a virtual coffee & love...

mooorning all you lovely bloggy friends...
i have missed you but we have had the most wonderful week...
a week to hang out with my gorgeous brother...
his gorgeous wife...
& his gorgeous gals...
it's been social central at ours this month...
we've had a house of 9...
two birthday parties...
a Royal Wedding garden party...
a trip to London...
& endless catching up after a three year *us-moving-to-ol-Blighty* time apart...
to say the coffee i am bringing to our *virtual coffee catch-up* this morning is large, is a serious understatement...
it is more than large & more than needed...


so...first things first...that dress!
yep...Catherine's...
didn't she look heavenly...
a true Royal Princess...
Grace Kelly...yet Kate's own...
i must say...i adored it's simplicity & elegance...

so...before i go on & on about how lovely i thought their wedding day was...
i must admit that as an Australian, i am not a *true monarchist*...
i believe Australia should absolutely be a *republic* without representation by the Queen...
i think she is completely inspirational & absolutely lovely as a person...& i adore *their* place in British life...
she just doesn't capture the essence of modern Australia in any way...
but...
i also believe that as we currently live in Britian, we should respect, embrace & enjoy the elements of england that unite us all...
this day was a historical moment to remember of love & friendship...
Britian at it's best...
so we proudly hung our bunting...doillied the entire house...& popped the bubbles...
{i don't think i will ever take them off the television...it is just so much prettier like this don't you think!?}

so...if we were really meeting for a coffee today...or two- i think i need two this morning...
i would probably give you a packet of doillies...
they are the greatest decorating pick-me-up of the moment...
&
i would want to hear your very valued opinion of that dress....
i would love to sit through every detail of your day...
what did you do to celebrate?
what did you wear?
were you blessed, as we were, with very rare perfect weather?

if we were really meeting for a coffee this morning...
we'd be sitting out here...
our Wedding garden party was lovely...
it was, for us, also a day to thank those village friends who have made us feel so included here over the last three years...
a perfect time to say *without you, our time abroad, would have been very different...so thankyou...*
can i also just ask you, a thought as i look at the picture above...
do you have an endless array of chairs in your house?
it seems i have an obsession with white chippy french chairs & white chippy english chairs that is verging on mad!
my inspiration for this day was the *Coronation* Street Parties of  old England...
it felt like a moment of the past with a fresh modern touch...thankyou William & Kate...

if we were really meeting for a coffee this morning...
i would also pop a cupcake or two into your basket...
i think i made more than 60 cupcakes over the weekend...
i spent a great deal of time in the kitchen surrounded by small english flags & flour...
& it was perfect...
the sun was glowing...
the cousins played in the garden endlessly...
we baked & prepared...
we sang & danced to the radio...
the feelings were all of celebration & excitement...
we had a wedding to enjoy & a beautiful 6th birthday to indulge in...

our little audrey celebrated her 6th birthday on the day of the wedding as you may know...
she was gorgeously excited...a birthday...a princess wedding & presents...
does it get any better when you are little?
i think not!
you & your bestie turning 6 together...
princesses for a day...

if we were really sitting in my garden...sipping coffee's...
talking of parties & weddings & all things lovely in the world...
i would also whisper to you that when *life is sweet* anything seems possible...
nothing is as lovely as one of those moments...
you know the ones where you feel blessed...
the ones where you really do smell the roses...
& for just a moment you allow yourself to feel totally humbled at where you find yourself...
almost in love with your life...
well i'm having one of those...coffee in hand with you in my garden...
i say embrace it whilst you can...
it's not always there when we are racing through our days...
when the mundane takes over...
the kiddos are not the ones you see in the mags- shiny & perfect...
the washing is still in the basket yet you washed it two days ago...
blah blah blah...
so if we were finishing up our drinks...throwing doillie bunting & cupakes in your basket & oohing at the British sunshine...i would make us both stop for a moment...just a moment...to think about the wonderful things in our lives...
the things that truly make our hearts smile...

i have to leave you out here now...
in the sun...on my chippy old chairs...
i have a house to de-clutter & tidy...
i'm making the task sound way less flippin' mammoth than it really is...
if only you could see it...you'd push me back inside...& wave to me from the garden...
so...with these images of the Wedding in our playroom i shall say *see you later*...
have a wonderful day...
smell some flowers...
hang some doillies...
&
embrace those moments...

happy 6th birthday to our gorgeous little tiger Audrey Pearl

we love you to "the number that has not been counted yet"

have a wonderful year lovely one

xoxox

after you've had enough of the sunshine in our garden

go spend a moment with our *virtual coffee host* Amy here

&

share a thought or two on *BC good life wednesdays* here

with Sarah at her Beach Cottage
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thanks for all your visits & thoughts whilst i have been on my mini-family-catching-up-blogging-break
i'll be popping in to see you all this week & i can't wait
xox