Birthday day out

I had a special birthday this month and i don't mind everyone knowing i am 40 :-)) i know myself better and have more confidence now than in my 20's,i can say no now when i want to say no instead of saying yes and then being mad with myself after lol,i can choose my friends and family,people who are good for me and who are positive,happy and want nothing from me other than friendship and love,i can craft all day long and have roses on my dress and bags and furnishings and i don't get called old fashioned lol,yes i like 40 it works me,my friend surprised me with this pretty pink cake she had made....

We picked my mum up in the car and she had the most beautiful flowers for me...i popped them in water and we started our journey out for the day....

We drove through pretty villages and said to each other "i would live there" " ooohh i love that one"......

We stopped the car to get out and enjoy the beauty of flower filled meadows,so pretty.....

Peeked over garden walls...isn't this stunning?....

Finally we arrived at the lavender farm...we love this place and visit every summer....

We walked around the gardens breathing in the heady scent of lavender filled air and rested on the many benches and enjoyed the beautiful views....

Listened to the buzzing of the bee's as they collected their pollen......

Popped inside and enjoyed lavender shortbread with lavender ice cream......

and sipped lavender tea,oh so English ;-)).....

We brought home lavender mint.....

and banana mint too.....

It was the most perfect birthday day out and we all slept really well after all that lavender,

 XxX

Dreams and Peace

The keys for the beach cottage were in our hands nearly a year ago now and we set to and painted the existing fence cream with blue tops and tidied the garden up just to make things look a little better.....we dreamed one day of a white arch with roses all around and a picket fence with a cute little gate......well last weekend we were at the beach cottage that dream started to become a reality....tonight we will be fixing the picket fence and white washing and measuring for a gate to be made.....you can see my rose propped up at the left side waiting to be planted....

I don't want to bore you all with pictures of inside the house so come on lets go for a walk,mum always says that 'a change is better than a rest'....can you feel the warmth of the sun on your skin? do you need to put your sunglasses on? maybe some sun tan lotion? i will wait for you my dear friends although my legs want to carry me as fast as they can to the sea................

Can you smell the fresh air and hear the gulls calling "the sea,the sea"?..........

What are you thinking as we stand here watching the waves crash on the shore? maybe bills,errands?family troubles? things that can daily pull us down? i hop skip and jump from the beach cottage to this special place every weekend about five or six o'clock in the morning and i look out to sea and i stop my whirlwind city life and i pray,i breathe in,i breathe out,i am thankful for my life,i send prayers and quite messages of hope and love to my sweet family and my dear friends,i blow kisses to loved ones who are no longer with us......

I reconnect with myself and i am reminded of what is important and what really matters in life,i am at peace and ready to start work on the beach cottage....

Where do you reconnect? i would love to know?

 xxx