virtual coffee- i love a quiet beach house...

morning lovelies...

virtual coffee gals??  

ok...first off, before i pour you one- i know *Make it Monday* was yesterday- & that it 

didn't appear...

it was simply gazumped this week by the fact that two of our three kiddos went back to school 

yesterday {& the third today}...

not such a feat really- as they are 13, 10 & 6...however the last four years they have been

schooled in the English countryside...

they're now back in the Australian sunshine...backpacks, school hats, soaring temperatures & all...

their last school day in their *small village school* was snowing...it's still snowing...heaven...

so...yesterday was a big day for our little traveling gypsies...

anyway...today is cooler- they were all up smiling, chattering & dressed before i'd made lunches

or had my first pot of tea....all good signs that school in the sunshine suits them!

so...if we were really having a coffee together in this little house by the beaches i'd tell you that 

we still sorta camping...we have no *stuff*...

the end of this month will bring our shipment to Oz...until then we are surrounding ourselves with


already collected pieces we had in storage here...

it's lovely to re-discover treasure...but i'm needing some more of *us* to arrive...

are you like that?? do you need bits of *family stuff* around to settle you??

i'd like to say that my surroundings don't have too much impact on me- but i'd be lying 

big time...i love what my husband refers to as my shrine making...

i love moving all our objects around...making little *moments* through out the house...

this week, with the kiddos back at school, i'm going to unpack a little more...

i'm going to make a few *moments*- the thing is i really don't have any shelves or chippy old ladders

to create these *moments* on...they're all on that big ol'boat heading *Down Under*....

so...if we did have our feet up outside on the back balcony together- catching the summer breeze

i would probably ask you for an old ladder, or side table or more...


i'd sooo look after them...i'd treasure them...i'd love them for you...

i'd keep the puppy away from them...i totally promise...

miss.lola has very quickly realised that vintage chippy is a must in our beach house...

puppy-made chippy is not...

after i'd managed to wrangle some furniture outa you...i'd check how your kiddos are going 

at school after the Christmas break...


i'd need to know- snow or blazing sunshine...end of a long summer break, or back after a white

week or two off...

i love that about these coffee's...it sooo doesn't matter where on the globe we live...we're all in this

together...

coffee, creating moments, kiddos, work....life....same kinda days, different locations...

if we were really sharing a morning together...i'd give you some home-made banana bread...

it's huge on these beaches...& i've just got my hands on a super duper easy non-thinking recipe for


a big slab of it...

i may just share the recipe if it's a winner in this house...

thanks, as always, for finding the time in your busy crazy day to stop by for a chat, a coffee...

a moment together in the breeze on our beach house balcony...


i'm gonna hug the pup...fold the only clothes we brought with us from the countryside...& sort the

house...enjoy a little simple whilst i can...

this is the first day since we finished school in the snow, on Dec 20 in England, that i find myself

home alone...it feels good...

i'll be ready for non-stop chatter & giggling by 3:30...but for now- it's pretty close to heaven...

as they say in Oz...*have a good one*...

got love that expression- oh & when someone shouts this farewell to you- they're usually 

wearing {thongs}  ;-)

~~~

see ya at miss.amy's {here} if you feel like another coffee or two

xox