Flower Power.

all images cowparsely.

Everything is bursting into flower here in my garden, I can hardly keep up with it! It is such a joy to go into the garden each morning and see what has flowered overnight. The garden is still very much a work in progress but right now it is such a pleasure to enjoy all the colours and scents, especially with a glass of something cold and fizzy at the end of a days hard work!!

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend, thank you for your comments this week.

xxx

Pretty Thursday.

images via Paterson Maker, everly true, the curious bumblebee and previous post.

Summer has arrived. Hurrah! Love these soft, pretty and feminine images. 

Talking of Summer, visit the lovely Simone here to discover the coolest sunglasses for this season.

xxx

Random Loveliness.

I can't believe it has been so long since I last posted anything....apologies!

I seem to have been working in the garden continuously for the past 2 weeks. We have been fortunate with the weather, so I have made the most of the sunshine, planting, moving things, improving the soil etc, not to mention a lot of weeding!!! Suddenly the garden has come to life and things seem to be growing before my very eyes.

We have at last decided on the plans for the house, our architect has come up with some lovely ideas which are completely along the lines that we were thinking of, it is good to be on the same wavelength!

So plans have been submitted, fingers crossed all will be approved and then we can start in earnest.

Although creating the garden is a joy, I confess I am eager to put my interior ideas into practice. My box file of inspirational cuttings is overflowing, I need to sit down and put them into order, have to admit I love this bit.

images via Jo Thompson garden design, crush cul de sac and previous posts.

xxx

Friday Inspiration.

Fresh new inspiration from farrow and Ball.View their new gallery for wonderful colour combinations and ideas.

all images via here

It will be sometime before I reach that wonderful stage of decorating and applying colours to the new house, however, even though the building hasn't started yet, I am mentally choosing gorgeous colour schemes in anticipation. I have box files full of cuttings to inspire me for both the interior and the garden. Farrow and Ball have a colour for everyone whether their taste is traditional, country or contemporary, I have used their paints numerous times and have never found anything to beat it.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend, we are having a drinks party here to say Hi to the rest of the village, so fingers crossed the sun will shine.

xxx

Courage, Strength and Beauty.

I am not normally overly impressed or interested in the whole celebrity thing, however no woman can fail to admire the courage of Angelina Jolie. She has done us all a great service by sharing her experience with the world to highlight and inform.

Read her article here


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