19.4.11

i love a sunday afternoon...

evening all...
i am posting veeery late tonight due to the fact that ol'blighty has been bathed ALL weekend & today in glorious, gorgeous....rare sunshine....
we had a magic weekend of baking...a huge teen party...football {yep read soccer if you are a southern hemisphere friend!}...bbq-ing & backyard cricket...
H.E.A.V.E.N....
more on the birthday tomorrow....

tonight i want to share my sunday morning stop-&-smell-the-flowers-i-love-saturdays-club-post...
*a beach cottage- i love saturdays*
that's the name of the gang who just want to *take* a moment on a saturday...
a moment to enjoy life...enjoy our day-to-day time...
it's often the small inconsequential moments that bring the most pleasure...
check out sarah's thoughts on this *here*...


so...in keeping with sarah's *thoughts* for this weekend...
a walk...flowers...a little *playing* around with blossoms in the house...
taking time to *smell the roses* sort of thoughts...
the H & i went walking round our village...
we went flower hunting & paper buying...
the thought of *purchasing* flowers for this aussie girl did not even factor into the lovely *challenge* set by sarah this weekend...
as our village is awash with gorgeous blossoms...
& as any honest aussie knows...any plant that hangs over the fence line of a house is there for the taking..


this is not necessarily how things are done by the british in our village...
we got a few backward glances...
but look at those trees...who would notice a few missing buds...
so i collected from trees that overhung the street...
a small gorgeous armful of pink...


and i came home to play...
i gave some to my visiting sister-in-law...
i put them in little italian bottles next to her as she read in the sitting room...
i put more in little french bottles on a step in the kitchen...


and i popped some in little greek bottles for our bedroom...
spring blossoms throughout the house...
so beautiful...
so simple...


spring is now surrounding us inside & out
~~~
in three visits to europe
my brother has never seen england without the gorgeous english sunshine
maybe he's blessed


this is the *moment* i was hoping to remember by walking...
collecting...
and placing these blossoms around the house...
...the moment of feeling *blessed* by life...
life is good
&
our sunday afternoon was the lovely end to a wonderful weekend in the english countryside

~~~
happy monday all
 hope you had a *life is good- i feel blessed moment* over your weekend
xox

&
thankyou *sarah*




13 comments:

  1. beautiful blossoms, melissa. sounds like an absolutely perfect weekend.

    xo
    ~molly

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  2. A feast for the eyes... beautiful, Melissa. gxo

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  3. Wow Spring is really there. Those beautiful blossoms are a sure sign of that. I love the way you write too.
    Best Carolyn

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  4. Thanks for a wonderful post. All of your blossoms look lovely.
    Wonderful eye candy.

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  5. Sounds like we have all been taking time out over the weekend to appreciate the little things.

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  6. Your blooms are blooming beautiful!(Not to mention totally fair game!) x

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  7. So pretty. I just love blossom.

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  8. The sunshine must follow him wherever he goes...get him to move here permanently please!

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  9. Beautiful blossoms. So nice to hear you had a game of good 'ol backyard cricket too. I cant believe they dont do the 'free over the fence line flowers' over there! Well done you for getting some anyway.
    Ness xx

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  10. How fab--We aren't there,
    yet....Not even close!!!
    Thanks for this glimpse,
    though.....Loved it,
    !
    xx Suzanne

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  11. I have been pulling blossoms off the azeleas and bringing them inside too. Such a lift. Love all your bottle vases!

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  12. Beautiful, blossom is so lovely and especially lovely in your bottles, loving those french ones. This weather is so uplifting at the moment I have never known an March/April like it .. Deb :) x

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  13. I wish I lived near you because then I could trade flowers with you. I grow tulips.

    -Zane of ontario honey

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Thanks for taking a moment...x

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