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Senin, 21 Februari 2011
I Love Her
This is my grandmother. Her name is Ellie and this is what she was wearing when she came to visit me today at Black & Spiro. She is one of the most stylish women I have ever met and I am so proud to call her my grandmother. She has done so much for me in my life and I love her so much.
Senin, 14 Februari 2011
Today
Today I received pretty pink and orange flowers for Valentines Day from my husband which I arranged in a vintage blue and white willow patterned teapot.
Today I obsessed over this fabric and contemplated it for a new project.
Today I cooked Spaghetti for dinner.
Minggu, 07 November 2010
My Weekend at Home
Ever since we've moved into the homestead {the term our family and friends use when talking about the house} we just don't seem to want to leave. Weekends are spent here with lots of family and friends dropping in for a swim and for lunch. This weekend was no different. Whilst pottering around the homestead this morning I rearranged some of my blue and white things in the cabinet in our kitchen. I must say I think I really am turning into my mother now...should I be concerned? I haven't used one bit of pink in this cabinet which is such a refreshing change for me.

Whilst Brad was standing in the kitchen this morning preparing lunch for our friends I couldn't stop looking at his navy check shorts and immediately made the decision to get our new dining chairs made in navy and white check. I have been trying to decide on a fabric for our new dining chairs for a while so now, based on Brad's shorts, the decision has been made!
We seem to have a standard menu for kid's at the homestead....sausages on bread with tomato sauce. It's so easy and it seems that most children will eat sausages on a bread roll.
Whilst enjoying a bit of sunshine around the pool today I also enjoyed looking at my orchids which have just bloomed.
I also tried to enjoy a few moments reading one of my gardening books around the pool but Ned just wouldn't leave me alone.
It seemed that all he wanted was my hat.
Kamis, 15 Oktober 2009
See this little beauty..................
She's having a birthday today! She's turning the big 6!
Audrey Shaye is one of our many (yes, I mean many) granddaughters.
She's a beautifully funny little girl with a curious mind way beyond her years.
Happy Birthday Sweetie! We love you bunches and bunches, Grandma PJ and Grandpa Bill.
Sabtu, 03 Oktober 2009
Somebody's having a birthday!!!!!
Pardon me while I interrupt the process of decorating to sing Happy Birthday to a handsome little man who's turning 2 today. Gosh, they grow so fast!
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Haaappppppppyyyyy Biiirrttttthhhhhddaaayyyy
Hun-ter bun-ter
Haaappppppyyyyyyy Biiiirrrtttthhhdddaaayyyyy tooooo yoooouuuuuuu!!
Aunt JJ loves you a whole muncha-bunchos!
Senin, 09 Maret 2009
Memories & Family Traditions
Interior Designer Sister Parish once said...
"Even the simplest wicker basket can become priceless when it is loved and cared for through the generations of a family."

As well as being a fashionable accessory to carry to the beach, a basket can be very useful as decoration in a beach house as shown above & below.

This is such a simple yet beautiful tradition to begin. I know one day I will have a barrage of wicker baskets to love which my mother has collected over the years. Ever since I can remember, she has carted her goods and chattels, groceries and clothing to and from our family beach house in wicker baskets - big and small, much to my fathers annoyance. He always insisted that they were such a pain to pack in the car.
Always finding an excuse to use a basket my mother {during our childhood} was often seen traipsing down to the beach from the house with the three of us in tow, a beach umbrella under one arm and a wicker basket over the other arm filled with sunscreen, magazines, buckets and spades, towels, hats, drinks and enough spare change for when the ice cream man turned up.
The life-long obsession my mother has had with baskets has rubbed off on me. Gosh, I hope Harry will be prepared for all the wicker baskets he will inherit one day...
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