i have a little spring in my step this morning...
as i have bought us little lovelies to have with our *virtual coffee*...
viennese mince pies no less!
i A.D.O.R.E venice...
& i A.D.O.R.E mince pies...
so really i'm sure they are made in heaven...
{see...i told you...a little spring in my step...}
so as we lose pastry & mop up mincey loveliness...
let's catch up on our week...
i'd like to know how your seasons are a-changing?
err...except those of you who are whipping out your bikinis...& waxing those legs...
you can just keep your warm salty little sandy days to your selves at the moment...
just till i get into the swing of our cold snap...!
no...honestly i'd like to have a little warm virtual catch up together!
bet you couldn't offer viennese mince pies though!
weather compared...now down to the real stuff...
our gorgeous little
she loves the story, the bedtime, switching on the little *globe of the world* next to her bed...
she loves the chatting to her brother, she even loves the going to sleep...
it's the staying asleep that seems to be throwing her...
so what can i say...twelve years after our first was born...we still don't pretend to have all, if any, of the answers...!
then i'd show you how to light a really great fire...in the lovely old stone fireplace...
the one with my favourite pink seat, that i always give to you, next to it...
we had two gorgeous fires this past weekend...
they smell incredible...
the heating is also *cranked up* to give the illusion of *summer*...
{sans sand, salt, sunscreen & bikinis...!}
i figure as my birkenstocks are *festive silver*, i should where them in the lead up to christmas no matter what the weather...
so with fires blazing...& central heating powering we are having a pretty mild winter so far!
shall we just have a little *top-up* from the pot & another nibble...?
actually you just talk for a bit...while i eat....
mmm...really?....noooo?....ooohhh lovely....
then i'd talk to you about christmas...& stockings...& kiddos...
i have made a *mountain* of christmas stockings this week...
the thing i love about this sort of creating is it's *life-long*...
it's not a dress that will be out grown...
or a coat that will get too short...
it's a part of one's childhood memories...christmas eve tradition...
i had the same stocking growing up, that my mother made for me & my dad painted my name on...forever...
if i went home for christmas i know my mum would put it out...
if i slept in their big comfy spare bed...i could lay it at the end on christmas eve...
so i have had a wonderful week creating stockings that will last a life time...for others...
i'm thinking monday mornings...they can be pretty lame at times...monday mornings...
but if you've created...arranged or dragged out from under the stairs, something over the weekend, for christmas, maybe you'd like to share it...
i like very few things more than a good nosey into other people's christmas plans...
seriously i'm terrible...love it all...
i couldn't love this little christmas scene in my dining room more...
the deers from our wonderful holiday to this wild beach coastline in northumberland...
the vintage printing block *A* for our lovely littlest...
& the english glass bauble...
shall we have just one more little top-up before we get on with our day...?
i just want to tell you about our weekend in the english countryside...
we had a busy country weekend of football...
yep sol captained the team to a very close 5-4 win...
& then we took the kiddos to riding lessons...
i just love that our surf mad, beach crazed, salty haired kids are learning to ride!
captaining your local team...as the only aussie amongst a team of british *lads* born & bred on the game, makes
& then throw some horse riding into the mix...
& we think our kiddos are pretty darn cool!
did i listen enough today? i like to think of myself as a pretty good listener!
but sometimes...when i need to get to the P.O to send out christmas stockings to waiting kiddos...
i do take over a little...
i do slop up my mince pies...even the exotic viennese ones with a little to much gusto...
so...if there's anything else i didn't ask you about...
if there's anything else you want to just *lob* at me...let me know...
i'm all ears & full of mincey loveliness & ready to listen...
&
as always a huge hug of mince pie thanks
to our *virtual coffee* host
miss.amy
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"trying not to remember
not to forget
all the little things
that make up each day"
~~~
