Cover, Log Lugger, Roadworks Apron, Travel Bug Shoe Bag, Mr Chin’s Laundry Bag, Sweet Shoo.
Every product is a joy to use.
Made with love and care in rural Australia by men and women who have a disability. They’re our super heroes.
They put their heart and soul into everything they do. And it shows.
