These Foolish Things....

Look what I got !

From Deanna over at My love affair with thrift shops Thank you so much Deanna! I am truly thrilled! Blogging has opened up a whole new world for me, and I just love finding new blogs that inspire me and making wonderful new friends from all over the world! So to receive this award is amazing, I dont think my blog is anything special,its just a little window of my life, but I guess thats what we all love about blogging, its like popping in to see a friend and admiring her new cushions!

Thank you again Deanna! you have made my day.

When I grow up I want to be....Nigella!

Oh somebody take me to rehab! I have a serious cookery book addiction!

I bought this today, it is as delightful as Nigella herself,quick but impressive recipes, fabulous photos, I love the TV show as well, I wish I could be that glam in the kitchen, actually I wish I could be that glam anywhere, Nigella looks like an old fashioned movie star, even after putting together a massive culinary feast for a dozen friends, Oh to be a domestic Goddess!

September

The breezes taste
          Of apple peel.
The air is full
                Of smells to feel-
                  Ripe fruit, old footballs,
              Burning brush,
              New books, erasers,
                 Chalk, and such.
        The bee, his hive,
                      Well-honeyed hum,
       And Mother cuts
                     Chrysanthemums.
                       Like plates washed clean
                        With suds, the days
        Are polished with
                   A morning haze.
                                   -   September, John Updike

Make a wish.....

So many of my blogging friends are amazing artists, I spend many hours just looking through the blogs of others, admiring their original and beautifully inspiring creations. I love to craft, altered art is my favourite, I make cards, tags, journals, and so much more, but I am really hesitant to show it on my blog, because I feel its just not good enough!

However, recently I decided to cover an old cigar box that I picked up at a flea market. Do you have a wish list? well this is my wish box, I cut up several pieces of pretty paper, and every time my heart yearns for something I write it on one of the little bits of paper and pop it in the box!

I also keep a grattitude journal!

 

My wish today? that allof my lovely blogging friends are Healthy and happy right now!

Things that make me go Mmm.....!

1. My babies....always.

2.Sunshine, moonlight and twinkly twinkly stars.

3.New shoes!

4.Books, books and more books!

5.A whole afternoon at the library (see above)

6.Homemade cakes

7.Afternoon tea in the garden

8.The first days of summer and the last days of winter.

9.tiny bare feet on green grass.

10.text messages!

11.early morning tea in bed.

12.black shift dresses and pearls.

13.my signature perfume Dolce and Gabbanna Sicily.

14.listening to Bizets "the Pearl fishers" during a thunderstorm.

15. Baking on a rainy day.

16.Lavender and rosemary from my garden sprinkled in a hot bath.

17.black and white movies.

18.Frank Sinatra singing "It was a very good year"

19.going to starbucks on my own.

20.Blogging!