In LOVE with...

Picturesque cottage in Bardon, Brisbane ~
just so perfect...

has my heart this one.

Today I feel...

LIKE THIS.

Imparting Beauty

Paris rainbow, originally uploaded by Lancome Photos.

Rainbow across the Parisian sky.

A little investment of mine...

How could I resist?
I really should of but I didn't.

Just purchased from the beautiful
Ruby & Rose Interiors Online Emporium

33...

photograph by andrea pun

today.

Reminiscing...one year on.

Scott & I celebrated our

First Year Anniversary

today!

...oh how the year has flown.

"Love, then, hath every bliss in store; 'Tis friendship, and 'tis something more. Each other every wish they give; Not to know love is not to live"

words...

Words for the
most part
are overrated

but sometimes

they are needed
more than the air we breathe
and the water we drink.

~Janmaree

There are times...

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TO HOLD OPEN A DOOR. TO SURRRENDER YOUR SEAT. TO THANK SOMEONE IN WRITING. TO LET BYGONES BE GONE. TO REMEMBER YOUR PARENTS. TO LISTEN WITH CARE. TO SURPRISE WITH A GIFT. TO MIND YOUR TABLE MANNERS. TO HONOUR TRADITION. TO GIVE VOICE TO YOUR HEART.

TIFFANY & CO.

Grateful for...

the cool
wind
through
my hair
as I exited the train;

customers,
like good friends
making sure they said
hello
before leaving the store;

my little
puppy,
Bon Bon
greeting me with such zest
and warmth;

a telephone message
from my sweet bee,
Rose.

the heart...

Her heart is in tatters

and

each day

she goes through the

miserable task of trying to

........................................revive.........................................

her heart

and convince her (heart)

she won't always be
alive

but she (her heart) is longing for somewhere else,

a place she knew was more
perfect.

She keeps hoping things will get better,

She keeps saying life was better before.

Her mind gets frustrated by her (heart),

which needs her
to let go.

Her body tires from the constant fight.

She lays her head down
to sleep,

her heart still pines and on her battle goes.

~Janmaree

Making Meaning

I need to believe things happen for a reason......................


............................life doesn't make much sense otherwise.


~Janmaree

L O V E L Y

A beautiful soft room with such pretty, delicate yet statement-making floral pieces. I adore the pale pink knitted blanket too.

Lovely image to find at the end of a long working week...

Thank you Ada & Darcy for the sweet inspiration ~ image originally from Country Style.

feeling inspired by...

red and yellow.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous ~ Aristotle

via gardenrooms.typepad.com

...remember that.

A little something I made yesterday...

Using a photograph of one of my wedding bouquets,
I made this gift tag.

...I put in place a pretty pink and white rose patterned cardboard on the back (to tie in with the colours of the rose bouquet). In the corner, I fastened a pink and white polka dot ribbon through a hole punch.

All that it needs now is a handwritten message and a recipient!

A corner of my home today....

I had fun arranging this corner of my living room today.

"Pink & Blue
Me & You"

...you may remember me quoting this when I wrote about my wedding day ~ it is a little poem my husband wrote for me when we were dating. Pink is my favourite colour and blue is his...the decorating has been inspired by this!

How was your day? Inspiration abound?

Hyacinths and Roses ~ on my kitchen table today...

"The light fell upon the room so prettily

and their faces looked beautiful
like lace and ribbon.

My heart was stirred (again)
by these perfect little masterpieces
plucked from the garden."

~Janmaree