Monthly Archives: March 2013

Greenery

Greenery – an endless source of joy. My feeling for green is greater than my ability, unfortunately. I like cut fresh flowers, flowering plants, etc. Not that I regularly fill my home but more as an eye-catcher when it suits. It inspires a sense of luxury, although it’s a simple & straightforward things to enjoy in the everyday life. Now, one need not be limited to flowers at home. Greenery is everywhere around us, whether it’s gardens, parks or forests. Moreover there is a huge range of stylish garden stuff & accessories, that attracts whether you’re interested or not. I mean, if you wish to create a feeling without having to work in the soil such as digging, moving around, cutting & pruning – well then different pots, tools, wooden boxes, a wheelbarrow & other fitting items can do the trick.

It’s good to make use of the nice weather & take the opportunity or time to actually see all the nice things around. If nothing else, it can inspire to a visit to the garden store, which could brighten the day. Me – I’m just inspired by the wonderful weather, my very little green garden on the back & the cup of coffe in the morning, before it gets too hot. Greenery, that’s my thing right now 🙂

Homegarden

Irresistible / homegarden via Pinterest

google.com

Simple wooden boxes for all sorts of storage / google.com

livethemma vaxthus

Mini greenhouse – in white / livethemma

boligpluss

A dream place in peace / boligpluss

79ideas

Nice glass jars in various sizes / 79ideas

enmammasdag

Create your own garden feeling with simple means / enmammasdag

fleaingfrance.com

Rustic, beautiful & appealing / fleaingfrance.com

stockholmvitt

Simple – three chairs in a corner / stockholmvitt

vanilla

Art / vanilla via tumblr

trendenser

flower shop on display / trendenser

plaza

/ plaza

sweetpaulmagasine

/ sweetpaulmagazine

vtwonen.nl

/ vtwonen.nl

mylovelythings.blog

/ mylovelythings.blog

dailytonic.com

/ dailytonic.com

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Umbrellas

Summer isn’t just about sun, warmth & hot long nights, at least not lately. We have had a fair share of rain in Sydney. In other states, much more unfortunately. That which causes joy for some can cause problems for others. With joy in this case, I can readily admit that I like the kind of rain that we have in Sydney. It’s not cold in any way, but when the rain falls, it falls a lot. Much rain, you could say. Sometimes, it falls for a short while, so that the air feels refreshed. Other times, it seems to be going on for ever. Not that it bothers me. There is no bad weather if you know how to dress, it all depends on the clothing you wear.

I bought a neat umbrella the other day, in suit-plaid-patterns – in different shades of gray. It took a while to find a stylish model with wooden handles & hefty design that can withstand resistance. AND that does not fall apart as soon as it begins to blow a bit. We have a number of countless black umbrellas lying in a basket in the hall for all visiting friends & acquaintances – who often want to take a walk in the pouring rain … when it rains, that is. They are not of the best quality, so we have to replace them every season. The umbrella syndrome, is either that it’s forgotten somewhere or that it breaks somehow. It is what it is … an umbrella!

By the way, it’s beautiful weather today – perfect & around 28 degrees. No umbrellas here today!

airows

Hello there / airows via tumblr

fancy.com

Colourful pedestrians / fancy.com

witanddelight

Beautiful & refreshing / witanddelight

photobucket.com

Romance in the rain / photobucket.com

www.donpaulson.com

Or in a boat / http://www.donpaulson.com

photoproblem.tumblr.com

Design for everyone / photoproblem.tumblr.com

sapalicious.tumblr

Floating light / sapalicious.tumblr

theglamourai

Black always works / theglamourai

Burberry

Stylish / Burberry

myvintagevogue.com

Black & white in Life 1958 / myvintagevogue.com

solamentalist

Great atmosphere / solamentalist via tumblr

todayyouinspiredme

Personal taste / todayyouinspiredme

bathwater.tumblr.com

No matter if it rains a lot of love, some just can’t enjoy the moment / bathwater.tumblr.com

fancy.com

Maybe more a matter of shadow than rain / fancy.com

littlepaylady

On a walk, barefoot in the rain / littlepaylady via fancy

Take care / Marie

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Layer upon layer

The other day on the beach … a lady arrived rather heavily dressed, covering herself from the sun. Well, it’s impossible to stay like that in the heat. So she started taking of her BIG scarf, then her blouse & her t-shirt. Then she took off her sun hat following with shoes & her socks. And for every layer she took off, she then smeared on a layer of sun cream. This took a long while for her to do. She was fully occupied, that by the time she was finished, she went on with the parasol to get it attached in the sand.

To do that, she started to put on her clothes, layer by layer until she completed the procedure with her sun hat. Again, just to keep away from the sun. Well, once she got that done, she sat down to finally enjoy the heat. But it only took her a short while to change her mind. So up again, on with each piece, socks, shoes, sun hat, sun glasses & her big scarf & she went off …  just to walk, not more then 20 meters to the coffee shop in the corner. I stopped watching by that time so you will unfortunately not know how this story ended. I guess she went back with her – whatever she bought – to start all over again with all her garments. Just to find out that she needed to visit the bathroom. And here we go agin…

It got me thinking anyway. But not so much that I had to blog about people or behaviours but more so about layers.

bakersavenue.tumblr.com

Chocolate cake in four stories / bakersavenue.tumblr.com

annagillar.se

Stylish kitchen utensils / annagillar.se

google.com

Urbanity / google.com

sanna&sania

Nicely for dinner / sanna&sania

google.com

Nature’s gift / google.com

cushandnooks

Colourful items for the bathroom / cushandnooks

pinterest.com

Golden layers / pinterest.com

tantjohanna.se

A bit of creativity / tantjohanna.se

feelinspired

Newly designed / feelinspired

glowingface.blogspot

Nice solution / glowingface.blogspot

familyliving

Decorate the walls in height / familyliving

heartbeatoz

Always right / heartbeatoz

plaisirsdemyope.tumblr

Once upon a time / plaisirsdemyope.tumblr

crushculdesac.tumblr

For cold times / crushculdesac.tumblr

Take care / Marie

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