My favourite things . . .

 

 

A few of the things which catch my eye, inspire me, pluck at my heart strings, make me smile, or that I just enjoy.  Maybe they will do the same for you.  

  

 

 

 

Vera Mouse by Marjolein Bastin. She is a Dutch artist. I used to be able to buy her notecards, stickers etc. when I lived in Canada, but  never see her stuff here. I love all her work. Its just beautiful.   

  

 

 

I adore messy buns, loose hair styles for longer hair. I never do but the same thing with mine. It is either plaited or in a pony tail. I wish I had the courage and the skill to do something else.  

 

Nuts.  I Love nuts.  All kinds. I would say that of all the nuts Cashews, Macadamias and Pistachios are my favourites, but in all truth I have never met a nut I did not like. 

 

  

 

My dining room window with the geraniums in pots  . . .  they make me smile. I think I need to get a bigger pot (s).  

 

  

 

Breakfast for dinner.  Its one of my favourite things. We hardly ever have it for breakfast, but often for dinner.  This is my Scrambled Eggs Benedict.  Seriously tasty.  

 

 

 

August. Next to October and December it is one of my favourite months!  We are at the pinnacle of summer.  The garden starts to really flourish.  Things get quiet. You get some lovely hot days, and then towards the end of the month things begin to cool to pleasant.  Its my Birthday month. It will be a difficult one this year. 

 

 

 

A&W Rootbeer and Rootbeer Floats in the summer time. None of which are really available here in the UK.  You can buy cases of the rootbeer from an American product supply company, but at a ridiculously high price.  So I just dream.  They say over here that Dandelion & Burdock taste like Root Beer, but they are deluding themselves. Not at all the same thing. Not at all. 

 

 

 

Lace and satin ribbons  . . . 

 

 

  

 

Inspirational Quotes  . . .  I love them . . . 

  

 

Peacock Butterflies.  They love the Buddleja in our back garden . . .  on a sunny day at any given time you will see five or six relaxing and feeding on it. 

 

 

 

 

I am finally seeing some bees . . . its hard when it is raining so much  . . . I love bees.  

 

 

 

 

They like the Buddleja  too  . . . 

  

 

Our resident sparrows . . .  I love to watch them  . . .   

 

 

 

 

Growing my own herbs  . . .  I will soon have to start drying some for the winter  . . . 

 

 

  

 

Fine art  . . .  I find it mesmerizing.  This is just a portion of a piece by Jean Baptiste Van Loo, Portrait of Princess Amelia, daughter of King George II.  Look at the detail . . . that is why they were called the great Masters . . .  

 

 

 

 

Look at this Boldini  . . .  so beautiful  . . . 

 

 

  

 

The seaside  . . .  not the crowded ones . . .  the smaller ones that aren't full of people  . . .  where you can be quiet with your thoughts  . . . see the wind farm?  This is Rhos on Sea. 

 

 

 

 

Blue and white china  . . .  any pattern.  I love this colour combination most of all  . . . 

 

 

And those are my favourite things for this week.  What are some of yours? 

 

 

 

My spread was published in this weeks Edition of the Canadian Hello! Magazine. So excited about that. I have a pdf of the spread that I can share with you if you want to email me.  I guess I am pretty proud of this, but I am not wanting to brag.

 

A thought to carry with you  . . . 

 

 

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 *But every good thing I

know of in this world,

you have to work at. I

don't know of anything

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In The English Kitchen today  . . .  Crispy Chicken with Cheesy Mash & Cream Gravy. Oh my goodness . . .  sigh  . . . . 

Have a beautiful day  . . .  don't forget!

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And I do too!