FRIDAY FLOWERS

 So nice to have hydrangeas blooming in our garden again,

they really are one of my favorite flowers .....

.... the beautiful papier mache vase on the mantle is by my very clever friend Georgina,

I love it so much, her work is just stunning !!!

KITCHEN THINGS

Some Ephemera Clips bought from The Society Inc. 

with this lovely girl ......

I'm sure they will have many uses .... 

they are just hanging here for the time being .....

(I loved Dee's use for them here)

a lovely old enamel container bought from an

 op shop .....

I love anything in blue and white enamel ......

 a little kitchen view ....

(with afternoon sunlight)

...... and the start of our spring herbs and salad greens

which will eventually make their way into the kitchen

(the wire is because we have some very greedy bush turkeys in our backyard !!!)

GREAT (MEXICAN) SPACE

The Tijuana home of visual artist Sharlene Garcia .....

..... more here.

PLANT LOVE

 Mieke's beautiful plant photos always make me want to fill my home with greenery ....

 ..... more here and here

THE SMELL OF SPRING

I love these flowers (not sure what they are called) but they start popping up everywhere when the weather warms up ....

the fragrance is so beautiful and fills the whole house ....

.... it's nice to wake up to the smell of Spring.

 

Hope you have a lovely weekend

XXX

SHADOWS

We have a lot of trees and plants around our home .....

I love all the different shadows they cast during the day .....

 

WEEKEND GARDENING

 A little bit of spring gardening .....

the garden was overdue for a bit of a clean up 

  (you may remember the pics at the end of this post) .....

  I'm really happy with our salad and herb garden ....

kale, basil, parsley, baby spinach and rocket as well as beetroot leaves and lettuce ...

 the old horse trough makes the best planter ..... 

(I wish we could find some more)

It would look a lot nicer without all the wire but we share our garden with some very greedy bush turkeys so it is very needed ...

 

 

.... it really is lovely to look down from the deck onto a nice loved garden.

Hope you had a great weekend

XXX

WEEKEND THINGS

This very cute (and very old) little garden gnome bought from a car boot sale ....

spring flowers in our garden .....

 lemons from the growers market .....

.... and a tiny bunch of hydrangeas, can't wait for more to bloom so I can put them all through the house, I adore hydrangeas !!!

Hope you had a nice weekend

XXX

PLANT LOVE

This plant got me all inspired to plant some more succulents on the weekend ....

I like these little ones on the deck the best .....

and they are such low maintenance plants, which I must say I like ....

and kind of teaming with the garden theme .... 

when I was in Sydney on Wednesday I called into the Koskela pop up shop and bought a few goodies .... (thanks for the tip Georgina)

I can't remember the last time I have actually bought anything (art and magazines excluded) I've been making a conscious effort not to spend money .... but I just had to have a splurge on these goodies, I'm always a sucker for beautiful wooden brushes  .... 

and I couldn't resist these secateurs .... plus Koskela put your goodies in the most divine bags made from recycled newspapers,
always a bonus !!!

  But my favorite addition has to be this plant my daughter bought for me, isn't it lovely, and I'm sure it will be much longer lasting than cut flowers in this hot weather .....

I think summer may well and truly be here in our part of the world, not sure how I'm feeling about that !!!