Blog it Forward and Random Monday Musings

My friend Veronica from the fabulous blog Tassels, Twigs and Tastebuds asked me to participate in her Blog it Forward series where I reveal some of my innermost secrets. Please go and pay her a visit if you dare!

I have 10 very random Musings for you this Monday.

1. Since I have been blogging now for over a year, I feel that I know you well enough to introduce you to my children. Here they are.

We also have the cutest new addition to the family....

She is the only other girl in my family and her name is Blossom.

Named after this....

...and not this, as some people have suggested. Really!!

2. I have always been quite addicted to beauty. I love looking at beautiful paintings, I love being in beautiful surroundings, I love searching for beautiful pictures in magazines and the web and taking in every last detail. The beauty that I'm referring to doesn't have to be expensive or luxurious, in fact I'm more likely to find beauty in simple and natural things. I believe that someone like me would be described as an aesthete, but when I looked at the definition of aesthete I was a bit shocked.


aes•thete or es•thete (stht)



n.


1. One who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.


2. One whose pursuit and admiration of beauty is regarded as excessive or affected.

Is my pursuit of beauty excessive or affected I wonder?

3. Has anybody found an alternative to Picnik - there is less than a month left!  My photographic skills are somewhat lacking and I found Picnik to be a good friend in that regard. It has also been so much fun playing around with colours and textures. (I tried to make a photo of my dogs look a bit like an old fashioned postcard here.) Any tips on a replacement for Picnik will be most welcome!

4. I did a post here on potting benches and I thought I would show you my talented friend Debbie's little potting corner. See how cleverly she has used an old washstand, planting annuals in the basin! One day I will do a post on the rest of her home if she will let me!



5. This bunch of flowers goes to one of my readers, Agnés. She leaves me wonderful comments in French which I love because it gives me an opportunity to practice my very basic French. I try and work out what she is saying and then go to Google translate to check whether I have got it right. You will be pleased to know, Agnés that my French is improving a little bit thanks to you so keep them coming!

6. Whatever happened to those lovely girls from Under Spanish Moss. They arrived in the Blog world with a bang and left with not even a whimper. I miss their beautiful posts and often wonder what became of them. Anyone??




7. Did you know that in Africa we don't have to backwash our swimming pools ourselves, we just call in the elephants! LOL




8. I am going to stick my neck out here and say...

.... that I think putting extremely ugly contemporary furniture like this in an extraordinarily beautiful room like this is a travesty!!

9. Did you see the movie "Midnight in Paris"? It is worth seeing a few times just for the Paris scenery alone.

10. To end off my very random ramblings, I would like to leave you with this inspirational thought.

Have a lovely week

Till next time
Sharon x