tuesdays *virtual coffee* with a sculpture of love...

morning...i have my coffee in hand...
ready for our lovely tuesday *catch-up*...
ready for tuesdays *a virtual coffee*...
so how are you all?
i'm frozen from my very brisk walk home through the village after school drop off...
well my hands & face are frozen...
but i did see many new shoots in the village gardens...
yep i sticky-beak all the way up & all the way home...
little green tops...ready to burst onto the scene & bring spring...
i tried to smile but my face was frozen...
i am happy though...
i love seasons...
i love the anticipation...
but to be honest i'd just love some heat...
hope you're not cursing me whilst sitting in sub degree temps as i whine on about blue skies & birds...
i know some of you are still in the thick of it all...
so...moving on from the weather...
{it's always such a talking point-isn't it....yawn}

if we were really meeting for coffee this morning...
i'd tell you that my lovely in-laws from oz are arriving this afternoon via a week in Rome...
i've a huge list of things small list of relaxing jobs to get through today before their train arrives...
today is all about ticking those boxes so i can just sit & pour the bubbles tonight & catch up... 
so today i'm pretty much hoping you've bought your own take-away..
i'm not offering you the pink chair...nor a re-fill...
as i need to do a big food shop...
i need to keep moving today...
yep last minute..
food shop...
house tidy...
flowers bought kinda day...
ticking those boxes...
you understand....

but...before i dash off...through the countryside...list in hand...
i wanted to show you what my big gal made me for valentines day...
a white paper rose that she whittled...cut & sculptured out of a paper picnic plate...
it makes my heart smile...
i adore it...
she is just so effortlessly good at these sort of things...

honestly...i mean i feel pretty darn creative...
but to me a paper picnic plate is well...always just a picnic plate...
a beautiful sculptural rose...not from me...
but from her...loveliness...
she just approaches those things differently...
she has a very practical scientific side, thrown in with her creative-ness, from her father for good measure...
i'll have to show you the dolls house goodies we're making together...
quilts...cushions...curtains...
fabric i get...
paper picnic plates...i do not...

if we were really meeting for a coffee this morning...
i'd let you hold it for a bit...
i'd like you to sigh over it...
& be amazed by it's simple loveliness like i am...
but then i'd have to put it back on my desk...
i couldn't even begin to tell you how to make it...
i'd have to send you on your way with nothing...
i'm sorry...
it's not like me i know...
but today is about ticking those boxes...
in-laws arriving...
&
organising those bubbles for tonight...

happy tuesday

thanks for the coffee

i'll hang out with you next week

really catch up

maybe i'll even show you how to make a paper picnic plate rose

probably not

but i could show you a lovely pile of fabrics

xox

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