sunshine x

{top: you are my sunshine by DeliveredByDanielle; & last: accidental by yuli.bow}

i wanted to bring a little of my sunny day to you all today....it's unseasonably warm, actually hot is probably a better description, and it's so lovely to be outside, to be able to open windows & doors & let the fresh air blow through the house & my thoughts....

....how long this weather will last is anyone's guess, but i'm going to make the most of every sunny minute....

found this amazing version of *you are my sunshine*.....listen & hope you enjoy as much as i did, oh, and if you get time take a look at my very sunny, sunshine story over at *lily&Bloom*....

for now

xx

happy mother's day x

{photobooth by babbette hines via cori kindred}

happy mother's day

for now

xx

strictly ballroom....x

after many days of promising myself that i'd make time to unwrap all my xmas baubles, today i finally took time to put on some xmas songs & with an ever growing pile of tissue paper & bubble wrap, xmas finally took over in my house. whilst i'm writing this i can catch the xmas lights twinkling on the tree & the 'strictly come dancing' final is on the tv adding to the sparkle & sequins....

{top: via pinterest; next: via cori kindred; next: faded memories via flickr; last: fairytale for grownups via flickr}

hope your saturday has been just as sparkly

for now

xx

how does your garden grow.....x

i feel posh today as i now officially have a gardener! it was so nice to come home today & be able to see the garden once more, not just weeds & very very long grass......there is still a way to go before it's the cottage garden of my dreams, but it's moving in the right direction...

{love of gardening via flickr}

xx

snapshots from hong kong...x

i love how hong kong is a huge city of contrasts....the high tech skyscrapers on central contrast with the older colonial buildings, and the rundown highrises with all that washing hanging out the window, precariously balanced on washing lines high above the city streets....the money & finance on central against the rag trade of sham shui po....i love the fact that the history of the city remains, traditions such as the star ferry and the trams, that on one street you can shop in dior & prada, yet turn a corner & happen upon a fish market & traditional stalls selling paper lanterns....

street signs in sham shui po
the star ferry
entrance to a market in tsim sha tsui
{all images by me}

xx

happy colour.....x

"don't worry
be happy"

colour to make you happy

top {neeshrocks via weheartit} next {craft&creativity via flickr} next {cassia via flickr}
& last {craft&creativity via flickr}

hope this brightens up your day
xx

just because.....x

just because i love the colours
....
clotted cream, soft sand, duck egg blue, soft teal, tea rose & the softest coral

....

top {via weheartit} next {via weheartit} next {via weheartit} next {lily530 via twitgoo} next {whimsicaljunk via flickr}
&
last {cassia via flickr}

xx

can you see the butterflies....x

"just living is not enough,"

said the butterfly,
"one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower"
{hans christian anderson}

i think the same applies to people
don't you?

top {missnika via weheartit} next {discoanimal via weheartit} next {susannaht via flickr}
& last {susannahtucker via etsy}

...beautiful...
i don't think you just notice butterflies i think you have to really look for them?
xx

will soon be monday....again.....x

today i've realised i am a complete creature of habit even when in another country.....a sunday spent shopping, eating & sorting out washing & last minute work things seems to mirror my sunday's at home....do you think these habits give us some kind of security or do you think it might be more a case of my "ocd" ish tendancies rising to the fore?

whatever the reason i do feel rested & {kind of} prepared for the week ahead....which includes posts for each day next week....you lucky, lucky bunch! am sharing favourites from *weheartit* and favourites i've had randomly saved for a while....

for today's choice i'm feeling in the pink....i love the light in all these photos, so white, pale & pretty....

top {yvetteinufio via flickr} next {jannepeters} next {wet behind the ears via weheartit}
&
last {yvetteinufio via etsy}

*pink roses are for love hopeful and expectant*
anonymous

in advance i'm wishing you all a lovely, peaceful week
xx

thunderstorms ahead.....x

just arrived in hong kong for another 3 and a bit weeks of tooing and froing between here & china....have left behind a rainy & chilly england and arrived to find a rainy but balmy hong kong. the forecast is for thunderstorms all week, which i don't mind as i love a really good thunderstorm...will i still be saying that in the middle of the week when i'm alone & rattling around a big chinese house on my own.......?

top {forecast by *cinnamon via flickr}, middle {rain via 500px}, bottom {rainytea via daydreams-tea}

this trip i want to get out and explore more on the sunday's i have free...inspired by {or shamed by} *the cherry blossom girl* wonderful photos of hongkong, and the places she found, like the goldfish market & the hong kong history museum had made me want to explore....

by the way....any tips for air conditioning....as a non-airconditioning needing brit i can never seem to get the temp quite right - either too hot or too cold......

enjoy the rest of the weekend
xx

crockery....x

simple white crockery.....numbers.....letters

top left {balancingact via flickr} top right {monogrammedmugs via anthropologie}
bottom {numberteacups via flickr}

happy monday
xx

seaside......x

still thinking of the lovely image from *coco avant chanel*........

topimages {cabbages&roses} next {decembernights via weheartit} next {jblamejor via flickr} next {nappkin via flickr} bottomimages {le vestaire de jeanne}

wishing for seaside weather for the weekend
xx

going home....xx

this trip has been a strange one.....i think mainly because of the strange situation everyone found themselves in due the icelandic volcanoe.....i have often been away from home & wished i were home, but have, luckily, never found myself in the situation where i couldn't actually get home even if i wanted.....i truly hope that all those left stranded have now found a plane, train or automobile back home, or at least have new plans to get there in the near future......me, well i'm very grateful, for possibly the first {and most likely, only} time that i had already decided to extend my trip by a few days, and so will be able to board my plane tomorrow morning, and be home for sunday tea....a very welcome thought indeed....

{never have these words seemed more appropriate than this past week}

top {prettythings via flickr}
bottom {mrsoddles via weheartit}

have a wonderful weekend
see you on monday
xx

tuesday.....x

the chaos of the icelandic volcanoe rumbles on......keeping all fingers crossed that they reopen the air today as promised.....

meanwhile...
happier thoughts....love letters x

top {re-readdesign}; next {designinspiration}; next {allthings}; & last {wildgoosechase}

great love letter reads
...
*love letters of great men*
{the book carrie reads to big in sitc1}

*the 50 greatest love letters of all time*

*the love letters of dylan thomas*
...

for now
xx

monday....x

monday, again.....

{weheartit}

{bluemonday}

{via decembernights}

{happymondays}

hoping your monday is bonny not blue
xx