a leetle french gardening on the beaches...

g'day from Down Under sweet bloggy gals...with a leetle french garden twist...!


my day of ignoring cardboard boxes has been just what i needed...

hanging out with the kiddos- getting them a little more organised with school...& bedrooms...&

enjoying nothing time back in our little beach house was just what we all needed...

so...last night, after no unpacking & lugging for the day, i had a little play around with some 


of the bits i had re-discovered on Monday...


{when my *blessed* mother had come & thrown her *motherly* authority around, and 


made me lunch & helped me pack my kitchen into cupboards...}


i am really in need of the fun part now...but the boxes are still there...

even with half of them gone it looks a little to much to be dealing with on a gorgeous *end-of-summer*

day on the beaches...so i'm playing for a while instead...

back balcony & front balcony...

our little beach house has two balcony's-which means the breeze is always on one or the other in


summer, & it's always calm & outa the wind on one or the other in winter...


this was one of the reasons the hubster fell in love with it, when searching for our bit of beach life when

we added the third little bambino to our family...

he pretty much sits out on the front balcony every evening, glass of wine in hand, just looking out at the

beautiful trees that surround our house...enjoying the breeze...

a natural breeze beats a fan burring in the background hands down...as does the feeling of space a

balcony brings to both sides of the house...

so i'm spending a little of my day playing on the front balcony with french bits...

chippy chairs...old tin pailings...herbs...a passionfruit vine...a pot of tea...sunshine...

we have a little *hidden away* garden nursery not far from us, that i'll be visiting for a few pots 

of lavender this week...

i'm thinking, as this front balcony gets so much gorgeous morning sun- that herbs & lavender are perfect

to plonk in french pots dragged back from old brocantes during a french *road trip* we loved with the 

kiddos...

what d'ya think?

dented tin french buckets, chippy chairs & a leetle bit of french inspired gardening...

many of you sent me lovely emails & comments about the *lushness* of our garden...


& in fact, many of you were surprised at just how green & tropical it is...& yes, for those that asked...i'd

love to do a tour of our garden very soon...

in comparison to our back garden, thick & lush, our front is drier in area's & perfect for herbs & lavender

so i'm going to enjoy the differences...

we're also planning to take out the lovely old playhouse timber cubby house that has seen better days in

the back corner of the garden to put in a wonderful big vege garden- inspired by my B.B's wonderful

garden back in our English village...

i'll be keeping you posted & asking for much advice along the way...

bloggy galfriends that also garden get ready for my...i'm gonna be on a steep learning curve!

happy potting at yours

gardening with chippy chairs is my kinda thing!

see ya tomorrow with my next box of goodies...

melissa

xoxox

beach house living down under...-the balance of life...

morning gals from the gorgeously beautiful beaches of Sydney...


i've been a little missing-in-action here for the last few days- it seems no matter how many *times* one

moves- i'ts never is really as simple as it may appear!

this is my current, & very needed mantra, this week...


we've had soo much to *restart* back here on the beaches...& yes it's all blessed by beautiful blue

skies & perfect beaches most days...but it's a balance at the moment ladies...

not that i'm remotely complaining about our beach house...garden...life...but it's currently a balance...


moving countries is not to be underestimated gals- even when one is moving *home*...

so...in between the boxes...& the balance i'm doing what makes me happiest...


hanging out with my beach babies & my i-phone...

i need to just stop & take in the beauty of where we've returned to...


i need to just stop & recharge from the *epic* journey home from the beautiful English countryside...

to our beautiful Australian beaches...

so...


if i'm missing in action for a few days at the moment...

i'm either in a box in the garage, or hanging out with the fam on one of the blessed beaches

we live beside...

feel free to join me at any moment...

blogging together on the beaches...toooo much fun!

love ya for being here for me...

melissa 

xoxox

a truck of vintage, loved goodies arrives at our beach house...

moooorning...over here...yep the gal behind the boxes...whooo hoooo!


they arrived...it didn't rain for the whole day...

& we are now living like travelling gypsies from boxes Parisian artists in a studio of collected

inspiration...

the kiddos didn't buy the last one either...they just wanted to know where their *stuff* was!

see...it kinda looks french lofty...if you close one eye & are eating baguette...!


so...the great unpack begins....

this was the spread sheet we did all the *box ticking* from...


those are not individual items there- but individual boxes...gals we are seriously living in a house of

cardboard....but there are many treasures within...

so many of you have taken this journey with me from our gorgeous house in the English countryside to

this, our little beach house on the beautiful coast of Oz...

& can i just say *i'm so happy we got here together*...

the Great Last unpack begins...with you by my side...


i can promise mucho eye-candy!

if you're lurking near the beaches on this rainy old

summer's day with a spare coffee in your hand...

feel free to drop it into a removalist/decorating/balancing

mamma who is head down butt up unpacking her treasures!

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I'll be posting this all next week gals- so pop in anytime for 

a quick *g'day* & a reminder that there is a clean house after

a 12,000 mile move with three kiddos somewhere down the line!

P.S- a little side note-


whilst i generally like my deliveries to be stamped *amazon*, *the book depository* or 


*anthropologie*...& usually in brown paper & string...


i have to say that this big orange beast of a truck was the *prettiest, most perfect* delivery 


i've had in a long time....!

melissa

xox

virtual coffee & vintage tea boxes found on the road side by the beaches...

are you ready for a *fly by the seat of your pants*...we're grabbing coffee's & trawling my 


local streets *virtual coffee* today...?


hoping these gorgeous wooden boxes i found may tempt you...

you see it's what we call *clean up* on our local beaches- which really just means local council allow

you to throw in a great huge pile pop out the front of your property, anything & everything you've

ever wanted to get rid of...

& they will, after a few days to allow scavengers vintage treasure hunters like myself a little time to

sort out the good from the actual rubbish, then collect these unwanted piles, free of charge & by

doing so free up your garage & your conscience...

i've had a lovely past week visiting many a *local clean up pile*, as i took the kiddos swimming .


..went for my morning hours walk along the harbour...or just spotted something from 


the car as i've been flying past...


i'll share all my goodies later...

there are a few that i may have paid very good money for within the haul,

had i found them in some favourite vintage shop here on the beaches, or in England...

i would have photographed them all - & blogged them to my hearts content...but i'm a little 


preoccupied with a phone call we recieved this morning stating that our very longed for- 


desperately missed container of *life* from the English countryside has landed & 


that we will be surrounded by all that is us soon...

so...enjoy these side-of-the-road-boxes i found..


.there will be sooo many more goodies to share...

have a wonderful few days gals...

i know i'm going to ...

melissa

xox