Happy Monday, dear ones! How was your weekend? You inspired me with your “simple pleasures” on Friday, and I hope you each found time to indulge in at least one thing that made you happy.
My weekend was a lovely hodgepodge of solitude and company, sunshine and gray skies, rest and hustle.
Friday night was grand fun with a jolly Classic Movie Night with a gang of dear friends. We popped corn and settled in to watch that hilarious John Wayne classic, “The Quiet Man.” I grinned all over again when I found this collection of Memorable Quotes from the movie.
Saturday dawned gloriously sunny and I slept in luxuriously. The rest of the day was spent with beloved rellies. We had such fun exploring our favorite discount stores and emerging with all sorts of treasures. I was especially excited about all the new herbs, soil, and containers I found, and had such fun expanding my little garden with English thyme, variegated sage, spearmint and all sorts of lettuces.
I kept my food simple but delicious this weekend, drawing from my herb garden for inspiration. With fresh basil and gorgeous tomatoes at hand, I could think of nothing better than grainy bread spread with pesto and topped with diced tomatoes tossed with garlic, olive oil, and sea salt. Mmm. 🙂
I was tempted to be overwhelmed today, my mind racing with all the things on my to-do list, but decided that stressing out was not a good option. So I thought through everything and reckoned that papers could be sorted another day, vacuuming could wait, and learning how to use Adobe Elements could definitely be bumped down the list. Instead I had a beautiful day of puttering: cooking interesting things for my lunches, reading a good book in a puddle of sunshine on my bed, taking a nap on the creek bank. It was just what I needed and I feel ready to face a new week with a rested, happy me.
What is one thing you’re looking forward to this week, luvs?
Love, love, love these photos. Just beautiful. I’m looking forward to watching Coco Before Chanel with my hubs and going on a garden tour!
The purple flowers are beautiful! What are they? Picturesque photos and a lovely celebration of the season.
Oh, thank you, El!! 🙂 I’m so glad. I was so pleased with my little garden that I had to take pictures. 🙂 Ooo, I just watched Coco before Chanel a couple of weeks ago – so very, very interesting – and a garden tour sounds lovely! Enjoy! 🙂
I love them too, Debi! 🙂 They are campanula and are supposed to be a sort of ground cover. I just love them. 🙂
It looks lovely! No way to sign up for updates anymore??? 🙁
Thank you, Duchess! I’m working on adding those things, I promise. 🙂 Just not quite sure how to do it yet!
the photo of the varigated sage looks other-worldly….
I quite agree, doggybloggy! 🙂 I like it. 🙂
Oh thank you so much! 🙂
I admire people who can make food look good on picture. It must be the green grass surrounding it!
The bread you used looks wonderful!!
You’re very welcome, Malin! 🙂 Your work is wonderful!
Yes, the green grass makes everything look good, I think! 🙂
Thanks, Kris! It is really delicious. 🙂
Love the new look to the site. Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend. You take the best photos I’ve seen on the web. I wish you could photograph my dishes.
Cheers!
Thank you, Lazaro! I’m so pleased you like it. 🙂 Thank you too for your kind words about my photos. You just made my week! 🙂 If I were closer, I’d love to photograph your dishes. 🙂
I always feel so relaxed when I come to your site Krista! Perhaps it’s the gorgeous nature photos or the lovely food! 😀
Ohhh, I’m SO glad to hear that, Lorraine! I want this to be a peaceful, beautiful escape. 🙂
Your new blog is looking fabulous! I love how your comments are laid out, I’ve not seen that anywhere else.
Yes we are leading parallel lives whilst I work out how to use WordPress and fiddle with my new theme. I still need to retag and recategorise all my posts yet. I still don’t know how to get up a twitter button so you’re a step ahead of me there!!!
Those tomatoes look great, we’re just at the point where we get some decent ones again here in the UK. I hate tomatoes in winter. I wish we’d get some summery weather to match.
Thank you, Sarah!! That cheers me right up. 🙂
I still have to categorize and tag all my old posts too. Grrr. I should just put on an old movie and get at it! 🙂
I hate those grainy winter tomatoes too. Ugh!! We had the sunniest weather the past week, but today it’s torrential rains and dark skies again. I don’t mind too much. Gives me a good reason to stay inside and do the housework I’ve been neglecting. 🙂