S*H*A*D*E

To sit in the shade

on a fine day

and look upon verdure

is the most perfect refreshment

Jane Austen

I adore the shade these days as it's extremely H*O*T

Happy Thoughts! xx

Tuesday's Tea

Boil some water

add a lot of

fresh mint leaves

Candy

for

eye

&

mouth

Let's drink our Tuesday's Tea at 15hrs30

all around the world

all the same tea

Now wouldn't that be pure JOY?

Happy Thoughts! xx

Wonderful ....

Wonderful flowers

Wonderful time

Wonderful school

Warm wishes for a wonderful week !

Happy Thoughts! xx

Friday's word

Pick your word for Friday

FUN

Flowers

Forgotten

French Frites

Fairytale

Fabulous

Fruit

Four

Have a Fantastic Friday!

Warm Weekend Wishes too

Happy Thoughts! xx

Thursday's treasure

A glimpse of

the heating

in my kitchen

yes, yes,

it's black

and

it's 0.45 meter wide

and

it's 1.95 meter

high up in the sky

Actually

I just wanted

to show

my aqua magnet

<^_^>

Happy Thoughts! xx

Faux or Fresh

A wee peek of my desk

what do you think

is this rose

a fresh rose

or

a faux rose

loving roses

in every way

each and every day!

Happy Thoughts! xx

** Summer **

I wonder what it would be like to live in a world

where it was always June

L.M. Montgomery

Have an amazing Summer!

Happy Thoughts! xx

Week {end} Wishes

:: Happy Happy Father's Day ::

&

:: a Happy Happy new week ::

Happy Thoughts! xx

S = for ....

Storage

Spools of thread

Soft Soap

Both jars found their new spot in my cupboard today.

What have you been up to today?

Happy Thoughts! xx

**Pure sweetness**

The little cheese shop in

the nearby village

{where village-made-cheese is sold}

has this cutest corner.

I have to stop over in that corner

each and every time I visit.

Last weekend I found the Sweets

I used to crave.

Pretty pink raspberries, oh so sweet.

I was {and still am a little bit}

on cloud 9

Thanks for the memories, sweet SweetS

I bet you also have lovely memories

on your childhood SweeTs ...

Happy Thoughts! xx

Strawraspcherries

Cherries

Raspberries

Strawberries

I adore all the red Summer fruit!

Looking so pretty all together in one pretty bowl.

Today just a little bit of adoration on a plate.

Luiza from Feelings

has send me the pretty strawberry dishcloth.

Thank you once again, sweet friend,

my eyes love the happy fabrics.

~*~ Have a fruity week ~*~

Happy Thoughts! xx

Magic in Mosaic

Just a few more pictures

taken in the amusement park

A huge hug and a big kiss

for a magical weekend !

Happy Thoughts! xx

Merry-go-round

* The best kind of friend is the kind

you can sit on a porch swing with,

never say a word,

then walk away feeling

like it was the best conversation that you ever had *

Past weekend we've had a lot of fun in an amusement park

I thought I'll take a picture of the

merry-go-round

for all you lovely ladies

so we can all together go-round-merry a couple of times

Happy Thoughts! xx

Always look up

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. G.K. Chesterton We are enjoying rain rain rain so much JOY for my garden! Sending many sweet raindrops your way for a lovely day. Happy Thoughts! xx

Sweet Treat

My sweet little monkey

adores tractors

Tractor Treats

had to be made

But how to?

I tried cookies,

no success

Oh yes, we did have a lot of fun

but the flavor was not a lot of fun

I came up with cake

Slicing it up

&

Cutting the tractor out

Now that was fun!

Tasting and looking fun too!

I forgot to take a picture of the tractor cakes

will most definitely create them more often

and will come up with a picture

Let's surround us

with ColoR and tea

Care to join me?

Happy Thoughts! xx

Kind words

Kind words are jewels

that live in the heart and soul,

and remain as blessed memories

years after they have been spoken.

My sweet friend Francis made this lovely

collage of W O R D S

A lovely new week!

Do spread kind words ....

Happy Thoughts! xx

Hurray!

We are ready for the weekend...

a party weekend!

All the right ingredients are here

Sun, Cake, Banners, Balloons,

Presents, Cake, Balloons, Banners,

did I mention Cake?

Google showed me this lovely wreath.

From now on I collect these cute ribbons...

Wishing all you lovely ladies a grand weekend!

Happy Thoughts! xx

Life = good

1. Last week I received the
   Life is Good award from sweet Luiza and her lovely blog Feelings, here
   I'm not an award person but this time I thought I play along.
   Luiza made up 10 questions and now I am to answer those, here we go.
   
   
   
   
   What place in the world would you like to visit and why?
   That would be New York or Boston or Vancouver or San Francisco or ...
   New York for starters, I must meet the Big Apple some day, just because!
2. 
   
   What was your biggest dream when you were a child?
   Riding to high school on that gorgeous blue road bike,
   I saw in the shop we visited almost every Thursday evening.
   Oh, and I always wanted to become a flight attendant. Growing older, that dream faded.
3. 
   
   How do you see yourself 10 years from now?
   Still enjoying everything about my family and perhaps working on some projects again
   {like I did before giving birth to my children}
4. 
   
   How would you describe a perfect friend?
   A thoughtful friend = a perfect friend.
   
   
5. What is the first thing you do when you get up in the morning, besides going to the bathroom?
   Honestly? Opening my laptop for a short, just a very short walk in blog land, 15 minutes tops.
   
   
6. If they were making a movie of your life, who would you want to play your part?
   Julia Roberts, I love to watch her act.
   
   
7. What is your idea of a perfect day?
   Tranquility, to give and receive
8. 
   
   Someone famous you would like to be for one day?
   Hmm, still thinking..
9. 
   
   Favorite food?
   Strawberries, oh wait that is my favorite fruit. Italian for food.
10. 
    
    What scares you the most?
    To pass away young and having to leave my four little monkeys without being able to see them grow old.
    
    
    Happy Thoughts! xx

Flower sweetness

Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels.

But their magic sparkles in nature.

Lynn Holland

I just love the sweet little bouquets

all around the house

inside and outside

this time of year.

All the lovely wild flowers

my children pick

on our way back home from school

or in the field next to our garden

Happy Thoughts! xx

Cookie Carnival

We are off to a

bake~cookies~week

* Testing

* Some more testing

The final will be next weekend

I'll keep you posted

Happy Thoughts! xx