let's sit for a while & enjoy them together...
god knows, if you've ever lived in these parts of the big ol'world, that you need to take each day's weather as it comes...
grab the moment...stare at the cloudless blue sky...
enjoy the almost-winter sunshine...
for tomorrow is another day...
but for now it's gorgeous & i am inviting you to mine for a virtual coffee...
i know i'm a tea gal through & through...but today is a day for a pot of coffee...
good italian coffee...
the kind your brother-in-law brings you back from a weekend in florence...
after he turns up on your doorstep {half-way-round-the-world-from-home} newly engaged, gorgeous fiance on arm & grinning from ear to ear...
yep that's the kind of coffee this beautiful *blue-skied-sunny-day* calls for!
& after i made you all cosy & happy on my big ol' pink corner chair looking out the bay windows at the garden...
i would ask if you'd had *good weather* where you are...
you see living in this country for 2 1/2 years, from the beaches of sydney, has taught me that in britian you can never talk about the weather too much...
in fact, it's almost rude to have a conversation with anyone from the milkman to the british bestie & to not mention it!
then...i would share some of my nights events with you...
just because i'd like you to *ooohh* & *hmmm i know* a little with me...
it just justifies it all a *bit* when friends do that for one another...
you see............i was up five times...what with one little girl calling out endlessly...
& a determined cat knocking over perfume bottles for a little midnight attention...
& husbands stealing doona's {read douvet if you're not an aussie...}
it was a l.o.o.o.n.g night...
anyway i would then feel better i'd whinged a bit...
then i'd pour us another...nice & strong...
& i'd give you a big pile of the lovely tags i'd made before we had virtual coffee together...
i had a lovely five minutes making these...
that's all it takes...
1. old school atlas
2. colour photocopier
3. pile of luggage tags
4. string
tooo easy & very instantly satisfying!
then we'd giggle about us gals multi-tasking...
& we'd admit to one another that when you're always multitasking...
always doing ten things at once...
that a little instant crafting is a winner...!
&
you'd probably look 'round the room for a bit & spot this lovely thing...
& i'd say * i just couldn't leave him in the shop could i?*
& you would say *absolutely not sweetie...he had to come home for your christmas mantle!*
& i would love you more for agreeing with this *pretty early* christmas decorating purchase...
then i'd tell you i have to send you on your way out into the gorgeous country air...
as i need to go & order our turkey for christmas up in the village...
you see last year...i ordered mine late...very late...
& we had a giant bird...
yes organic...but giant...
no-one else wanted it...no-one wanted three weeks worth of turkey leftovers...
organic or not!
so this year i am getting my order in early...
& a little smugly if i have to admit it...i know i won't have the big one this time...
the one that hubster would again threaten to make breakfast muffins with!
so...enjoy your walk through my village on your way home...
remember tomorrow is time for ten on ten...
{a photo journal of 10 hours of your day on the 10th of the month}
remember tomorrow is time for ten on ten...
{a photo journal of 10 hours of your day on the 10th of the month}
& thanks for the *quicker* than we'd hoped for cosy pot of coffee...
i feel good...& happy & warm...
i like this tuesday morning catch-up...
i like a little virtual coffee with you gals...
{i'm linking up with the gorgeous amy from lucky number 13
for this tuesday virtual coffee}
xox
melissa- i feel warm and happy and cozy just after reading your post! i love having coffee with you. funny, i had a little girl not sleeping well last night too...waking up and calling out in her sleep...bad dreams perhaps? it is so unlike her unless she is feeling bad. i love your tags, so cute and vintagey. hope you have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteand coffee from florence? really? sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIs must have been something in the air last night, as my little ones ended up in bed with me last night... the hubby was not best pleased when Edie started telling her daddy about the apple crumble she has eaten... it was 3am after all! Lx
ReplyDeleteG'day~I too am having Italian Coffee Illy I often have tea but it seemed like a coffee kind of day here as well.
ReplyDeleteI live in the US, Oregon and our summers are amazing but our winters are dark, grey and we get lots of rain.
I love the Deer and glad you brought it home with you, I would have too! Wish I was making tags sounds like more fun today.I have lil time for crafts these days.
I am home with a sick girl and watching my grandson while my daughter is at class then off to do a lil shopping with my Mother,Tue's are our days to shop and have lunch together.
I enjoyed my virtual coffee and visit with you today Thanks! Enjoy your Sunshine~Cheers Kim
I'd love to sit down and have a coffee with you Melissa. Especially if I could watch you make those lovely tags. I love bits of maps used for decoration, really sweet.
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Living in quiet suburbia probably doesn't even start to compare to English country side. And who am I to complain about barren tree limbs when there could be far worse. Or better. Italian coffee from Florence about tickled me as pink as your chair. Sitting by the bay window watching life slowly drift on a clear bright day sounds enchanting. I often call my husband, da hubbster. It is nice to know I am not the only one.
ReplyDeleteCoffee was more than delightful today. Thank you for hosting.
Love the map tags! And it's never too early for a little holiday deco - especially when you label them with Scrabble tiles! xo Cathy
ReplyDeleteI love your words! You make me feel like I am right there with you, making tags and chatting it up, sipping that wonderful Italian coffee and dreaming of the holidays to come...thanks for the coffee!
ReplyDeleteAaah, coffee! a little bit of milk and sugar for me please.... Loved this post, again, you make me feel like I am really walking in your village and bumping into you and we have that coffee and giggle, great writing style Melissa!
ReplyDeleteAnd the deer is totally justified, early presents are the best.
Oh, and I finally made my tag post today, hope I did you justice?
Enjoy the evening without little feet (we also had our little one in our bed last night.... maybe there is something in the air?),
hugs,
Maureen x
I would LOVE to be at the English countryside. That sounds lovely. And coffee from Florence? Yes, I shall be there immediately.
ReplyDeleteThat deer is fantastically wonderful. I definitely understand his needing to be taken home with you.
Your writing is lovely. Thank you for the coffee and the chance to pretend I was overseas for a bit.
oh *thank you* that mug of coffee was just exactly what this frozen prairie girl needed today!! hope things are well dear girl!!
ReplyDeletei've missed checking in with you....
prairie hugs,
kristin
Drinking a real coffee while reading this. Not exactly direct from Florence, but Lavazza, which I used to drink in Florence. Chuckling about you weather comments, but surely the Aussies are guilty of this too. It's all I recall talking about at school drops and pick up the past two weeks. You see Melissa, the weather here on the Beaches has been crazy the last couple of weeks. Just got some washing in the machine as a gamble that the storm may not come after all, as it's as sunny as a sunny day at the moment.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your brother-in-law - is she Italian?
Have a lovely Wednesday (when you wake up).
Carmel
x
I would love to drink coffee with you! Those tags are adorable! As far as the weather....gotta talk about it all the time in Ohio (USA) as well;)
ReplyDeleteI abhor tea and coffee, Miss Melissa, but could I have a hot chocolate instead? While you have the kettle on? I so wish this chat weren't one-sided as I just want to leap in and answer all your questions! I adore the tags and have bookmarked this post, you clever clogs. J x
ReplyDeleteOh yay for the big pink chair and good strong coffee and kindred spirits :)
ReplyDeleteYour photos are so gorgeous...
oh, a coffee from Florence...delicious and your gift tags are just very very sweet!
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You make simple things utterly gorgeous. Quite a skill. Love the tags - am beyond excited for the Christmas stockings! No pressure!! Lou xx
ReplyDeleteWow! What an utterly beautiful post :) And your photographs are so darn blissful, I'd like to step into any one of them and see where it takes me. You're truly talented, and the idea of a coffee sounds perect!
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous week
xoxo
I found it funny too that the english just love to talk about the weather but usually in a very negative way...'oh this warm weather won't last long'...etc.. etc..
ReplyDeleteI love your tags. I love old maps, atlases etc and am always finding old ones to buy around the u.k.
Just had some fantastic coffee in Italy that would put hairs on your chest...they just don't do coffee well here!
Robx
For me personally it's been nothing but dark days for three weeks now. I'm praying that the sun comes out soon. I love that statue of the deer. I love how the deer in the statue stands up high in pride.
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