a beach life of shells & *thongs*...

a beach life....


a beach life Down Under...


with a little wi-fi from the neighbours front balcony...


sandy kids...salty hair...& thongs {yep gals i can use this term again now to refer to our daily

footwear!}

iconic Aussie footwear- in seriously cool colours...

it's thongs everyday for us all Down Under ;-)

there is nothing like a little *tongue in cheek* Australian lingo...we've missed it!

so...with thongs strewn all over this little beach house, we're getting into a bit of a rhythm that 

revolves around the ocean...unpacking & memories...

pots of tea...& looking lovingly at our newly stained dark & gorgeous floorboards...

glasses of wine...& staring at our freshly painted white walls...

bbq's...hanging paintings & playing with shells... 

i'd forgotten how happy a windowsill of collected coral & a bit of typeface makes me...

unpacking our endless stored boxes has been lovely...

falling in love with a windowsill of coral has been lovely...

so...on my borrowed wi-fi... i thought you'd like to see a little of our English countryside life 

thrown into our beach house...

these beloved cushions, made from french fabric...in our big ol'English country house are now back 

on the beaches...

back on our Eames dining chairs...home with us...

these cushions remind me of our life in our beloved English village...

our travels to France...

you can see them in our English house {here}

with chippy chairs & cooler weather...

they suit Down Under...country coastal...coastal farming...

it's these cushions...made from French fabrics...in England...now lying round in the sun on the 


beaches of Sydney...that make my heart swell with happiness...


we did it...

we took our kiddos & we moved them 12,000 miles across the globe...

we showed them how to love more than one country...more than what they knew...

these cushions...they say so much to me about what we've done...& to see them back in our

little beach house...with our kids still using them every day, as they did in ol'Blighty...

well it just makes me soo happy...soo proud...

& for those that have lived our adventure with me in England here...you will know how i love

a *constant* in my life that tugs at my heart strings...that reminds me that our life with three travelling

gypsy kids is a blessing...

it's mad that cushions- created on one side of the world & dragged to the other can represent so

much...

but that's how it is for me...heaven...

so...

a life of *thongs*...& coral...shells...& wet beach towels...

of bbq's & sunshine...of sunkissed faces & Aussie slang...

all of it heavenly...

the only thing that could make this beach gal happier was the B.B {British Bestie} getting her sweet

little family over here...{see a little british bestie village time {here}

we could fall in love with Sydney beach life together...

huge whallops of warm weather & friendship from me in the sun frock...

drinking New Zealand wine & wandering through our garden...

loving our lime tree & long evenings...

see ya tomorrow- unless the gorgeous neighbours *cotton on* to my wi-fi borrowing...

Melissa xxx