tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16235770501458039882012-05-31T10:24:01.918+10:00a creative vintage inspired life... Made by Hand.Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.comBlogger340125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-8524059885745901072012-05-14T21:00:00.001+10:002012-05-14T21:00:09.612+10:002012-05-14T21:00:09.612+10:00<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>hello lovelies...</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>come visit me...</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>i'm in London with my sweet friend&nbsp;</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://thebottomoftheironingbasket.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/good-morning-lovely-bottom-of-ironing.html">Simone...who writes the beautiful blog-*the&nbsp;</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://thebottomoftheironingbasket.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/good-morning-lovely-bottom-of-ironing.html">Bottom of the Ironing Basket*</a></b></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">come over &amp; fall in love with her blog and share a moment of our friendship...</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G-XJAXoK2AM/T7Dj03mfCEI/AAAAAAAAEK4/ICWD_VxzvyU/s1600/IMG_2799.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G-XJAXoK2AM/T7Dj03mfCEI/AAAAAAAAEK4/ICWD_VxzvyU/s640/IMG_2799.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">find her loving London life <a href="http://thebottomoftheironingbasket.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/good-morning-lovely-bottom-of-ironing.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">{here}</span></a>&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">send her my love from Down Under</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">melissa</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">xoxox</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-852405988574590107?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/tg_8gur2aF4" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com5http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/05/im-posting-with-my-sweet-london-friend.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-86439079883312539682012-05-13T17:44:00.001+10:002012-05-13T21:02:05.170+10:002012-05-13T21:02:05.170+10:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a hugely happy happy sweet mama's day to you all</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hope you wore a swishy skirt...in a french kinda way...</span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that made you feel special &amp; lovely</span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or</span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that some little person...</span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that you love with all your heart...</span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that calls you a mama...</span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">did...</span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KypY76WWQC0/T6-SSESw1hI/AAAAAAAAEIw/tDhVhtsHSSc/s1600/IMG_7680.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KypY76WWQC0/T6-SSESw1hI/AAAAAAAAEIw/tDhVhtsHSSc/s400/IMG_7680.jpg" width="266" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-78OHYpX0DnU/T6-Sox0DqxI/AAAAAAAAEI4/fk9YwLdgwyo/s1600/IMG_7697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-78OHYpX0DnU/T6-Sox0DqxI/AAAAAAAAEI4/fk9YwLdgwyo/s400/IMG_7697.jpg" width="266" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KZicjFh4tTM/T6-SC014q2I/AAAAAAAAEIo/r1ID2CO8OZ4/s1600/IMG_7678.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KZicjFh4tTM/T6-SC014q2I/AAAAAAAAEIo/r1ID2CO8OZ4/s400/IMG_7678.jpg" width="266" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sr_wALLdXWY/T69mDRzEKLI/AAAAAAAAEIE/MNlGYxtz4kE/s1600/castle3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sr_wALLdXWY/T69mDRzEKLI/AAAAAAAAEIE/MNlGYxtz4kE/s400/castle3.jpg" width="266" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">we're tearing out kitchens &amp; re-decorating our little beach house...</span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">so lovely bloggy gals i will be back</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">covered in dust &amp; with news a little later....</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hugs for your special day</span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>enjoy!</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xoxox</span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-8643907988331253968?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/kC9k2Hk_zBE" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com5http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/05/happy-mamas-day2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-63220678309997823012012-04-27T16:32:00.002+10:002012-04-27T16:32:43.381+10:002012-04-27T16:32:43.381+10:00<b>g'day from the beaches on this gorgeous friday...</b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> it's the end of the week...&amp; i'm&nbsp;taking *<i>a moment*</i> amongst the day to day...<br /> <br /> just a moment...<br /> <br /> to love the small things in my day amongst the <strike>endless essential</strike>&nbsp;other things...<br /> <br /> <i>a moment</i> before the school run- a cup of tea on the balcony amongst the herbs &amp; lavender...<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nb8B1m51-y0/T5om-SHM5RI/AAAAAAAAEGw/sVNJ7eRnWBQ/s1600/IMG_2198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nb8B1m51-y0/T5om-SHM5RI/AAAAAAAAEGw/sVNJ7eRnWBQ/s640/IMG_2198.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b><i>a moment</i>&nbsp;to really love our life...where we live...</b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2_5wVQtaP2M/T5onMDYeSjI/AAAAAAAAEG4/f36x4y_ob10/s1600/IMG_2203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2_5wVQtaP2M/T5onMDYeSjI/AAAAAAAAEG4/f36x4y_ob10/s640/IMG_2203.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MNM7uuaFRJg/T5onZm4ht3I/AAAAAAAAEHA/KM6HE-iyVuI/s1600/IMG_2205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MNM7uuaFRJg/T5onZm4ht3I/AAAAAAAAEHA/KM6HE-iyVuI/s640/IMG_2205.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HIpgdxag60A/T5ongIxzSKI/AAAAAAAAEHI/g1YGoVmJNBk/s1600/IMG_2208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HIpgdxag60A/T5ongIxzSKI/AAAAAAAAEHI/g1YGoVmJNBk/s640/IMG_2208.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3EYMp2oe5qY/T5onrMf_o8I/AAAAAAAAEHQ/StmHCKHRLXM/s1600/IMG_2211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3EYMp2oe5qY/T5onrMf_o8I/AAAAAAAAEHQ/StmHCKHRLXM/s640/IMG_2211.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wefUNcrgwC0/T5on69iAtCI/AAAAAAAAEHY/3jDPVMRYnSQ/s1600/IMG_2214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wefUNcrgwC0/T5on69iAtCI/AAAAAAAAEHY/3jDPVMRYnSQ/s640/IMG_2214.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <b><i>a moment</i>&nbsp;on the phone, to the husband...just saying hi...love you...</b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mv-9UwnXogY/T5ooJS0eIsI/AAAAAAAAEHg/Wy5QW_Cl-Rg/s1600/IMG_2216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mv-9UwnXogY/T5ooJS0eIsI/AAAAAAAAEHg/Wy5QW_Cl-Rg/s640/IMG_2216.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <b><i>a moment</i>&nbsp;sorting the washing back on the front balcony in the sun...</b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vWbsTkdSomo/T5ooXUPkgcI/AAAAAAAAEHo/WmZXgj3hzb8/s1600/IMG_2230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vWbsTkdSomo/T5ooXUPkgcI/AAAAAAAAEHo/WmZXgj3hzb8/s640/IMG_2230.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7p3cWs3HIY/T5oopFXXMAI/AAAAAAAAEHw/id1JLc1JwDg/s1600/IMG_2231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7p3cWs3HIY/T5oopFXXMAI/AAAAAAAAEHw/id1JLc1JwDg/s640/IMG_2231.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iSJjpfmZB14/T5oo3AK4FqI/AAAAAAAAEH4/BucmkwxQHyw/s1600/IMG_2232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iSJjpfmZB14/T5oo3AK4FqI/AAAAAAAAEH4/BucmkwxQHyw/s640/IMG_2232.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><br /> <b><i>just a moment</i>&nbsp;amongst the everyday...</b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> when i get a little overwhelmed with everything that <i>still&nbsp;</i>needs sorting after our move back from England to the beaches...i take *a moment* a few times a day, to just reflect on life whilst doing the essentials- it's a little like meditating- but keeping the pace going...<br /> <br /> i don't think i'm really one to totally stop to often...so this *taking a moment* really works for me...<br /> <br /> you should try it...if you need it...just *a moment*...<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">happy weekend all- we've got a birthday party rocking this place on Sunday...</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">love a party...getting our bunting on!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">see ya monday lovelies</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">~~~~~~~~</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xoxox</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-6322067830999782301?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/-sxyCekB2vk" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com11http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/04/taking-moment-to-love-life-on-beaches.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-50783002040033237612012-04-25T17:43:00.001+10:002012-04-26T01:54:30.687+10:002012-04-26T01:54:30.687+10:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Anzac Day 2012</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Lest we forget</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><br /></b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lMX_VL5U2G8/T5geHwOlyBI/AAAAAAAAEFg/nSr-BChBiwE/s1600/anzacbadge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lMX_VL5U2G8/T5geHwOlyBI/AAAAAAAAEFg/nSr-BChBiwE/s640/anzacbadge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b></div> Australia's day to remember those who have protected us...<br /> <br /> a day to reflect on the amazing strength of our country...<br /> to thank the men &amp; women who have given their lives for our incredible country...<br /> to thank the men &amp; women who continue to protect countless people on foreign shores...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzxRWv0ffJc/T5el8qrB3MI/AAAAAAAAEE8/-sC74LYdNAU/s1600/anzacday1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzxRWv0ffJc/T5el8qrB3MI/AAAAAAAAEE8/-sC74LYdNAU/s640/anzacday1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Avj1w4MlQM/T5emD8RHSTI/AAAAAAAAEFE/305CHSfYpHs/s1600/anzacday2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Avj1w4MlQM/T5emD8RHSTI/AAAAAAAAEFE/305CHSfYpHs/s640/anzacday2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nsJyCPOct8M/T5emjohHFZI/AAAAAAAAEFU/MriyhoJ9o-s/s1600/IMG_2159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nsJyCPOct8M/T5emjohHFZI/AAAAAAAAEFU/MriyhoJ9o-s/s640/IMG_2159.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> we caught a ferry from the beaches into the city of Sydney...<br /> <br /> we talked about a great grandfather from Wales, who gave his life when his boat was torpedoed &amp; all lives were lost...<br /> <br /> we took a minutes silence with many Sydney siders who had turned out to remember our service men &amp; women...<br /> <br /> the people who have fallen in battle...&amp; the Australians who continue to watch shores afar...<br /> <br /> Australia's history...&amp; Australia's future...<br /> <br /> we swelled with pride...<br /> <br /> i watched our babies, big &amp; aware, &amp; i swelled with pride...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOwwKkYM6Bk/T5cz5t2rDPI/AAAAAAAAEEs/p3HA5nQZMDI/s1600/IMG_2104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOwwKkYM6Bk/T5cz5t2rDPI/AAAAAAAAEEs/p3HA5nQZMDI/s640/IMG_2104.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> our day began on the beaches...so very early walking the puppy...<br /> <br /> &amp; ended with a heart of thanks...<br /> a love for the Australian spirit...<br /> an immense, overwhelming pride in our country...<br /> &amp; a renewed respect for all those *Aussie's* that put others before themselves...<br /> the essence of the true *Australian spirit*...<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IM5kLI9QajQ/T5cz_JKbQuI/AAAAAAAAEE0/H_FEAu5xuX4/s1600/IMG_2105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IM5kLI9QajQ/T5cz_JKbQuI/AAAAAAAAEE0/H_FEAu5xuX4/s640/IMG_2105.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">we walked with our most Australian of pups with pride...</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Lest we forget...</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~~~</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">take time to thank those that have protected your shores</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">with three children, i can't imagine how the mother's &amp; father's of those that gave their lives for their countries, across the world, cope with the loss...</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">but i hope that remembering those amazing souls helps those families for generation to come...</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Lest we forget...</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~~~</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">XOXOX</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-5078300204003323761?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/1G28lZJMWPY" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com5http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/04/anzac-daywe-remember.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-90444520057431967302012-04-23T10:28:00.001+10:002012-04-23T10:28:29.091+10:002012-04-23T10:28:29.091+10:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mtusj-Np1FQ/T5SalGVY8XI/AAAAAAAAED0/6SDazn7v0vQ/s1600/beachrain1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mtusj-Np1FQ/T5SalGVY8XI/AAAAAAAAED0/6SDazn7v0vQ/s1600/beachrain1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mtusj-Np1FQ/T5SalGVY8XI/AAAAAAAAED0/6SDazn7v0vQ/s1600/beachrain1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mtusj-Np1FQ/T5SalGVY8XI/AAAAAAAAED0/6SDazn7v0vQ/s1600/beachrain1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mtusj-Np1FQ/T5SalGVY8XI/AAAAAAAAED0/6SDazn7v0vQ/s1600/beachrain1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mtusj-Np1FQ/T5SalGVY8XI/AAAAAAAAED0/6SDazn7v0vQ/s1600/beachrain1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mtusj-Np1FQ/T5SalGVY8XI/AAAAAAAAED0/6SDazn7v0vQ/s1600/beachrain1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mtusj-Np1FQ/T5SalGVY8XI/AAAAAAAAED0/6SDazn7v0vQ/s640/beachrain1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b>morning from the Ark!</b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <b>it's raining again on the beaches of Sydney today...which i have to say part of me loves...</b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> i had a *Make-it-Monday* project to share with you, but as it's the last day of school holidays<br /> with the kiddo...i thought i'd share our morning...<br /> <br /> rain or shine- having this on our doorstep allows e<i>veryone</i>&nbsp;to get some space when we need it...<br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nyVRnJTe3b8/T5SapsercHI/AAAAAAAAED8/uQfPOgP37Z0/s1600/beachrain2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nyVRnJTe3b8/T5SapsercHI/AAAAAAAAED8/uQfPOgP37Z0/s640/beachrain2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> there is something wild &amp; beautiful about the ocean in the rain...fresh water &amp; salt water...<br /> <br /> nature in a different light- the elements flying into your face, the wind, the rain, the warm air...perfect for a puppy &amp; kids...<br /> <br /> perfect for a mama who's again at the last day of school holidays for a while- a mama who loves having her house full of kiddos &amp; noise...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-npyVZJ9b3u8/T5Sat4N1WII/AAAAAAAAEEE/8nWwjpZi4Ds/s1600/beachrain3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-npyVZJ9b3u8/T5Sat4N1WII/AAAAAAAAEEE/8nWwjpZi4Ds/s640/beachrain3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> pounding through water- with a crew in tow, when you could be snuggled up on the sofa with a cup of something hot &amp; a movie reminds me of my childhood....<br /> <br /> the fresh air, &amp; the exercise, in the warm rain makes coming home all the lovelier...a hot shower to wash off the sand &amp; salt water...a sleeping puppy at ones feet...kiddos in snuggling clothes...<br /> <br /> i love that we can <i>live in this moment</i> with our kids, after living on the other side of the globe...after falling in love with the English countryside &amp; the wonderful lifestyle of lakes &amp; farmland that brought to our days...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gK3OH_P1z4s/T5SazEw4llI/AAAAAAAAEEM/2KmtniEuqTQ/s1600/beachrain4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gK3OH_P1z4s/T5SazEw4llI/AAAAAAAAEEM/2KmtniEuqTQ/s640/beachrain4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /> this photo below- Sol with Miss.Lola- will forever make me smile...<br /> <br /> a boy &amp; his dog...<br /> <br /> a rainy day on the beaches...<br /> <br /> sandy salty skin &amp; fresh air...<br /> <br /> how blessed are they to spend their school holidays doing what others only dream about...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mK9OBOGHKq4/T5Sa8s8rR1I/AAAAAAAAEEc/kzaRPD_NtCY/s1600/IMG_2028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mK9OBOGHKq4/T5Sa8s8rR1I/AAAAAAAAEEc/kzaRPD_NtCY/s640/IMG_2028.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">whatever nature throws at us- we will never take this for granted...</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">the Lucky Country...</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">happy monday whatever nature is throwing at you....</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xoxox</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w5KVsAPhCeE/T5Sa3VSxtKI/AAAAAAAAEEU/6V9a2z3_oMU/s1600/beachrain5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w5KVsAPhCeE/T5Sa3VSxtKI/AAAAAAAAEEU/6V9a2z3_oMU/s640/beachrain5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">ps- thanks for all your comments &amp; emails- i've been having problems returning messages- i'll be sorting that tomorrow when the house is *kiddo-free* again...xx</span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span><br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-9044452005743196730?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/s6l_zMHFEow" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com12http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/04/beach-living-warm-autumn-rain.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-54344087159633484402012-04-20T15:04:00.000+10:002012-04-20T15:04:57.687+10:002012-04-20T15:04:57.687+10:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>happy friday sweet bloggy friends...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i've not been feeling *fantastic* the last two days- &amp; have spent a little of this time trawling through images on my laptop...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it makes me feel <i>constructive</i>&nbsp;without actually doing anything much...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">these are from last spring, filling the kitchen table of our big old house in the English countryside...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the one that couldn't be more different to our little sandy floored, white weathered house here on the beaches... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d9PuSH82pXw/T5DEueAAxkI/AAAAAAAAEC8/Cwc9TTtDZ-A/s1600/dels5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d9PuSH82pXw/T5DEueAAxkI/AAAAAAAAEC8/Cwc9TTtDZ-A/s640/dels5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>although there has been much <i>shleping</i> of bits around the house, with all the rain the Australian coast line has been getting...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> lotsa loads of washing <i>not </i>being hung on the line- but bunged endlessly in the dryer...<br /> <br /> a wet puppy to take walking &amp; then calm down...<br /> <br /> big warming casserole's on the stove top...<br /> <br /> Autumn days are really here on the beaches...<br /> <br /> i'm looking forward to the small changes this brings...but i could do with much less <strike>flipping</strike>&nbsp;rain...we're living like Noah on his ark- god knows how he did it with two of each animal in tow!<br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xE--eUiVtTQ/T5DEx_5prgI/AAAAAAAAEDE/0scwrZAXmas/s1600/dels6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xE--eUiVtTQ/T5DEx_5prgI/AAAAAAAAEDE/0scwrZAXmas/s640/dels6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>yes...these gorgeously blue blooms were from spring in the English countryside...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i loved filling the house in ol'Blighty with blooms- endless colour on those grey days &amp; an extra shot of colour when the sun did shine...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i love filling the house here too...our little beach house is all white walls &amp; dark floorboards...&amp; this year, our first back on the Coast here in Sydney, i want to embrace the seasons we <i>do </i>get...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the <i>small changes between seasons</i> i'm going to really mark this year- it's something we loved to do living in England...embracing the seasons...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it doesn't take much to change even the simplest of beach houses to embrace the seasons...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">introducing a little colour is the easiest cheapest way to change the feel of any room...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&amp; i'm always up for a room *move-around*- even when the room has only been in place since one may have leapt off the plane from England a few days before Christmas.... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so here on the Coast, we are filling vintage potato baskets with big Autumn leaves collected whilst puppy walking...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--faEScxYQyY/T5DYztHRnOI/AAAAAAAAEDM/m1fTQGyUz8Y/s1600/autumnleaf1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--faEScxYQyY/T5DYztHRnOI/AAAAAAAAEDM/m1fTQGyUz8Y/s640/autumnleaf1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>we're making shell &amp; Autumn leaf collections...side by side...</b><br /> <br /> a little more brown in our white beach cottage...a little bit of rich warmth...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w3Uj_aN6v0A/T5DY6DW3QUI/AAAAAAAAEDU/0ih8U5uMjrs/s1600/autumnleaf2.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w3Uj_aN6v0A/T5DY6DW3QUI/AAAAAAAAEDU/0ih8U5uMjrs/s640/autumnleaf2.jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>warm timbers...chippy collected beach items alongside our Country treasures...</b><br /> <br /> *rope-wound* old oars...<br /> <br /> vintage cane chairs dragged indoors...<br /> <br /> wool throws on the linen couch...<br /> <b>&nbsp;</b> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zCJNx38ZxQ8/T5DY_QZnLuI/AAAAAAAAEDc/DEH7mW48hc0/s1600/autumnleaf3.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zCJNx38ZxQ8/T5DY_QZnLuI/AAAAAAAAEDc/DEH7mW48hc0/s640/autumnleaf3.jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>many of you bloggy friends are heading into what i hear has been a gorgeous spring- but from years of living in the beautiful but changeable countryside of England, i truly know that each day is a blessing...</b><br /> <br /> when the sun is out...<i>daffodils growing by the truck load</i> can lead you to think that the cold days are behind you...when one is from Australia, living on the other side of the globe- one can <i>take a while</i> to <i>cotton on</i> that each day of spring is a delight not to be taken for granted...<br /> <br /> here in Australia- as we embrace Autumn, it seems each day without rain is a blessing &amp; likewise, not to be taken for granted...<br /> <br /> between you, me <i>&amp; anyone who will listen to my moaning</i>, this is not what we came back to the beaches for...<strike>endless awful constant</strike>&nbsp; a little rain each week...so embracing the change in season is giving <strike>me</strike> us a focus away from the <strike>wet</strike> weather...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VTqYVxPdiyQ/T5DZEtJ6gtI/AAAAAAAAEDk/jFRAgrAm7NM/s1600/autumnleaf4.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VTqYVxPdiyQ/T5DZEtJ6gtI/AAAAAAAAEDk/jFRAgrAm7NM/s640/autumnleaf4.jpg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>cheap &amp; cheerful...simplicity at it's best...</b></div><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6eKFQnwt3yU/T5DZKDGQk8I/AAAAAAAAEDs/ki1BnLj7R3c/s1600/autumnleaf5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6eKFQnwt3yU/T5DZKDGQk8I/AAAAAAAAEDs/ki1BnLj7R3c/s640/autumnleaf5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">are you changing your little old beach cottage for Autumn?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">or</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">bringing the Spring indoors with big bunches of blooms as the weather warms up? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">...wherever you are <i>my side</i>, or <i>the other,</i> i hope you're embracing the seasons...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">let me know how it's going at yours</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace;">melissa</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace;">xoxox</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace;">&nbsp;</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-5434408715963348440?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/ucYtn8EpZhk" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com7http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/04/coastal-autumn-decoratingsimple-warm.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-41808777497229359562012-04-18T12:25:00.000+10:002012-04-18T12:25:22.237+10:002012-04-18T12:25:22.237+10:00<b>morning y'all....</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>*cleanup*- ladies it's so worth talking about- <i>an Australian tradition</i>...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>a provider of many an up-cycled/re-cycled piece in our house...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J9NpHlcSc9E/T44hEltWjXI/AAAAAAAAECM/PzDxFTqxRd0/s1600/cleanup1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J9NpHlcSc9E/T44hEltWjXI/AAAAAAAAECM/PzDxFTqxRd0/s640/cleanup1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>so...the way it works, if you are not from our shores, is that local councils determine a day for the houses in their *area* to put their *rubbish* curb side, to be collected by them on a set morning...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> but...before that *pick-up*... other locals can <strike>trawl through</strike>&nbsp;have a look through the neighbourhoods goodies &amp; take any piece they feel they could *up-cycle*...<br /> <br /> it may sound <i>foreign</i>&nbsp;to some of you- but it's been a tradition all through my life time...&amp; one happily adopted by all- to the point that i divide my *clean up* into two piles...<br /> <br /> one that's worth <i>looking through</i>&nbsp;&amp; one that really is just <i>rubbish</i>...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zntnetukj8c/T44hJcFlYyI/AAAAAAAAECU/Ef0LZsBpuz4/s1600/cleanup2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zntnetukj8c/T44hJcFlYyI/AAAAAAAAECU/Ef0LZsBpuz4/s640/cleanup2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>this is my *find* from yesterday...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> it's a time when those that can see <i>past</i>&nbsp;the old...to the chippy &amp; lovely, really come into their own...<br /> <br /> &amp; it's so so great for the environment...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BG1DzgpUwPg/T44hNEMMn6I/AAAAAAAAECc/bM_MEvpCqwk/s1600/cleanup3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BG1DzgpUwPg/T44hNEMMn6I/AAAAAAAAECc/bM_MEvpCqwk/s640/cleanup3.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><br /> <b>for me, a road side <i>cleanup find</i> became my now very-loved-new-to-our-little-beach-house-mag-rack...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> it just so happened to be the perfect width for our side table- a find from our English village...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EJtjok7Ycxs/T44hQ6ImenI/AAAAAAAAECk/A44VTEP6lMY/s1600/cleanup4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EJtjok7Ycxs/T44hQ6ImenI/AAAAAAAAECk/A44VTEP6lMY/s640/cleanup4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>this room is slowly coming together since our move home to the Coast of Oz, from the English countryside...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> our country life is merging with our beach lifestyle...i'm feeling more &amp; more settled the more i unpack &amp; the more we merge the two...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QPH0DvEnF6k/T44hVBKb0II/AAAAAAAAECs/71MkjJEqRXQ/s1600/cleanup5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QPH0DvEnF6k/T44hVBKb0II/AAAAAAAAECs/71MkjJEqRXQ/s640/cleanup5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>if you're on the beaches...&amp; needing a re-cycling fix...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>i'll let you know where to loiter roadside next!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;">i may even share a <i>chippy find or two</i>...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">it'd be fun to do it together...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bA18p9hesag/T44haMzuWEI/AAAAAAAAEC0/r4iyMNhco_g/s1600/cleanup6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bA18p9hesag/T44haMzuWEI/AAAAAAAAEC0/r4iyMNhco_g/s640/cleanup6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">happy wednesday gals</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xoxox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><b><br /> </b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-4180877749722935956?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/AFv-B-pLX-8" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com15http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/04/chippy-crates-beachside-finds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-15750145421504571672012-04-17T09:31:00.001+10:002012-04-17T09:32:46.504+10:002012-04-17T09:32:46.504+10:00<b><br /> </b><br /> <b>virtual coffee time...our weekly catch-up...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>grab a coffee from the kitchen- i'll meet you at the soon-to-be vege plot in the garden...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>we're starting a little *coastal farming* here in this little beach house!</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n27BGbjcDlA/T4u4PcbuTCI/AAAAAAAAEBc/H-Y65hvUtb0/s1600/gardenplot1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n27BGbjcDlA/T4u4PcbuTCI/AAAAAAAAEBc/H-Y65hvUtb0/s640/gardenplot1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>this gals, is the back of our garden...jacaranda tree &amp; previously loved, <strike>totally falling down</strike>&nbsp;cubby...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we bought this beach house 2 years before we moved to the English country side, with 3 much littler kiddos in tow &amp; not a great deal of time, nor need, to alter the garden...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the cubby was loved, the garden held parties, soccer matches &amp; camp outs...but the kids were smaller...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>so much smaller...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">now...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">ball games only happen in our bigger front garden...the cubby is no longer as stable as it once was &amp; really this back garden, off the kitchen &amp; decking, is needing a bit of a <i>re-think</i>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we're using it very differently than we once did, since returning from England...&amp; it's exciting to make changes to it for the next <i>part</i>&nbsp;of our life in it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">change one- a vege plot in the sunshine, under a gorgeously big jacaranda tree...</div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eK-Po8ovL7Y/T4u4WeFOD1I/AAAAAAAAEBk/tK-4JAre6cA/s1600/gardenplot2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eK-Po8ovL7Y/T4u4WeFOD1I/AAAAAAAAEBk/tK-4JAre6cA/s640/gardenplot2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>a day's work over the weekend saw the cubby down &amp; the timber sorted into piles...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">pieces for up-cycling...&amp; pieces to be thrown out...much of it had rotted over the years, but many pieces will be used again in the design of the fencing &amp; garden beds...the swing gate &amp; some fence brackets...</div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DLGCBKgAJMM/T4u4dp0nhSI/AAAAAAAAEBs/GJEqXUtpz-c/s1600/gardenplot3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DLGCBKgAJMM/T4u4dp0nhSI/AAAAAAAAEBs/GJEqXUtpz-c/s640/gardenplot3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>sydney is built on huge amounts of sandstone &amp; our garden is laden with it...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> it's a beautiful creamy, white stone that looks fantastic as edging...garden paths &amp; stone walls...<br /> <br /> we'll be creating a path under the tree, &amp; through the centre of the vege beds, to tie it all in with the surrounding garden...<br /> <br /> <i>coastal farming on the beaches...</i><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EjlGFK5K2D0/T4u4i6v3S9I/AAAAAAAAEB0/lUl1AOduGKU/s1600/gardenplot4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EjlGFK5K2D0/T4u4i6v3S9I/AAAAAAAAEB0/lUl1AOduGKU/s640/gardenplot4.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /> <b>so...if we were really slurping a *builder's tea* in the land laid out for out plot...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> i'd show you my English tools-the ones <i>Customs</i>&nbsp;allowed us to crate home- &amp; chat in the sunshine about your gardening experiences...<br /> <br /> i'd love your suggestions on layout...thoughts on what to grow...<br /> <br /> we managed tomatoes &amp; herbs in the coutry side...the seasons being so much more extreme meant us beach reared Aussies couldn't really get our heads around more than that!<br /> <br /> so...this is a love of labour &amp; an important part of our *coming home to the beaches* settling process...<br /> <br /> making our life in a bigger city simpler....more fulfilling- with less food miles &amp; an understanding for certain little people {Miss.6} that good food can come from the ground beside our kitchen...!<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ugTFxbost5o/T4u4qrNDysI/AAAAAAAAEB8/VkWXZVYHeP0/s1600/gardenplot6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ugTFxbost5o/T4u4qrNDysI/AAAAAAAAEB8/VkWXZVYHeP0/s640/gardenplot6.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /> <b>of course...this garden plot will lead to other longer term changes around the garden...but as the kids say- *we've travelled for the last four years mum- &amp; we aren't going anywhere for ages*...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> bless them - they remind me daily that everything doesn't need to be done today...we can spend as much time as we like on it all- as we're <i>not going anywhere</i>!<br /> <br /> they are right- we're home for good- but a little travelling on the side will always be part of our family life...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C1jPn5RMHoc/T4u4w46XkCI/AAAAAAAAECE/wXUEjPFPXhI/s1600/gardenplot7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C1jPn5RMHoc/T4u4w46XkCI/AAAAAAAAECE/wXUEjPFPXhI/s640/gardenplot7.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it's actually raining here this morning- all good for a garden plot in the making!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it's school holidays on the coast- gorgeous in all weathers...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">~~~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">grab yourself a piece of sandstone on your way out</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&amp;&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">let me know if you have any BIG ideas, for a little garden plot, on the coast of Australia</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">~~~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xoxox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-1575014542150457167?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/PQjFsXzujFY" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com9http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/04/virtual-coffee-vege-plot-on-coast.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-43434732715485266022012-04-16T07:30:00.000+10:002012-04-16T07:30:35.957+10:002012-04-16T07:30:35.957+10:00<b>so-gooodmorning from the beaches of Oz...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vOpqSi8djqI/T4rK-DuZMVI/AAAAAAAAEAU/YVNVqzz7UBw/s1600/IMG_1237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vOpqSi8djqI/T4rK-DuZMVI/AAAAAAAAEAU/YVNVqzz7UBw/s640/IMG_1237.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b>i have a house full of short people here this morning...lovely cousins, bestie friends...kids in tents...mattresses on floors...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>a weekend that we love even more since being away in the English countryside...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yIw1gGLvKgM/T4rLLkp9VXI/AAAAAAAAEAc/3XKy6pEhTV4/s1600/IMG_1239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yIw1gGLvKgM/T4rLLkp9VXI/AAAAAAAAEAc/3XKy6pEhTV4/s640/IMG_1239.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> i haven't had a moment to sit &amp; create or think or write...but i love seeing them all mooching around here together...<br /> <br /> we've been home an entire school term now...though at times it feels like we got off the plane yesterday...<br /> <br /> as i watch our kids thriving here on the gorgeous beaches...in all this sunshine- i think of Autumns back in England...in the countryside...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fen9bH2eXRo/T4rL0JtxVSI/AAAAAAAAEAs/O-UnigK2eEU/s1600/IMG_1245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fen9bH2eXRo/T4rL0JtxVSI/AAAAAAAAEAs/O-UnigK2eEU/s640/IMG_1245.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> i feel so blessed to have had both- the countryside &amp; the coast...on both sides of the globe...<br /> <br /> i'm still unpacking boxes here- has anyone else moved across the world &amp; taken their time with their unpacking- pleeease let me know...i need some support for my <i>*time out*</i>...<br /> <br /> each box brings such warmth &amp; wonderful memories- especially as the months are rolling on *Down* here on the beaches...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j_E1NV1fRaQ/T4rMdTuh_qI/AAAAAAAAEBE/1FltkIU7UYU/s1600/IMG_1253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j_E1NV1fRaQ/T4rMdTuh_qI/AAAAAAAAEBE/1FltkIU7UYU/s640/IMG_1253.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> we're filling our little beach house with our collected, chippy, old wares from the other side of the globe- as we settle into our life here again...<br /> <br /> i'm loving mixing the two- the European &amp; the Australian...the country &amp; the coast...<br /> <br /> we're still balancing it all- the move, the unpacking, the sorting, the changes we're wanting to make in our little *spot* on the beaches...<br /> <br /> it's been wonderful to record <i>it all.</i>..to take the time to share <i>it all</i> with the kids again &amp; again, as another box is unpacked &amp; lugged up the stairs...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Apd_0fusdPc/T4rLdBrY3mI/AAAAAAAAEAk/4McrubPwfqc/s1600/IMG_1243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Apd_0fusdPc/T4rLdBrY3mI/AAAAAAAAEAk/4McrubPwfqc/s640/IMG_1243.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">it's made for erratic blogging at times...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">&amp; i love you for returning to share my days...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">my thoughts...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">&amp; my photos of life here in our little beach house on the Australian coast after our four years in the beautiful English countryside...</span></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6wZdrLxv8vA/T4rMCcBPamI/AAAAAAAAEA0/zidXBfSJ-v4/s1600/IMG_1248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6wZdrLxv8vA/T4rMCcBPamI/AAAAAAAAEA0/zidXBfSJ-v4/s640/IMG_1248.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">this week is about kids home for holidays</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">days of nothing &amp; everything</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">&amp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">squashing in a little *us* time</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">you &amp; me here together</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">blogging</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">~~~~~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>happy monday sweet blogging gals</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>xoxox</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-4343473271548526602?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/ulpK3uKpZ8A" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com15http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/04/little-beach-house-on-coastbeach-eye.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-33294783089651813432012-04-11T18:15:00.000+10:002012-04-11T18:15:05.122+10:002012-04-11T18:15:05.122+10:00<div style="color: #073763; font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br /> <b>ten on ten</b></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><b>by the Australian coast</b></div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="color: #073763; font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><a href="http://rebekahgough.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/ten-on-ten-march-2011.html"><b></b></a><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1623577050145803988&amp;postID=3329478308965181343">(10 photos over 10 hours on the 10th of the month)</a> </b></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pENRgPcQ6T4/T4U4EHpgFxI/AAAAAAAAD_E/xsS-TkmouuI/s1600/IMG_1558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pENRgPcQ6T4/T4U4EHpgFxI/AAAAAAAAD_E/xsS-TkmouuI/s640/IMG_1558.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">7:45am</div><div style="text-align: center;">half hour by the surf</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VIFq7RcY3U8/T4U5ixd40BI/AAAAAAAAEAM/GE6qGln-2aw/s1600/manly10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VIFq7RcY3U8/T4U5ixd40BI/AAAAAAAAEAM/GE6qGln-2aw/s640/manly10.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">8:45am</div><div style="text-align: center;">Miss.Lola walking by the Lagoon</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bX8Azgpjw80/T4U4RXuKsEI/AAAAAAAAD_c/tjnH_Mzb_rw/s1600/Manly10.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bX8Azgpjw80/T4U4RXuKsEI/AAAAAAAAD_c/tjnH_Mzb_rw/s640/Manly10.2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">9:45am</div><div style="text-align: center;">gardening</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BsK18Y8L1LA/T4U4oWRRqSI/AAAAAAAAD_8/ReN7Mxcp9Ac/s1600/Manly10.7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BsK18Y8L1LA/T4U4oWRRqSI/AAAAAAAAD_8/ReN7Mxcp9Ac/s640/Manly10.7.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">10:45&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">cuppa tea &amp; mail </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IAqN8uv24Jc/T4U4XR-fi0I/AAAAAAAAD_k/mliCueSuByk/s1600/Manly10.3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IAqN8uv24Jc/T4U4XR-fi0I/AAAAAAAAD_k/mliCueSuByk/s640/Manly10.3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">11:45</div><div style="text-align: center;">park hour</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2PmMt1pS7Q0/T4U4gJl37tI/AAAAAAAAD_s/nv4hQ4DlqvE/s1600/Manly10.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2PmMt1pS7Q0/T4U4gJl37tI/AAAAAAAAD_s/nv4hQ4DlqvE/s640/Manly10.5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">12:45</div><div style="text-align: center;">ride home</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CmuqO4wL_pY/T4U4lEluduI/AAAAAAAAD_0/3gYKrTEQnjM/s1600/Manly10.6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CmuqO4wL_pY/T4U4lEluduI/AAAAAAAAD_0/3gYKrTEQnjM/s640/Manly10.6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">1:45</div><div style="text-align: center;">lunch</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MKAX963t7MM/T4U4Gy6HCDI/AAAAAAAAD_M/cCOYU3C8hH0/s1600/MAnly10.8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MKAX963t7MM/T4U4Gy6HCDI/AAAAAAAAD_M/cCOYU3C8hH0/s640/MAnly10.8.jpg" width="480" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4:45</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">heading to movie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDY89LYxK0w">*the best exotic marigold hotel*</a>&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--wHAwfJRHAo/T4U4shX6ptI/AAAAAAAAEAE/swNW3Y5Wui4/s1600/Manly10.9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--wHAwfJRHAo/T4U4shX6ptI/AAAAAAAAEAE/swNW3Y5Wui4/s640/Manly10.9.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5:45</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">vintage cinema love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vQeezymrGQU/T4U4MUloyTI/AAAAAAAAD_U/C9waEeM0hLg/s1600/Manly10.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vQeezymrGQU/T4U4MUloyTI/AAAAAAAAD_U/C9waEeM0hLg/s640/Manly10.10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8:45</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">surf shop by night outside cinema</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~~~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there were a few hours lost during my *ten on ten* this month</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i blame children...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">school holidays...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mouths to feed...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">uncharged cameras...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">children...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">life getting in the way...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lovely children... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">all good Down here</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #a64d79; font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">melissa</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #a64d79; font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #a64d79; font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">xoxox</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-3329478308965181343?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/ZZiQ5kxX4VE" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com12http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/04/ten-on-ten-by-australian-coast.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-57694715019327962152012-04-10T13:32:00.000+10:002012-04-10T13:32:10.366+10:002012-04-10T13:32:10.366+10:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>morning all from an *early start* on the coast today...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_554710907"><br /> </a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><a href="http://amyluckynumber13.blogspot.com.au/p/virtual-coffee_07.html">virtual coffee</a> with Autumn sunshine...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i was up making coffee's &amp; dropping the hubster off at the ferry earlier than i usually rise on the first day of <i>school hols</i> this morning...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">{that's what Easter &amp; all those eggs do for you...or don't do for you}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he was taking his coffee &amp; paper on the morning ferry run from the beaches into the city...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i was doing the beaches only- coffee &amp; iphone in hand to capture the early morning sunshine...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TuGMY5fAN0A/T4OKl4CzI1I/AAAAAAAAD-c/MOqDTBaZJO0/s1600/beach745.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TuGMY5fAN0A/T4OKl4CzI1I/AAAAAAAAD-c/MOqDTBaZJO0/s640/beach745.1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>this is 7:45 on an Autumnal morning at ours...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">not bad at all...although the air had a crispness to it this morning i'd not felt in Oz for a long time...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the last 4 years has seen<i> all</i> <i>our Autumns</i> being VERY crisp in the English countryside...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the <i>Autumn salt air</i> has been lovely- small moments like this keep surprising me...&amp; i love it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so...an after Easter coffee together, in the warmth of my beach mobile...sitting watching the early morning&nbsp;beach goers...i'm hoping you're feeling a little warmer wherever you are...</div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AeTxOvj8Y2k/T4OKrFW6rYI/AAAAAAAAD-k/aGGC27ZUdZU/s1600/beach745.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AeTxOvj8Y2k/T4OKrFW6rYI/AAAAAAAAD-k/aGGC27ZUdZU/s640/beach745.2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>now...back home gals &amp; lime collecting...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">our tree is laden- to the point that one of it's branches snapped off &amp; the puppy discovered her <strike>nonstop barking hatred</strike>&nbsp;dislike of rolling green fruit...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we managed another basket full this morning- which is proving to be a great *bag of loveliness* to take</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">with us to friends houses with a bottle of wine...or up to the neighbours to thank them for eggs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i love having fruit trees in our back garden- &amp; yep... i will be doing a little tour of our garden for those that have asked...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">not today- as today is coffee &amp; kids- school holiday extra's...&amp; box unpacking...</div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ppoOb8C_mok/T4OKxi8wzLI/AAAAAAAAD-s/67iXmgmtMp8/s1600/beach745.4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ppoOb8C_mok/T4OKxi8wzLI/AAAAAAAAD-s/67iXmgmtMp8/s640/beach745.4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>we did manage to start the *vege garden*...we pulled down the cubby &amp; sorted the timber hoping to up-cycle pieces for the sweet peas...garden peas, tomatoes &amp; passionfruit vines...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's been lovely reading up with the kiddos on the seasons in Australia- it's not all endless hot, perfect days of sunshine here...<i>no matter what some people may lead you to think...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and it's been brilliant planning *what seeds* we're actually going to plant...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">vege patch *guru's*~all tips sooo welcome..!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sf8e-mk2li4/T4OMp-VclXI/AAAAAAAAD-0/BymxtXo7NwU/s1600/beaach745.3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sf8e-mk2li4/T4OMp-VclXI/AAAAAAAAD-0/BymxtXo7NwU/s640/beaach745.3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>before you head off, fresh coffee in hand made with a bit of beach loving warmth from me...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i thought i's show you how little Miss.Audrey &amp; i spent a gorgeous Autumn day in our big old&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">country house, in the English countryside, last year...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i love that we've had seasons on both sides of the globe...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">memories last forever...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9qM2pxBqbs/T4ONvoHrHTI/AAAAAAAAD-8/T4T4Iek4_8U/s1600/autumnart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9qM2pxBqbs/T4ONvoHrHTI/AAAAAAAAD-8/T4T4Iek4_8U/s640/autumnart.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>happy day sweet gals</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>thanks for stopping by for a <a href="http://amyluckynumber13.blogspot.com.au/p/virtual-coffee_07.html">*virtual coffee*</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>love taking you down the beaches for an *<i>early*</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><br /> </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i>~~~~~</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><br /> </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i>&amp;</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><br /> </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i>remember today is 10 on 10</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><br /> </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i>ten photos for ten consecutive hours of one's day</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><br /> </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i>on the tenth day of the month</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><br /> </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><br /> </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i>see the low-down for it&nbsp;<a href="http://rebekahgough.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/ten-on-ten-march-2011.html">{here}</a></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>~~~~~</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>melissa&nbsp;</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>xoxox</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-5769471501932796215?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/oAY2_iJjw94" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com7http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/04/virtual-coffee-early-on-beaches.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-90084385038560458932012-04-07T08:29:00.001+10:002012-04-07T08:30:26.199+10:002012-04-07T08:30:26.199+10:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>happy easter</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>from the Australian coast...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UO23cXLf5D4/T39r6q6eKnI/AAAAAAAAD-E/-7Rss7Z8z5s/s1600/eastermanly1.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UO23cXLf5D4/T39r6q6eKnI/AAAAAAAAD-E/-7Rss7Z8z5s/s640/eastermanly1.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;">from out little beach house&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">to you...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">where ever you are...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>*have a good one*&nbsp;</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /> </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">{as they say Down our way}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kXPpFwlmoHw/T39sBuFrevI/AAAAAAAAD-M/6Ax2YfkrAic/s1600/eastermanly2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kXPpFwlmoHw/T39sBuFrevI/AAAAAAAAD-M/6Ax2YfkrAic/s640/eastermanly2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><b>decorating for the weekend</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;">as easy as old school rulers</div><div style="text-align: center;">wooden pegs</div><div style="text-align: center;">a ball of string</div><div style="text-align: center;">&amp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">paper cut out eggs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v83d2e5u6Mo/T39sGsK3uyI/AAAAAAAAD-U/1AhA-gS6Vg0/s1600/eastermanly3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v83d2e5u6Mo/T39sGsK3uyI/AAAAAAAAD-U/1AhA-gS6Vg0/s640/eastermanly3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>from our family to yours</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>from my three kiddos to yours</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>hope your holidays are full of love blessings &amp; eggs</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>~~~~~</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xoxox</span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b><br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-9008438503856045893?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/lFIyh1bNmAM" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com16http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/04/happy-easter-simple-decorating-idea.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-51743977020830574062012-04-02T13:36:00.002+10:002012-04-02T14:03:48.170+10:002012-04-02T14:03:48.170+10:00<b>morning all</b> <b>from the gorgeous Australian coast...</b><br /> <br /> <b>we're bathing in <i>almost Easter</i> sunshine here...Autumn at it's coastal best...clear, blue &amp; warm...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ORUc5c97qXo/T3kZGYSIA5I/AAAAAAAAD8M/0F1-eW0RRvs/s1600/easter1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ORUc5c97qXo/T3kZGYSIA5I/AAAAAAAAD8M/0F1-eW0RRvs/s640/easter1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /> <b>as it's nearly Easter, i thought to day we could share a some of the *Make-It-Monday* goings on&nbsp;</b><br /> <br /> <b>in our little beach house...</b><br /> <br /> an <i>Easter-Make-It-Monday</i> that is sweet enough to have in the house over this holiday whether you have bambino's or not...<br /> <br /> a bit of <i>egg styling</i>...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HbkdK49CemU/T3kZKC1bVII/AAAAAAAAD8c/2CTaiifl0J8/s1600/easter3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HbkdK49CemU/T3kZKC1bVII/AAAAAAAAD8c/2CTaiifl0J8/s640/easter3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b>this is a little idea we came across via Martha- some times she strikes on a <i>bit of lovely</i> that is right up my doily-loving alley...</b><br /> <br /> lace-printed eggs for Easter...<br /> <br /> <b>they are stylish enough for the mama's in the house &amp; bright enough for the kiddos in the house...</b><br /> <br /> <i>thank you Miss.Stewart...</i><br /> <br /> <i>with simple pantry ingredients &amp; a carton of fresh eggs- this was an after HW project in our house...</i><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v-jJxsXckf4/T3kZMYWo6qI/AAAAAAAAD8k/-xkg5GJWBYg/s1600/easter4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v-jJxsXckf4/T3kZMYWo6qI/AAAAAAAAD8k/-xkg5GJWBYg/s640/easter4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i>&nbsp;<b>&nbsp;</b></i><br /> <i><b>tools of the Egg styling trade here are:</b></i><br /> <br /> <i>carton of eggs hard boiled</i><br /> <i>food colouring</i><br /> <i>white wine vinegar</i><br /> <i>doilies or old lace off cuts</i><br /> <i>elastic bands</i><br /> <i>egg carton to hold the dyed eggs till they dried </i><br /> <br /> <b>{Martha actually suggested a piece of wedding gown if, you know,...it hadn't quite worked out as</b><br /> <b>&nbsp;you expected!} </b><i><b>&nbsp;</b></i><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rdoLEChxVRg/T3kZOgYqJgI/AAAAAAAAD8s/kEJORQ8vdH0/s1600/easter5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rdoLEChxVRg/T3kZOgYqJgI/AAAAAAAAD8s/kEJORQ8vdH0/s640/easter5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <i><b>&nbsp;ok...this is the simplest, most satisfying of little projects!</b></i><br /> <br /> <i>wrap the hard boiled eggs in small doilies or scraps of lace {or your wedding dress!}...&amp; secure at back of the egg with an elastic band...</i><br /> <br /> <i>it is essential that this is done as snuggly as possible- the tighter the lace, the clearer the pattern on the</i><br /> <i>finished egg...<b>&nbsp;</b></i><br /> <br /> <i>dunk the eggs in a ceramic bowl consisting of the food colouring, a good dash of white wine vinegar &amp; water to cover the egg...</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-40LeR4sYO28/T3kaMQ-ITMI/AAAAAAAAD88/3tU1TjRey4w/s1600/easter6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-40LeR4sYO28/T3kaMQ-ITMI/AAAAAAAAD88/3tU1TjRey4w/s640/easter6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i><b><br /> </b></i><br /> <i><b>we left ours for a good 15 minutes to play with the dog...turn on the bath...unpack the school bags blah blah blah....</b></i><br /> <i><b><br /> </b></i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XSM2o3GGLeA/T3kbJ0SFrRI/AAAAAAAAD9E/Ocl1ExR76WE/s1600/IMG_6519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XSM2o3GGLeA/T3kbJ0SFrRI/AAAAAAAAD9E/Ocl1ExR76WE/s640/IMG_6519.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><i><b><br /> </b></i><br /> <i>&amp; we returned- we simply snipped off the elastic bands...gently unwrapped the eggs...</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i>&amp; just sat back looking at these...</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i><b> </b></i><br /> <i>gorgeous doily printed Easter eggs...</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i>i'm not sure who was more delighted Miss.Audrey at 6...or me!</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5YrdmtTerV4/T3kcECqHp9I/AAAAAAAAD9M/JA_pb3ACakM/s1600/easter2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5YrdmtTerV4/T3kcECqHp9I/AAAAAAAAD9M/JA_pb3ACakM/s640/easter2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><i><br /> </i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a little bit of country inspiration by the coast...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">what d'ya think?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">beats store bought run of the mill decorations for us...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">~~~~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">today i'm sharing over at&nbsp;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.decoratingforum.com.au/showthread.php/miss-sew-so-5145.html?p=61383#post61383">*Decorating Forum*</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">for more creative idea's on virtually anything&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">head on over, you will love this site...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>~~~</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>happy egg styling at yours...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>melissa</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>xoxox</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><i><b>&nbsp;</b><b> </b></i><br /> <br /> <i><b>&nbsp;</b> </i><br /> <br /> <i>&nbsp;</i><b>&nbsp;</b> <br /> <b> </b><br /> <b> </b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-5174397702083057406?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/9e5yUZLRrKw" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com17http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/04/vintage-egg-styling-for-easter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-63976496822547412872012-03-30T13:12:00.002+11:002012-03-30T13:15:12.327+11:002012-03-30T13:15:12.327+11:00<b>afternoon from the coast of Oz gals...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>it's been the most gorgeous morning here...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kGOl0fYot54/T3USSdJ5foI/AAAAAAAAD8E/sfhJOdkMoXI/s1600/IMG_1176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kGOl0fYot54/T3USSdJ5foI/AAAAAAAAD8E/sfhJOdkMoXI/s640/IMG_1176.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b>i was going to show you Miss.Audrey's room but i'm thinking a little beach loving before the weekend...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> we can continue the little beach house tour next week...today, as the clouds are starting to roll overhead let's just get some last rays of sunshine...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1Y-ZJXSSkJ4/T3URtD8ZJ3I/AAAAAAAAD7s/9--brmrDVc0/s1600/IMG_1173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1Y-ZJXSSkJ4/T3URtD8ZJ3I/AAAAAAAAD7s/9--brmrDVc0/s640/IMG_1173.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>these pickies of endless blue were snapped, puppy &amp; coffee in tow, on the iphone...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> keeping it real gals...<br /> <br /> &amp; yep the beach is pretty empty mid-morning the week before Easter hols begin...jut the way i like it! :)<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IQta2d6qS5E/T3USG_wQykI/AAAAAAAAD78/Ztu_BGBP8Qs/s1600/IMG_1175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IQta2d6qS5E/T3USG_wQykI/AAAAAAAAD78/Ztu_BGBP8Qs/s640/IMG_1175.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>as you can see...there are mucho footsteps on the sand...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> Australians are by nature verrrry early risers...by 6am this stretch of beach is almost at it's busiest!<br /> <br /> after our 4 years in the English countyside...this took a little getting used to i have to admit...<br /> <br /> i'd forgotten that our first two bambinos were always up at 5am &amp; we spend many a morning watching<br /> the sun rise over this very spot....!<br /> <br /> our little miss.6 is a bit of an English lass when it comes to sleeping...let's just say she's been trained in<br /> the countryside to sleep waaay past sunrise...<i>bless her cotton socks...we got one!!</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-58YMaTNsX-8/T3URlifc9WI/AAAAAAAAD7k/Gzp2ctCYC0A/s1600/IMG_1172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-58YMaTNsX-8/T3URlifc9WI/AAAAAAAAD7k/Gzp2ctCYC0A/s640/IMG_1172.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /> </i><br /> <i><b>if you're blessed enough to work close by- this is pretty much what your morning tea break looks like...</b></i><br /> <i><b><br /> </b></i><br /> <i><b>surfboard in tow...</b></i><br /> <i><b><br /> </b></i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s3Z3HppcM1E/T3UR6EUx54I/AAAAAAAAD70/BCMHcMPPRHI/s1600/IMG_1174.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s3Z3HppcM1E/T3UR6EUx54I/AAAAAAAAD70/BCMHcMPPRHI/s640/IMG_1174.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><i><b><br /> </b></i><br /> <b>i'm thinking i need to talk to Apple about a zoom lens on the iphone...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> don't know if i could walk, tow puppy &amp; coffee, &amp; zoom all at once though...!<br /> <br /> ~~~~<br /> <b>the weather on our beaches is a little <strike>rubbish on some days</strike>&nbsp;erratic at the moment...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> so, i thought i'd head round to the Harbour side of our gorgeous coastline, whilst the sun is out &amp; give you a little glimpse of what&nbsp;the local yachty's enjoy whilst working on their boats...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-chaxe_tKcGc/T3URHE5MUyI/AAAAAAAAD7U/YE7tw-x87QI/s1600/IMG_1168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-chaxe_tKcGc/T3URHE5MUyI/AAAAAAAAD7U/YE7tw-x87QI/s640/IMG_1168.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kmp-iHgy5SQ/T3URYVrYiiI/AAAAAAAAD7c/7NoBzlWmYYM/s1600/IMG_1170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kmp-iHgy5SQ/T3URYVrYiiI/AAAAAAAAD7c/7NoBzlWmYYM/s640/IMG_1170.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZrQs8qCzxUA/T3UQ3tZ0LHI/AAAAAAAAD7M/GYzf9ANHRZ8/s1600/IMG_1167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZrQs8qCzxUA/T3UQ3tZ0LHI/AAAAAAAAD7M/GYzf9ANHRZ8/s640/IMG_1167.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>not exactly a bad spot to earn your dollars, working away on boats with views to die for...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">this is our puppy beach spot...i'll do almost anything to stand in salt water &amp; gaze out to sea...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">so...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">hope you got a little beach fix...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">i'll take you out on a rainy day soon...it's equally lovely but wilder...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">have a good one wherever you are...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">love fridays...!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">melissa</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xoxox</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">PS- welcome to all the new coastal loving friends who are popping by</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">i've got a giveaway coming up soon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">as&nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">i've found the box that's brought my sewing machine across the waters!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">stay tuned</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-6397649682254741287?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/kXJyfH_PnBo" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com9http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/03/coastal-viewslife-by-beach.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-53711794217583000532012-03-29T11:28:00.000+11:002012-03-29T11:28:45.954+11:002012-03-29T11:28:45.954+11:00<b>g'day from my little beach house *Down Under* sweet gals...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> it's tropical...warm, green &amp; pretty lovely on our beaches today...<br /> <br /> we're expecting more showers this afternoon- so i'm out with Miss.Lola (the puppy) this morning <strike>to tire&nbsp;</strike><br /> <strike>her out for the day</strike>...<br /> <br /> some days i don't mind a good drenching of the garden...the house...the puppy ;)<br /> <br /> on those days, everything just seems a little cleaner...<br /> <br /> today is one of those days...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--jk-lQmdqcM/T3KJjFjgMXI/AAAAAAAAD5c/iqh2aZHsDYQ/s1600/kitchen6.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--jk-lQmdqcM/T3KJjFjgMXI/AAAAAAAAD5c/iqh2aZHsDYQ/s640/kitchen6.jpg.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /> <b>but...before i head out with Miss.Lola i thought we could have a quick kitchen catch up...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> the kitchen has to be one of the first rooms in any house to be sorted, don't you think?<br /> <br /> i could truly do with a kitchen as big as my whole beach house...<br /> <br /> i love everything about kitchens...the communal family life it holds...<br /> <br /> the meals cooked...the recipes shared...<br /> <br /> the chance to fill it...&amp; the constant thoughts on re-designing it...<br /> <br /> yep- this little baby needs some work...the floors are divine...the space, not so sorted yet...<br /> <br /> we're moving the bench space around...&amp; a new&nbsp;freestanding <strike>big stainless steel recipe inspiring </strike><br /> stove&nbsp;in&nbsp;there would be very loved i can&nbsp;assure you!<br /> <br /> i have heard that good things come to those that *wait*...<br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i>i'm sooo waiting if anyone's reading this!</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-izDvR_REPhw/T3KJdwjAP8I/AAAAAAAAD5M/pNeM814vdXE/s1600/kitchen1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-izDvR_REPhw/T3KJdwjAP8I/AAAAAAAAD5M/pNeM814vdXE/s640/kitchen1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><i><br /> </i><br /> <b>there's so much that i love about this kitchen...the light just blesses us...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>the floorboards&nbsp;</b><b>rock my&nbsp;</b><b>boat more than tiles ever could...&amp; it's white...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> i just think, after our life in the English countryside, that i need a little more warmth to it...<br /> <br /> <i>can one ever have too much white?</i><br /> <br /> i read many a blog about *beach living*...<br /> <br /> many seem to spell out the virtues of <i>whiter than white</i>&nbsp;living...<br /> <br /> i love this about the bloggy world...everyone's ideas are their own <i>take</i>&nbsp;on the world...<br /> <br /> it's not the magazine empires dictating to us- but real people with real idea's- fresh &amp;&nbsp;shared...<br /> <br /> <i>with this in mind...</i><br /> <br /> for me, being born &amp; bred on the Australian coast- i love our little&nbsp;beach house to be&nbsp;more french<br /> <br /> farmhouse on the coast...<br /> <br /> more linen &amp; vintage china...more surfboards &amp; beach towels on the&nbsp;lawn than starfish &amp; stripes...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KYPiYHvC14s/T3LFxw1-4WI/AAAAAAAAD5k/LDMWxIRJPRU/s1600/kitchen2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KYPiYHvC14s/T3LFxw1-4WI/AAAAAAAAD5k/LDMWxIRJPRU/s640/kitchen2.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><br /> <b>so...<i>beach house styling</i> aside...let's get back to the drawers...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> i have to admit to a china issue...a <strike>serial</strike>&nbsp;hoarding china issue...<br /> <br /> <i>*my name is</i> <i>miss sew &amp; so</i> <i>&amp; i'm a vintage chinaholic*</i>...<br /> <br /> please tell me you can relate to this...<br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i>or just let me know if i'm making you feel relatively normal here!</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-66QrRh4--3c/T3LJPHOo09I/AAAAAAAAD6E/q-2eQV9n0ls/s1600/IMG_6451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-66QrRh4--3c/T3LJPHOo09I/AAAAAAAAD6E/q-2eQV9n0ls/s640/IMG_6451.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /> </i><br /> <b>i have to say that i am stunned by the prices of old english china in Sydney shops...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> yep...it came on a boat to our coastline...<br /> <br /> yep...it's gorgeous...<br /> <br /> yep...it's not chain store...<br /> <br /> but<br /> <br /> it's still old china...<br /> <br /> vintage....yep...but sold in second hand stores...<br /> <br /> i had a rule of thumb in ol'Blighty- £2 a piece was my limit...my absolute limit...<br /> <br /> as you can see, i managed to pack my cupboards on that little budget...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5zotFSOXXKo/T3LIk_0ZToI/AAAAAAAAD50/DiFF7S8_Tmo/s1600/IMG_6441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5zotFSOXXKo/T3LIk_0ZToI/AAAAAAAAD50/DiFF7S8_Tmo/s640/IMG_6441.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b>i seem to have drawers <strike>&amp; drawers &amp; drawers</strike>&nbsp;of the stuff...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> &amp; we love &amp; use it everyday...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AHHebDTkDeo/T3LI4uySOPI/AAAAAAAAD58/kB2Si1L0L-M/s1600/IMG_6444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AHHebDTkDeo/T3LI4uySOPI/AAAAAAAAD58/kB2Si1L0L-M/s640/IMG_6444.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /> <b>this has to be good for the soul right?</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> unpacking one's *vice* - a china vice that was started years ago as a HS student working in an interior<br /> <br /> design store...<br /> <br /> a vice that has been going strong for years...&amp; one that i resign myself to...&amp; share with pride<br /> <br /> &amp; love...<br /> <br /> what do ya think?<br /> <br /> <i>c'mon sweet bloggy friends we all have one...</i><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qzpSA0teQn4/T3LISjocK9I/AAAAAAAAD5s/7P8Hpt4fVOI/s1600/IMG_6439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qzpSA0teQn4/T3LISjocK9I/AAAAAAAAD5s/7P8Hpt4fVOI/s640/IMG_6439.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><b>i've collected china from pretty much every place we've travelled to in some form...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>white's &amp; blue's...fresh&nbsp;</b><b>&amp; crisp...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> from Japan to France...Europe to England...the South Pacific to Morocco...<br /> <br /> &amp; now it all has to fit into a little beach house kitchen, in need of a <i>*wee bit* </i>of&nbsp;renovation, on the Australian&nbsp;coast...<br /> <br /> i love that...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cbSJGBMr0Qk/T3LK_GNszYI/AAAAAAAAD6s/YJnw7uCtZdY/s1600/IMG_6469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cbSJGBMr0Qk/T3LK_GNszYI/AAAAAAAAD6s/YJnw7uCtZdY/s640/IMG_6469.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0mS_v_Sv1Kw/T3LKnZ4dX8I/AAAAAAAAD6k/QsNl55ED0ls/s1600/IMG_6467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0mS_v_Sv1Kw/T3LKnZ4dX8I/AAAAAAAAD6k/QsNl55ED0ls/s640/IMG_6467.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>&amp; i love that i could tell you where each &amp; every piece was from...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> yep that's how great my addiction is...&amp; how simple my life is ;)<br /> <br /> <i>every time i look at this silver pot stand from Paris- bought by my husband on the banks of the Seine&nbsp;</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i>i smile...&amp; think of friendship...&amp; birthdays...&amp; memories...</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i>it's not china- but it's a piece of our kitchen that holds our china...it's all in together in my heart...</i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I1rdVN1W96U/T3LJli3q98I/AAAAAAAAD6M/cEorZmE_Ppk/s1600/IMG_6457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I1rdVN1W96U/T3LJli3q98I/AAAAAAAAD6M/cEorZmE_Ppk/s640/IMG_6457.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><b>so...the truth is out- i'm an addicted china hoarder...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> i truly couldn't part with a piece...<br /> <br /> <i>it's what makes our kitchen...ours...</i><br /> <br /> err...the linen drawer is pretty much the same...but it's better than other <i>habits </i>i could have...<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C8JXJ-jhcDU/T3LKPWOgVlI/AAAAAAAAD6c/VSX9I89O-k4/s1600/IMG_6466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C8JXJ-jhcDU/T3LKPWOgVlI/AAAAAAAAD6c/VSX9I89O-k4/s640/IMG_6466.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XZ_Wbz-nXfs/T3LJ6hufqZI/AAAAAAAAD6U/7c01Yo2uqfs/s1600/IMG_6461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XZ_Wbz-nXfs/T3LJ6hufqZI/AAAAAAAAD6U/7c01Yo2uqfs/s640/IMG_6461.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>as i said...the kitchen needs to be the first place in a house that's *home*...that's sorted &amp;&nbsp;</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>loved...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's where we spend so much of our time...it's where we create endless family memories...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i started creating mine,<i> with this life in mind</i>, so many years ago...&amp; it all makes me smile...</div><b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bZTXrD3rPF4/T3LqiqYbjSI/AAAAAAAAD68/dNZgotvwFGM/s1600/IMG_6481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bZTXrD3rPF4/T3LqiqYbjSI/AAAAAAAAD68/dNZgotvwFGM/s640/IMG_6481.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">so how are your kitchen shelves shaping up?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">hope my stash makes you feel like you've come across a fellow *chinaholic* member...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">got any hoarding tips to share...!?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">see ya tomorrow with litte Miss. Audrey's room...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xoxox</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-5371179421758300053?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/6RQxyzKiRVU" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com11http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/03/beach-styling-with-vintage-china.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-14775471386373202872012-03-26T13:49:00.000+11:002012-03-26T13:49:25.511+11:002012-03-26T13:49:25.511+11:00<b>happy monday to y'all...it's a gorgeous one here on the beaches...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> stunning autumn weather- crisp sunshine...clouds crossing a bright blue sky...<br /> <br /> almost my fave time&nbsp;of year...i love the change of seasons- although to be fair- it's still swimming,<br /> <br /> surfing...total beach weather here in Sydney!<br /> <br /> <b>thought you'd like to<i> head up the coast</i> with me this morning...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WZZS3FU9k-U/T2_S9gx4aUI/AAAAAAAAD4c/5CoGUEXlf1k/s1600/norahhead1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WZZS3FU9k-U/T2_S9gx4aUI/AAAAAAAAD4c/5CoGUEXlf1k/s640/norahhead1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> i'm unpacking this morning from a weekend of sunshine &amp; surfboards...bbq's &amp; sandy feet<br /> <br /> up the coast...<br /> <br /> i get many an email &amp; comment about sharing more photos of the Australian coast line...<br /> <br /> it's a beautiful coast line in even the worst of weathers...here it sits in all it's Autumnal glory...!<br /> <br /> the beauty of <i>getting out of Sydney</i>&nbsp;is endless white beaches...turquoise waters &amp; no crowds...<br /> <br /> <i>no crowds is the one that grabs me every time...heaven is an empty perfect beach...</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLhlpTWycWU/T2_TBxkttqI/AAAAAAAAD4k/zHa6O7NMXlc/s1600/norahhead2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLhlpTWycWU/T2_TBxkttqI/AAAAAAAAD4k/zHa6O7NMXlc/s640/norahhead2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /> </i><br /> although it's officially Autumn...we seem to be having endless days of sunshine amongst the rain...<br /> <br /> the bush is lush...the air warm...&amp; the ocean warmer...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7HTHY-TcTE4/T2_TL8qytSI/AAAAAAAAD48/xuPhS0CAACY/s1600/norahhead5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7HTHY-TcTE4/T2_TL8qytSI/AAAAAAAAD48/xuPhS0CAACY/s640/norahhead5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /> <b>it's moments like this, after 4 years in the English countryside, that still make me smile big...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> i can't help it...a kiddo asleep in the sunshine is right up there as one of my sweetest images...<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;">~~~~~~</div><br /> Australia has many small&nbsp;<i>holiday towns up &amp; down it's coast line</i>...<br /> <br /> they're steeped in simple traditions where fishing...surfing...&amp; cooking on the beach is a big as it<br /> <br /> gets&nbsp;over a weekend...<br /> <br /> luxuries in a big city these days...these coastal towns are sleepy, calm reminders of the way life <i>can be</i>...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3QZYYSRE2xc/T2_TEsXL0kI/AAAAAAAAD4s/Fz4vWvfyDqc/s1600/norahhead3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3QZYYSRE2xc/T2_TEsXL0kI/AAAAAAAAD4s/Fz4vWvfyDqc/s640/norahhead3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /> <b>we did the good ol' Aussie thing...&amp; stayed in a coastal caravan park (albeit, in pretty sweet little&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>cabins overlooking the bush leading to the beach)...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> we slapped on sunscreen &amp; walked the beaches...our kiddos were dry with surf salt...we smiled at how<br /> <br /> much they seem to have grown in the few months we've been back home on the beaches...<br /> <br /> <i>it's all that sunshine &amp; fresh air...</i><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vLOMj5IqEu8/T2_TH7GYyhI/AAAAAAAAD40/g1L8uFya_Gg/s1600/norahhead4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vLOMj5IqEu8/T2_TH7GYyhI/AAAAAAAAD40/g1L8uFya_Gg/s640/norahhead4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>yep...someone was blessing us with perfect days...even at 7am we were bathed in light...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> the simplest of weekends...family...ocean...nature...a stunning coast line...<br /> <br /> this gals idea of heaven...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bau0_XkznUs/T2_TQ840SWI/AAAAAAAAD5E/taZ5SOsTYKI/s1600/norahhead6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bau0_XkznUs/T2_TQ840SWI/AAAAAAAAD5E/taZ5SOsTYKI/s640/norahhead6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>let me know what you think of our little hideaway...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> if you come visit us *Down Under* we may just show you where it's hidden...<i>maybe</i>...<br /> <br /> hope you enjoyed a little coastal fix...seagull &amp; all...<br /> <br /> off to plant some more herbs...lots to show you on the gardening front soon...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLhlpTWycWU/T2_TBxkttqI/AAAAAAAAD4k/zHa6O7NMXlc/s1600/norahhead2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLhlpTWycWU/T2_TBxkttqI/AAAAAAAAD4k/zHa6O7NMXlc/s640/norahhead2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">happy monday lovelies...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">we'll be back to *Make it Mondays* next week</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">just had to show you some coastal heaven first!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xoxox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-1477547138637320287?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/9d7Bns946mM" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com12http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/03/coastal-weekend-aussie-style.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-28113635824867531782012-03-22T12:09:00.000+11:002012-03-22T12:09:12.459+11:002012-03-22T12:09:12.459+11:00<b>morning lovely ones...i've been a little MIA this week...</b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a8Erb31-WbM/T2p4NVwZBCI/AAAAAAAAD4M/UHmtYZ4mn-Q/s1600/harbour2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a8Erb31-WbM/T2p4NVwZBCI/AAAAAAAAD4M/UHmtYZ4mn-Q/s640/harbour2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>i wonder how long i can blame my *balancing* it all on the huge move home to the beaches from&nbsp;</b><br /> <br /> <b>the English countryside...?</b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AsWAYws1JMc/T2p2pfNEBmI/AAAAAAAAD3k/SoQ4cR4mEXc/s1600/sittingrm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AsWAYws1JMc/T2p2pfNEBmI/AAAAAAAAD3k/SoQ4cR4mEXc/s640/sittingrm.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b>&nbsp;not for much longer- but whilst i can...i am :)</b><br /> <br /> this week has been very much about sorting life...making decisions about *what* we need to do, to get<br /> <b> </b><br /> this little beach house sorted to accomodate our *bigger-than-when-we-used-to-live-here* kiddos...<br /> <br /> to sort this little beach house now it has a very lovely...very <strike>flipping busy</strike> enthusiastic puppy living<br /> <br /> in it's rooms...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kFXWTSQJO_o/T2p2sNc5IrI/AAAAAAAAD3s/Uyos07F-ZVY/s1600/sittingrm1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kFXWTSQJO_o/T2p2sNc5IrI/AAAAAAAAD3s/Uyos07F-ZVY/s640/sittingrm1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>i've decided that simple simple simple is the answer...</b><br /> <br /> french farm house inspired simple...on the gorgeous beaches of Oz...<br /> <br /> <i>coastal farm-inspired</i> living...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aIbtBGFG_4M/T2p2tGpf5DI/AAAAAAAAD30/It95PGkvSu0/s1600/sittingrm4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aIbtBGFG_4M/T2p2tGpf5DI/AAAAAAAAD30/It95PGkvSu0/s640/sittingrm4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>&nbsp;<b>we're waaay past the plastic baby toy stage...although miss.6 does have an incredible imaginary&nbsp;</b><br /> <br /> <b>world of miniatures constantly in progress on her bedroom floor... </b><br /> <br /> we're waaay past lots of little ones having play group on the lawn...<br /> <br /> so simple, for the first time in this little beach house, is totally achievable...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OiL5POdf5z4/T2p2us3A3hI/AAAAAAAAD38/8OZ31HlMg9U/s1600/sittingrm5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OiL5POdf5z4/T2p2us3A3hI/AAAAAAAAD38/8OZ31HlMg9U/s640/sittingrm5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b>i'm thinking that *sharing* the spaces with y'all here will <i>get me </i>organising each room as we&nbsp;</b><br /> <br /> <b>make our way through...together...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> so...today you are getting the sitting room...<br /> <br /> a little <b>coastal house</b> with a lot of <b>french farm house</b> love in it...<br /> <br /> our last four years of travel have very much influenced <b>*how*</b> we are choosing to live...<br /> <br /> none of it seems to link to any of the *coastal-dictated-this-is-what-beach-living-star-fish-collecting*<br /> <br /> should look like mainstream shops i used to frequent!<br /> <br /> it's all coming together very much from the heart in <b>*how*</b> we want to live...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f2W-DVOW5ro/T2p4JVAfW7I/AAAAAAAAD4E/-QYKdwxRMHo/s1600/harbour1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f2W-DVOW5ro/T2p4JVAfW7I/AAAAAAAAD4E/-QYKdwxRMHo/s640/harbour1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>as we work our way through this little beach house...i'm loving the aesthetic mix that is being</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>created...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> i love that our vege garden planning reminds us of our big old country house in the English<br /> <br /> countryside...<br /> <br /> i love that there will be a surf board or two leaning up alongside that vege garden...<br /> <br /> i love that our sitting room feels like the wonderful old village houses we stayed in throughout the<br /> <br /> French countryside...<br /> <br /> &amp; i love that there is Australian sunshine pouring in on this room through the coastal windows...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LbbeNb2fQmc/T2p4RmpiK2I/AAAAAAAAD4U/Cocr2w-6ihc/s1600/harbour3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LbbeNb2fQmc/T2p4RmpiK2I/AAAAAAAAD4U/Cocr2w-6ihc/s640/harbour3.jpg" width="480" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>little miss.6, audrey would love her room to be up next...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i'm thinking you'd like to see my herbs planted in french tubs...twice...after the puppy dug them&nbsp;</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>up the first time.... </b>hmmm....!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">will keep you posted on the house tours...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">thanks for all your comments &amp; emails gals...and your thoughts on vege garden...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i've never had one in the Southern Hemisphere- i'm madly excited about it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>yep- my life is BIG! </i>:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AsWAYws1JMc/T2p2pfNEBmI/AAAAAAAAD3k/SoQ4cR4mEXc/s1600/sittingrm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AsWAYws1JMc/T2p2pfNEBmI/AAAAAAAAD3k/SoQ4cR4mEXc/s640/sittingrm.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace;">have a good one!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace;">love to hear your thoughts on coastal french inspired living</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace;">it's rocking my little world today!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace;">Melissa&nbsp;</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace;">xoxox</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace;">&nbsp;</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-2811363582486753178?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/4IRWgUxiZY0" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com12http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/03/french-farm-inspired-coastal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-82228864171193339222012-03-17T13:50:00.000+11:002012-03-17T13:50:27.439+11:002012-03-17T13:50:27.439+11:00<b><br /> </b><br /> <b>it's raining here on the beautiful beaches...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>i'm having an English morning...coffee's...papers...kiddos wandering in &amp; out...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>BBC radio on the laptop...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>thinking of our four years of travel &amp; the life i want us to continue to lead...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>memories of the world on the Australian Coast...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>hope your weekend is divine...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uw8V8H8z10I/T2P7IB6OgJI/AAAAAAAAD3c/8SjogjosA48/s1600/saturday+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uw8V8H8z10I/T2P7IB6OgJI/AAAAAAAAD3c/8SjogjosA48/s640/saturday+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>see ya monday</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>lots to share this week</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>thanks for popping past</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>melissa</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>xoxox</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br /> </b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-8222886417119333922?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/dajxMv-1Tok" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com12http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/03/beachside-rain-makes-for-lovely.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-8108042303651264782012-03-14T14:19:00.000+11:002012-03-14T14:19:58.164+11:002012-03-14T14:19:58.164+11:00<b><br /> </b><br /> <b>g'day from Down Under sweet bloggy gals...with a leetle french garden twist...!</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> my day of ignoring cardboard boxes has been just what i needed...<br /> <br /> hanging out with the kiddos- getting&nbsp;them a little more organised with school...&amp; bedrooms...&amp;<br /> <br /> enjoying&nbsp;<i>nothing&nbsp;time</i>&nbsp;back in our little beach house was just what we all needed...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-65DdkRFspxY/T2AI_lAkzkI/AAAAAAAAD3M/O2IsBduD7qE/s1600/frontbalcony6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-65DdkRFspxY/T2AI_lAkzkI/AAAAAAAAD3M/O2IsBduD7qE/s640/frontbalcony6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>so...last night, after no unpacking &amp; lugging for the day, i had a little play around with some&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>of the&nbsp;</b><b>bits i had re-discovered on Monday...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>{when my *blessed* mother had come &amp; thrown her *motherly* authority around, and&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>made me&nbsp;</b><b>lunch&nbsp;</b><b>&amp; helped me pack my kitchen into cupboards...}</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> i am really in need of the <i>fun part</i> now...but the boxes are still there...<br /> <br /> even with half of them gone it looks a&nbsp;little to&nbsp;much to be dealing with on a gorgeous *end-of-summer*<br /> <br /> day on the beaches...so i'm playing for a while instead...<br /> <br /> back balcony &amp; front balcony...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KYg3BJzbEvk/T2AIzM4GBSI/AAAAAAAAD2s/h6T-6Dh2BNg/s1600/frontbalcony1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KYg3BJzbEvk/T2AIzM4GBSI/AAAAAAAAD2s/h6T-6Dh2BNg/s640/frontbalcony1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>our little beach house has two balcony's-which means the breeze is always on one or the other in</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>summer, &amp; it's always calm &amp; outa the wind on one or the other in winter...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> this was one of the reasons the hubster fell in love with it, when searching for our bit of <i>beach life</i> when<br /> <br /> we&nbsp;added the&nbsp;third little bambino to our family...<br /> <br /> he pretty much sits out on the front balcony every evening, glass of wine in hand, just looking out at the<br /> <br /> beautiful trees that surround our house...enjoying the breeze...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a-OXWDUzYbM/T2AI1UhnWkI/AAAAAAAAD20/ep4Z8gD00A0/s1600/frontbalcony2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a-OXWDUzYbM/T2AI1UhnWkI/AAAAAAAAD20/ep4Z8gD00A0/s640/frontbalcony2.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><br /> a natural breeze beats a fan burring in the background hands down...as does the feeling of space a<br /> <br /> balcony brings to both sides of the house...<br /> <br /> so i'm spending a little of my day <i>playing </i>on the front balcony with french bits...<br /> <br /> chippy chairs...old tin pailings...herbs...a passionfruit vine...a pot of tea...sunshine...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ywGHTmxNlh8/T2AI8tkN9EI/AAAAAAAAD3E/LKCV57fSFXA/s1600/frontbalcony4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ywGHTmxNlh8/T2AI8tkN9EI/AAAAAAAAD3E/LKCV57fSFXA/s640/frontbalcony4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>we have a little *hidden away* garden nursery not far from us, that i'll be visiting for a few pots&nbsp;</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>of lavender this week...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'm thinking, as this front balcony gets so much gorgeous morning sun- that herbs &amp; lavender are perfect</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">to plonk in french pots dragged back from old brocantes during a french *road trip* we loved with the&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">kiddos...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">what d'ya think?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">dented tin french buckets, chippy chairs &amp; a leetle bit of french inspired gardening...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g7ze6M_wSyU/T2AJDoX_BjI/AAAAAAAAD3U/eaH25Wt-7l0/s1600/frontbalcony7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g7ze6M_wSyU/T2AJDoX_BjI/AAAAAAAAD3U/eaH25Wt-7l0/s640/frontbalcony7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><b>many of you sent me lovely emails &amp; comments about the *lushness* of our garden...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> &amp; in fact, many of you were surprised at just how green &amp; tropical it is...&amp; yes, for those that asked...i'd<br /> <br /> love to do a tour of our garden very soon...<br /> <br /> in comparison to our back garden, thick &amp; lush, our front is drier in area's &amp; perfect for herbs &amp; lavender<br /> <br /> so i'm going to enjoy the differences...<br /> <br /> we're also planning to take out the <strike>lovely old playhouse</strike>&nbsp;timber cubby house that has seen better days in<br /> <br /> the back corner of the garden to put in a wonderful big vege garden- inspired by my B.B's wonderful<br /> <br /> garden back in our English village...<br /> <br /> i'll be keeping you posted &amp; asking for much advice along the way...<br /> <br /> bloggy galfriends that also garden get ready for my...i'm gonna be on a steep learning curve!<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-65DdkRFspxY/T2AI_lAkzkI/AAAAAAAAD3M/O2IsBduD7qE/s1600/frontbalcony6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-65DdkRFspxY/T2AI_lAkzkI/AAAAAAAAD3M/O2IsBduD7qE/s640/frontbalcony6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">happy potting at yours</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">gardening with chippy chairs is my kinda thing!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">see ya tomorrow with my next box of goodies...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xoxox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-810804230365126478?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/Ej7GYbg9poI" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com12http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/03/leetle-french-gardening-on-beaches.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-79001060422875761442012-03-13T11:48:00.000+11:002012-03-13T11:48:45.018+11:002012-03-13T11:48:45.018+11:00<b>morning gals from the gorgeously beautiful beaches of Sydney...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> i've been a little <i>missing-in-action</i> here for the last few days- it seems no matter how many *times* one<br /> <br /> moves- i'ts never is really <i>as simple</i>&nbsp;as it may&nbsp;appear!<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-niF05jUGCJM/T16ZH_BimRI/AAAAAAAAD2k/nPLGDWzbuzg/s1600/IMG_0939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-niF05jUGCJM/T16ZH_BimRI/AAAAAAAAD2k/nPLGDWzbuzg/s640/IMG_0939.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>this is my current, &amp; very needed mantra, this week...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> we've had soo much to *restart* back here on the beaches...&amp; yes it's all blessed by beautiful blue<br /> <br /> skies &amp; perfect beaches most days...but it's a balance at the moment ladies...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xdeshIndzJs/T16WhkqvGII/AAAAAAAAD2M/JTlya_hGlRU/s1600/IMG_0906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xdeshIndzJs/T16WhkqvGII/AAAAAAAAD2M/JTlya_hGlRU/s640/IMG_0906.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> not that i'm remotely complaining about our beach house...garden...life...but <i>it's currently a balance...</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i>moving countries is not to be underestimated gals- even when one is moving *home*...</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SkKyCc-Go6o/T16WVQPlmPI/AAAAAAAAD18/gxDw9KNB2NE/s1600/IMG_0881.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SkKyCc-Go6o/T16WVQPlmPI/AAAAAAAAD18/gxDw9KNB2NE/s640/IMG_0881.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /> </i><br /> <b>so...in between the boxes...&amp; the balance i'm doing what makes me happiest...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>hanging out with my beach babies &amp; my i-phone...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AHBBhtGJ7kk/T16WS51qOUI/AAAAAAAAD10/DPbrbt9W_yY/s1600/IMG_0880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AHBBhtGJ7kk/T16WS51qOUI/AAAAAAAAD10/DPbrbt9W_yY/s640/IMG_0880.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b>i need to just stop &amp; take in the beauty of where we've returned to...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> i need to just stop &amp; recharge from the *epic* journey home from the beautiful English countryside...<br /> <br /> to our beautiful Australian beaches...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JHRp1O2irfw/T16Wnq1hI4I/AAAAAAAAD2U/6tPOJa-9QKg/s1600/IMG_0927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JHRp1O2irfw/T16Wnq1hI4I/AAAAAAAAD2U/6tPOJa-9QKg/s640/IMG_0927.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>so...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> if i'm missing in action for a few days at the moment...<br /> <br /> i'm either in a box in the garage, or&nbsp;hanging out with the fam on one of the blessed beaches<br /> <br /> we live beside...<br /> <br /> feel free to join me at any moment...<br /> <br /> blogging together on the beaches...toooo much fun!<br /> <br /> love ya for being here for me...<br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa&nbsp;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xoxox</span></b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-7900106042287576144?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/_GHs6iE_riA" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com10http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/03/beach-house-living-down-under-balance.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-32127769774598770372012-03-08T10:50:00.002+11:002012-03-08T11:11:24.708+11:002012-03-08T11:11:24.708+11:00<b>morning from the beaches gals- where it is *bucketing* down...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>truly we're swimming to school&nbsp;</b><b>this morning!</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> this ain't the *end of summer* weather we moved the kiddos 12,000 miles across the world for i can tell<br /> <br /> you!<br /> <br /> but...my wellies {gum boots} are in a box somewhere in this little beach house...&amp; i'm going to find<br /> <br /> them &amp; continue smiling about being home Down Under...!<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-utpPKTL9ijk/T1fG4Xx_IZI/AAAAAAAAD0s/i-lXC-qD0U8/s1600/IMG_0837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-utpPKTL9ijk/T1fG4Xx_IZI/AAAAAAAAD0s/i-lXC-qD0U8/s640/IMG_0837.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>so...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">rather than <strike>tempt you with glorious photos of rain on the beaches</strike>&nbsp;show you how deep the&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">water is rising...i thought you'd like to see the photos of yesterday's unpack in the sunshine...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">this is where i'm at with the kitchen boxes...<i>or rather where i'm not.</i>..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'm<i> not</i> in cupboards..<i>.not</i> in the kitchen...&amp; <i>not</i> finished...but it's all making me smile...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>our stuff from the other side of the globe at last in my little beach house...near the kitchen!</i></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9xDnx3mNxA/T1fHFkIZxTI/AAAAAAAAD00/4yc4_KPmWsI/s1600/IMG_0840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9xDnx3mNxA/T1fHFkIZxTI/AAAAAAAAD00/4yc4_KPmWsI/s640/IMG_0840.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>as i'm unpacking, i'm re-living so many of the<i> moments</i> we shared abroad...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> memories of countries throughout Europe we visited...<br /> <br /> memories of *table top* sales in old country&nbsp;village halls...<br /> <br /> memories of trawling for a treasure with the B.B {British Bestie}...<br /> <br /> this is perhaps why this haul is not in the kitchen cupboards...i blame it on the wonderfully endless<br /> <br /> memories...&amp; i feel blessed to have each &amp; every one....<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CYI1kFQ7kfo/T1f2KN8iEbI/AAAAAAAAD1U/KgcjhBbGB4A/s1600/deck1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CYI1kFQ7kfo/T1f2KN8iEbI/AAAAAAAAD1U/KgcjhBbGB4A/s640/deck1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>here's a shot of the <strike>sorting table&nbsp;</strike>outdoor table...it's errr...a <strike>whole lot fuller</strike>&nbsp;slightly&nbsp;</b><b>fuller than this&nbsp;</b></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b>now- after another half dozen boxes or so...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_M3w67K_s0c/T1f2Po1NseI/AAAAAAAAD1c/U9qa6tiBJxQ/s1600/deck2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_M3w67K_s0c/T1f2Po1NseI/AAAAAAAAD1c/U9qa6tiBJxQ/s640/deck2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><br /> <b>the reason i didn't get to actually putting away these goodies into cupboards is due to this enamel&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>ware...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> like many of you that visit me here, i too&nbsp;<i>adore</i>&nbsp;enamel ware...and most of this stash was lugged home to<br /> <br /> our big old house in the countryside from holidays in the French countryside....<br /> <br /> memories of amazing brocantes throughout the north of France took up alot of my thinking time over<br /> <br /> pots of tea&nbsp;yesterday...<br /> <br /> but i'm loving this process- the unpacking &amp; the memories...i'm sure it stops me feeling<br /> <br /> overwhelmed&nbsp;by the enormous task ahead...<br /> <br /> {there are crazy amounts of boxes in the garage- which then goes through to rooms the length of this<br /> <br /> little beach&nbsp;house.. i should photograph that...just in case i go down there &amp; you never here from me<br /> <br /> again- at least&nbsp;you'll know why!}<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kfL5PPNnDms/T1f5Dcvin5I/AAAAAAAAD1k/FlvUKAgV1Zg/s1600/deck3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kfL5PPNnDms/T1f5Dcvin5I/AAAAAAAAD1k/FlvUKAgV1Zg/s640/deck3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">so today...feeling a little like Noah may have on his ark...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">i'm slowly filling cupboards &amp; looking after a poorly HS girl at home...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">slow &amp; steady wins the race is my mantra at the moment...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">hope your safe from the *flooding* hitting the East Coast of Oz, if you're on my side of the world</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">&amp;&nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">if you're else where - i hope your weather is shining on you as it should!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">see ya tomorrow for a few couch shots if i can get the HS gal back to school...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">melissa&nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">xoxox</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-3212776977459877037?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/ICO82uNs-9s" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com13http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/03/memories-of-france-in-great-unpack-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-62843709102723510902012-03-06T12:53:00.000+11:002012-03-06T12:53:22.503+11:002012-03-06T12:53:22.503+11:00<b><br /> </b><br /> <b>some moments that brought BIG smiles in my unpacking....</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> it's *virtual coffee* time gals...grab your mug &amp; have a lookie...<br /> <br /> i ain't putting drinks on today- if you saw the amount of boxes i need to get through- you'd<br /> <br /> probably offer to pick me up one when you grab one for yourself...<br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NdGW8ObIl50/T1VqFwk205I/AAAAAAAADz0/1G29LoGS53I/s1600/moving1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NdGW8ObIl50/T1VqFwk205I/AAAAAAAADz0/1G29LoGS53I/s640/moving1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b>our life from the English countryside is now happily settling itself on the beautiful beaches of Oz...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BN6VdwgUAYE/T1VqH-1EWAI/AAAAAAAADz8/lHhoFAL2LeE/s1600/moving2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="588" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BN6VdwgUAYE/T1VqH-1EWAI/AAAAAAAADz8/lHhoFAL2LeE/s640/moving2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b>our little house by the ocean is getting a very loved dose of country, both french &amp; English&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>to it...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9AmrxVdZZWc/T1VqKKa2VfI/AAAAAAAAD0E/ro-QfFZFG0k/s1600/moving3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9AmrxVdZZWc/T1VqKKa2VfI/AAAAAAAAD0E/ro-QfFZFG0k/s640/moving3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b>this mama is in heaven...*cardboard &amp; too many pots of tea heaven*... </b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CtMr-A_ASec/T1VqMuWDCII/AAAAAAAAD0Q/sqKHBNEs3QE/s1600/moving5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CtMr-A_ASec/T1VqMuWDCII/AAAAAAAAD0Q/sqKHBNEs3QE/s640/moving5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> &amp; i just want to thank you all for constantly dropping past- &amp; sending me lovely<br /> <br /> comments &amp;&nbsp;emails,&nbsp;connecting up with me on<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">&nbsp;<a href="http://followgram.me/misssewnso">{instagram}</a></span>&nbsp;&amp; for just being here, throughout<br /> <br /> this massive 12,000 mile move we've made...<br /> <br /> {countryside to the beaches...}<br /> <br /> here's where i see you all from at the moment...<br /> <br /> surrounded by kids craft supply's &amp; god know's what else...it'll come together in time...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P4_ejvmoPx0/T1VsjtaXm-I/AAAAAAAAD0c/OdCba9noeLg/s1600/moving4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="394" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P4_ejvmoPx0/T1VsjtaXm-I/AAAAAAAAD0c/OdCba9noeLg/s640/moving4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;">for now it's just about *getting it all out*&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: center;">&amp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">back into our days on the coast...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>~~~~~~</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">posts are going to be short but pretty this week gals</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">keep the comments coming- it keeps me unpacking</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i loooove you for it</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">if you see anything you like...let me know</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xox</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></b></div><b><br /> </b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-6284370910272351090?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/MTH3w3QdAoo" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com16http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/03/virtual-coffee-vintage-french-english.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-87436289183960175932012-03-02T10:55:00.000+11:002012-03-02T10:55:42.775+11:002012-03-02T10:55:42.775+11:00<b>moooorning...over here...yep the gal behind the boxes...whooo hoooo!</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> they arrived...it didn't rain for the whole day...<br /> <br /> &amp; we are now living like <strike>travelling&nbsp;gypsies from&nbsp;</strike><strike>boxes</strike>&nbsp;Parisian artists in a studio of collected<br /> <br /> inspiration...<br /> <br /> the kiddos didn't buy the last one either...they just wanted to know where their *stuff* was!<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JAzWObe5y90/T1AIEz4VlQI/AAAAAAAADy8/2iJFjdhvYQo/s1600/unpacking1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JAzWObe5y90/T1AIEz4VlQI/AAAAAAAADy8/2iJFjdhvYQo/s640/unpacking1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>see...it kinda looks french lofty...if you close one eye &amp; are eating baguette...!</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>so...the great unpack begins....</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gpZ_vyJIdYE/T1AIIs3y-eI/AAAAAAAADzM/OSNP5MA9-z0/s1600/unpacking3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gpZ_vyJIdYE/T1AIIs3y-eI/AAAAAAAADzM/OSNP5MA9-z0/s640/unpacking3.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b>this was the spread sheet we did all the *box ticking* from...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> those are not individual items there- but individual boxes...gals we are seriously living in a house of<br /> <br /> cardboard....but there are many treasures within...<br /> <br /> so many of you have taken this journey with me from our gorgeous&nbsp;house in the English countryside to<br /> <br /> this, our little beach house on the beautiful coast of Oz...<br /> <br /> &amp; can i just say *i'm so happy we got here together*...<br /> <br /> <b>the Great Last unpack begins...with you by my side...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>i can promise mucho eye-candy!</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-thfGtzvxacI/T1AIGWxXQZI/AAAAAAAADzE/SW_Y--PyO1Q/s1600/unpacking2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-thfGtzvxacI/T1AIGWxXQZI/AAAAAAAADzE/SW_Y--PyO1Q/s640/unpacking2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">if you're lurking near the beaches on this rainy old</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">summer's day with a spare coffee in your hand...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">feel free to drop it into a removalist/decorating/balancing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">mamma who is head down butt up unpacking her treasures!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">~~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'll be posting this all next week gals- so pop in anytime for&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a quick *g'day* &amp; a reminder that there is a clean house after</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a 12,000 mile move with three kiddos somewhere down the line!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JAzWObe5y90/T1AIEz4VlQI/AAAAAAAADy8/2iJFjdhvYQo/s1600/unpacking1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JAzWObe5y90/T1AIEz4VlQI/AAAAAAAADy8/2iJFjdhvYQo/s640/unpacking1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GjlOJJgtdak/T1ALSksT_CI/AAAAAAAADzU/ujeZZG6dU9Y/s1600/IMG_6034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GjlOJJgtdak/T1ALSksT_CI/AAAAAAAADzU/ujeZZG6dU9Y/s640/IMG_6034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>P.S- a little side note-</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>whilst i generally like my deliveries to be stamped *amazon*, *the book&nbsp;</b><b>depository* or&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>*anthropologie*...&amp; usually in brown paper &amp; string...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>i have to say that this big orange beast of a truck was the *prettiest, most perfect*&nbsp;</b><b>delivery&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>i've had in a long time....!</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-8743628918396017593?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/mLbnBmaIni0" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com21http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/03/truck-of-vintage-loved-goodies-arrives.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-30349802390837139782012-02-29T22:53:00.001+11:002012-03-01T07:20:10.893+11:002012-03-01T07:20:10.893+11:00<b>are you ready for a *fly by the seat of your pants*...we're grabbing coffee's &amp; trawling my&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>local&nbsp;</b><b>streets&nbsp;</b><b>*virtual coffee* today...?</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>hoping these gorgeous wooden boxes i found may tempt you...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t3RfOVBSkhI/T06F0c_zxCI/AAAAAAAADyM/-uuCI6TGxOc/s1600/IMG_0684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t3RfOVBSkhI/T06F0c_zxCI/AAAAAAAADyM/-uuCI6TGxOc/s640/IMG_0684.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> you see it's what we call *clean up* on our local beaches- which really just means local council allow<br /> <br /> you&nbsp;to <strike>throw in a great huge&nbsp;</strike><strike>pile</strike>&nbsp;pop out the front of your property, anything &amp; everything you've<br /> <br /> ever&nbsp;wanted to&nbsp;get rid of...<br /> <br /> &amp; they will, after a few days to allow <strike>scavengers</strike>&nbsp;vintage treasure hunters like myself a little time to<br /> <br /> sort&nbsp;out the good from the actual rubbish, then collect these unwanted piles, free of charge &amp; by<br /> <br /> doing so&nbsp;free up your garage &amp; your conscience...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kNoEldOZgGo/T06GSIxOMFI/AAAAAAAADyc/gd3RughS4nY/s1600/IMG_0690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kNoEldOZgGo/T06GSIxOMFI/AAAAAAAADyc/gd3RughS4nY/s640/IMG_0690.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>i've had a lovely past week visiting many a *local clean up pile*, as i took the kiddos&nbsp;</b><b>swimming .</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>..went for my morning hours walk along the harbour...or just spotted something from&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>the car as i've been flying past...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> i'll share all my goodies later...<br /> <br /> there are a few that i <i>may have paid</i> very good money for within the haul,<br /> <br /> had i found them in some favourite <i>vintage shop</i> here on the beaches, or in England...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w6tApst64MQ/T06GgLk_AeI/AAAAAAAADyk/K6N2sGmaOQQ/s1600/IMG_0692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w6tApst64MQ/T06GgLk_AeI/AAAAAAAADyk/K6N2sGmaOQQ/s640/IMG_0692.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <b>i would have photographed them all - &amp; blogged them to my hearts content...</b><b>but i'm a little&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>preoccupied with a phone call we recieved this morning stating that our very&nbsp;</b><b>longed for-&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>desperately missed container of *life* from the English countryside has landed &amp;&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>that&nbsp;</b><b>we will be surrounded by all <i>that is us</i> soon...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z7Y7I4_Fg7Q/T06Gu1V1iyI/AAAAAAAADys/SdQDbMTAFEc/s1600/IMG_0694.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z7Y7I4_Fg7Q/T06Gu1V1iyI/AAAAAAAADys/SdQDbMTAFEc/s640/IMG_0694.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>so...enjoy these side-of-the-road-boxes i found..</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>.there will be sooo many more goodies to share...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sD9plvicFys/T06G-cB82RI/AAAAAAAADy0/flj2BRAsAiA/s1600/IMG_0700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sD9plvicFys/T06G-cB82RI/AAAAAAAADy0/flj2BRAsAiA/s640/IMG_0700.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">have a wonderful few days gals...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i know i'm going to ...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melissa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-3034980239083713978?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/cVYNh-nJsIE" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com17http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/02/are-you-ready-for-fly-by-seat-of-your.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1623577050145803988.post-84692708111872705292012-02-27T14:07:00.000+11:002012-02-27T14:07:28.670+11:002012-02-27T14:07:28.670+11:00<b>morning from the gorgeous beaches of Australia gals...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> i've walked, grocery shopped, dropped back to school forgotten library bags &amp; managed to get<br /> <br /> a good *rant* in <i>on the merits of homework</i> to the three kiddos this morning- <i>all before lunch</i>...!<br /> <br /> i'm on a roll...a monday morning roll...<br /> <br /> so lets keep going with *make-it-monday* as i still have a puppy &amp; a few <i>holes in the garden dug</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i>with pride </i>that i need to discuss with her...!<br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yadI9nDZ8v4/T0rw4B6N2NI/AAAAAAAADxs/ynkQzwu22hY/s1600/IMG_6008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yadI9nDZ8v4/T0rw4B6N2NI/AAAAAAAADxs/ynkQzwu22hY/s640/IMG_6008.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><b><br /> </b><br /> <b>*make-it-monday* kitchen styling by the beach...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> in our big old house in the English countryside- we had <i>many</i>&nbsp;a blackboard...<br /> <br /> i love to <i>list write</i> &amp; <i>quote write</i>...&amp; with three kiddos on the run, it seemed to work that everyone was<br /> <br /> used to checking <i>life reminders on my blackboards</i>- especially the kitchen one...<br /> <br /> so on moving home to the beaches of Oz...i set myself a plan to paint a *practical, big* kitchen wall with<br /> <br /> some blackboard paint...<br /> <br /> as the house has just been freshly painted for our return- i seriously didn't want to make a mistake on the<br /> <br /> wall of choice, or the colour...<br /> <br /> <i>yep...gals...chalkboard paint comes in ALL colours- but the french putty ones are especially perfect!</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cZevlBu8Iqw/T0rxXlQkpVI/AAAAAAAADx0/7w7dD3Yun34/s1600/IMG_6013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cZevlBu8Iqw/T0rxXlQkpVI/AAAAAAAADx0/7w7dD3Yun34/s640/IMG_6013.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><b>so...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>kitchen wall chosen...i searched for chalkboard paint as we had seen in little french restaurants&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b>when travelling with the kiddos in France, over our summers in England...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> there was plenty of black...green &amp; even brights like pink &amp; purple chalkboard paint...<br /> <br /> none of which i wanted, although black would have worked, as it did in England...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--E5ep9wASuw/T0rt1xbIeJI/AAAAAAAADxc/J8h2IReFnz4/s1600/bboard3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--E5ep9wASuw/T0rt1xbIeJI/AAAAAAAADxc/J8h2IReFnz4/s640/bboard3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>then...i came across&nbsp;<a href="http://www.murobond.com.au/downloadDocs/Chalkboard%20Technical%20Spec%20Sheet.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">The Society Inc Chalkboard Paint</span></a>&nbsp;&amp; it was looove at first sight...</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> my favourite new &amp; gorgeous shop {check it out here&nbsp;<a href="http://www.honeybeehomewares.com.au/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Honey Bee Homewares</span></a>} had painted an<br /> <br /> entire, enormous wall in the enticingly gorgeous colour *<i>ship chandler*</i>...<br /> <br /> it's french...putty coloured chalboard brown...<i>exactly</i>&nbsp;what i had been searching for...<br /> <br /> so i grabbed me a big ol'pot of *<i>ship chandler* </i>&amp; went home to slap it on our kitchen wall...<br /> <br /> it is D.I.V.I.N.E ...<br /> <br /> truly if you are a blackboard lover like myself- you will want to invest in this product...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DlsI7FziykA/T0rub156ouI/AAAAAAAADxk/fTJ1iJVihOk/s1600/IMG_5992.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DlsI7FziykA/T0rub156ouI/AAAAAAAADxk/fTJ1iJVihOk/s640/IMG_5992.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <b>&amp; like all of my *make-it-monday* projects-&nbsp;</b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> it's a quick, satisfying, simple living, cool way&nbsp;to&nbsp;give your house- beach or mountain...<br /> <br /> country or ocean based...a little simple styling...<br /> <br /> <i>simply tape with *painters tape* the shape of your blackboard &amp; slap on two coats- giving an hour&nbsp;</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i>between each to touch dry...</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i>i like to double up my tape to get a nice thick edge which is easier to peel off later...</i><br /> <i><br /> </i><br /> <i>give the board a good few hours before you do peel the edges off...</i><br /> <br /> if you're anything like me...love is a french coloured kitchen blackboard...<br /> <br /> done in an hour whilst putting the groceries away...after a long walk on the beach...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HPnHCrbXEq8/T0rx7OAAyMI/AAAAAAAADx8/DJYpMbm-uR0/s1600/IMG_6014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HPnHCrbXEq8/T0rx7OAAyMI/AAAAAAAADx8/DJYpMbm-uR0/s640/IMG_6014.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">*make-it-monday*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a french cafe kitchen blackboard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">L.O.V.E</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">see ya tomorrow for a&nbsp;<a href="http://amyluckynumber13.blogspot.com.au/p/virtual-coffee_07.html">*virtual coffee*</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">melissa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">xoxox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /> </span></div><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <b><br /> </b><br /> <br /> <br /> <b><br /> </b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1623577050145803988-8469270811187270529?l=misssewandso.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/misssewandso/~4/rhFvSwXMSd8" height="1" width="1"/>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074540828366946650noreply@blogger.com16http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2012/02/make-it-monday-french-cafe-kitchen.html