sweet indigo life

My delicious summer.

Bakery window, Greenwich Village, NYC

Toronto has THE best food. :) NYC has THE best pizza though.  It's true.

(Go ahead.  Challenge me.)

Off to a concert tonight.  Isn't summer so much fun? xo

From crusaders to kings.

I'm a historical fiction nut.  You may say I'm crazy for crusaders. Frenzied for pharoahs.  Wiggy for warriors, lol!

My tea, and a good read awaits.

So when I went to the library yesterday I stumbled upon this while looking for Lahiri and Aslam (who aren't by the way, historical fiction authors per se but regardless) in the fiction section....(after a busy morning saving little frogs no bigger than my thumbnail from certain destruction on a main road with my girls, and several bike rides to train us for a long ride along the Waterfront Trail to Niagara Falls....but that's another story...)

I opened up the book I found and read the first paragraph...

Granada 1491

There was a scream, and then the loud roar of fire enveloping silken hangings, then a mounting crescendo of shouts of panic that spread and spread from one tent to another as the flames ran too, leaping from one silk standard to another, running up guy ropes and bursting through muslin doors.  Then the horses were neighing in terror and men shouting to calm them, but the terror in their own voices made it worse, until the whole plain was alight with a thousand raging blazes, and the night swirled with smoke and rang with shouts and screams.

From; The Constant Princess by Phillipa Gregory

Well that prompted me to want to read more! How exciting! I love suspense, and right now, I love to be entertained.  Regardless of my knowledge already of how things inevitably turn out for Katherine of Aragon.  Who wouldn't want to read a breathtaking and unguarded account of how a person from our histories may or may not have felt during the course of her exciting life.  I can't wait to see how this one ends.  Well I know how it ends but, you know what I mean! ;)

Did you know?? Catherine of Braganza (a Portuguese Infanta who married Charles I) brought HIGH TEA to England as well as the use of the fork.  No kidding. :) {Naturally I joked with Julian last night that he could thank my people for bringing him civility...lol!!!)

xo

Vintage is beautiful.

No matter what is on the runway.

No matter what the Britney's run around in.

No matter if it isn't "what's hot"...

....there is something to be said for a most gorgeous dress from the 50's. 

Proper Vintage Clothing

When in Toronto,shop from one of these fine choices.

Happy day! xo

Super sweet (and simple) summery goodness.

Planning trips. Aruba or Dominican Republic?

Eating fresh juicy fruit.

Lazing about. Swimming.  Reading.

A perfect summers day. 

Over at sea to sky, we are all about summery fresh goodness.  Enjoy your most beautiful Sunday, whatever you end up doing. xo

The greenest green is happening right now. :)

   

The time will come when you'll see that pretty much everything was better than you thought. That life was more beautiful, people were kinder, greens were greener, and the water was cleaner. But most of all, Gillian, you'll see... that you were simply stunning, every day of your life.

Happily, I've always known the truth -
The Universe

A song for the lucky ones. {All of us, then!}

Have a happy hump day! xo

p.s. I've shown you this before, but it's still worth signing up for your own love letters from the Universe. Simply click on the Universe up there and it will take you to the TUT page. :)

TUT shows you how to focus on the HAPPY things in life, the colour & the joy.  Everything we put out there comes back to us, so, do the math! Put out GREAT things :) Reap the benefits.  I wish all the negative-minded people would sign up for this :) It will change your life. 

 

Tuesday fleurs, pour vous ~

I'm sharing with you the going on fourteen day miracle that is my flowers! (They are soaking up the SUN!)

Today I nurse my sore back.  Yes, poor me! Work last week took it's toll!  :)

The back troubles usually last about three days; today is day three and it's already starting to feel better.  Thank goodness! I can't be slowed down.

The flowers are for YOU! I do hope you enjoy them.  Have you bought yourself flowers lately?  If not, you should!

Enjoy your Tuesday, wherever you are and whatever you are doing!!!

xo

Enjambement.

 

It's Sunday and I'm happy to be home putzing about doing what I do best. (My new bedroom windows allow the sun to tap me on the shoulder, waking me up.  It's a sweet view, with the golden light coming up over the houses on the street. I'm surprised to be up so early, as last night we saw Paul Potts in concert.  Not Pol Pot.  LOL!!! The Nessun Dorma's were weep worthy. But truly my fave of the evening was Caruso...love that song!)

So...today I'll eat toast, drink tea, flip through my book, fret about my hair (Thursday's appointment seems so very far away!), attempt more unpacking. 

I'll weed the yard, fuss over the kids, call my mum.

I'll make a dinner.  (After I go to the grocery store and spend so much more money than is necessary because when I shop I'm a chef!  I can go on T.V. and prepare culinary delights for the nation to envy and emulate! Taste buds will stop in their tracks! Faces will gaze upwards in praise singing...)  It'll likely be a simple meal.  Who am I kidding?  It will likely have an avocado in there somewhere! Oh I've also been told there is far too much food being thrown away.  We compost now, and well, let's just say our bin was overflowing this week!  Egg shells and tea bags baby.

I'll nip out with some excuse or other with my foot to the floor (pedal to the metal baby) and gun it to some pretty location, camera in hand, hoping, wishing and praying for the right light! The right subjects! The right mood! And right when I'm about to snap the perfect photo my cell phone will ring and it will be my sweet husband asking me to pick up milk, and "How much longer do you think you'll be?"

Whatever Sunday brings you, whether you are washing your car (windex those inside windows, it makes for better night driving), making spaghetti bolognaise, watching Amelie, painting your toenails, chatting with your friend on the phone about closet organizers & the benefits of aioli sauce on a salmon burger...or just napping on the couch with the dog curled up behind your knees....do it with L O V E.

Have a  lovely Sunday mon cheries!!!

p.s. Did you have to look up the post title? Perhaps you are a smarty pants and don't need to. (If so, good fa you!)

Do you know why

It is relevant

Here, now, for you to grow!

Wiser, stronger you will be

for using this in your _____ :) 

? {Lousy example, true!)

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I'm sorry for the comment trouble guys.  It should be fixed now. :)

Grand jeté like no one is watching.

 

On my mind lately...What drives our need to be needed? (Love! of course.  The answer is everywhere.)

 (Remedy:) A walk along soft sand, under blue sky, then randomly jete. (Care not if there is an audience.)

Hammocks swaying,  with a cool lemonade and a book.  Stop to remember someone you loved...and then again for another...and then again for yet another. 

Nap. Wish upon a star or just the afternoon breeze.

Spin a globe blindfolded and when it stops have a look to see what country you are going to add to your bucket list.  Go to the library and take out the travel guide for that destination. 

Sweep your insecurities under the rug for yet another day.  (By simply pretending to have none, you make it so.  It's really easy.)

Play the lottery.  Hey, someone has to win. (You?)

Be a kinder, gentler version of you today.  Be an even kinder and an even gentler you, tomorrow. Repeat the pattern.

(Refuel:) Call a friend.  Laugh.  Plan.  Have lunch.  Have confidence in your abilities. Inspire someone. (BE the light.)

Happiest of weekends to you all xo

Flower picking.

A field of wild daisies near my home.

Thursday is upon us and that means a few things to me; It means I'll rise with the sun and pop off to work with a song, because the world keeps turning and people need us.  (Who needs you today? Cause that includes YOU.) It means I'll start a new book today.  I'll listen to this song a few times.  Cause I love it.

Does Thursday have a scent?  I think Thursday smells like naturally aged Indian sandalwood, with a hint of Moroccan rose. (It's got to smell good! . It's the day before Friday after all.)

Now some sharings (internet flower pickin's);

Want to watch a stylish old French film?  (Love her hair! She does too, combing it as much as she does.)

This is one expensive restaurant bill!

A place to exhibit your photography. Free.

Go have yourselves a joyous one, embrace those who embrace you, kiss those who kiss you, and praise those who need it.

xo

EDIT; I know the *new* Typepad has its niggles.  (Don't you love that word?) Anyway, I've become addicted to following.  Now I'm finding all these glorious writers and blogs...who knew?  What a pot-of-gold at the end of the rainbow! Go get your free profile...then you too can follow along.  Such fun! :)

Her face is a map of the world...

 

...it's a map of the world, you can see she's a beautiful girl she's a beautiful girl :) {But then, so are YOU}

This  ...

is how I feel!~ 

I love when this song plays on the radio...I crank it and bee bop about quite happily!  (I love when a song can do that for me.)  The above photo was snapped by my mum on Sunday...we had a nice outing to the auction and then to the beach though it was freezing cold, one of the only low-lights of living in Canada.  The briskly snippy winds didn't keep my children from dunking their toes in to the water though.  Kids don't feel temperatures, did you know that? It's true. :) But as mum said, the day was good for blowing the cobwebs off!

I'm thrilled to be back to work this week, after a three week absence.  A lot has gone on in my world over the preceding weeks...as you well know already.  So it will be great to regain a sense of normalcy.  I'm also planning trips around here and there...and gardening at both places, unpacking, decorating and all the things that make a life.  :)  (I'll enjoy every minute of it) 

I've decided I've eaten way too many hamburger's already this summer.  I can't help myself.  Maybe I'm addicted?

Hmm, food for thought.  :)

Pop in to sea to sky when you have a moment, it's bursting with crimson and soft sandy walking paths. :)

Do you have a summer song?  What is it!?  I must know! I am hooked on this one too.  It's so much fun!  Shake your groove thing...the season is short, shorty.  Happy Tuesday  xo

Enjoy the day loves!