Seeing blue

From vivid greens to wide acres of blue. Summer sure does have a good way of reeling you in! This pretty blue plate helped us carry part of our lunch to the garden today - was super tasty :-)

In the garden

We spent a bit of time in the garden yesterday. If you're a local reader from Australia isn't it so very green! I dug up beds in preparation for planting a lovely greeny white hydrangea and Dad chatted with the gardner about the rose bed and how to stop the sheep in the field behind from grazing on them!

I also found a bit of time to shell peas for a traditional English garden pea salad with greek yoghurt mint dressing, yum!

Happy to hear you're enjoying this little tour of England. I am still posting on Aussie time as that is the setting for the blog so some of you might be getting this a bit early date wise sorry for any confusion! Also, I'll be putting up loads more photos on flickr soon so watch this space.

Sweet treats

This afternoon was all about basking in sunshine (although in scarf and wooly jumper), sipping tea and eating macaroons - lime kaffir and sugar palm. Yum! Today I'm missing my gorgeous cousin Laura's wedding in Surrey, England so am sending her lots of best wishes for this very special day. I know she will make a beautiful bride and I cannot wait to see the photos!

Right now I'm rugged up on the sofa watching Midsomer Murders (what happened to Downton Abbey?) and about to sink my spoon into a tub (full size of course) of Ben and Jerry's Phish Food - which is without a doubt my favourite. Hmm yes, the health kick resumes tomorrow...

Hope you're having just as sweet a Sunday!