It was a...

...kind of "blink and you miss it" moment, but it was good to see anyway. Something to tell the grandchildren and a great excuse to drink vast amounts of Pimms....and we did!

A place at the window was repaid in roses. I like payment by roses. These are "Constance Spry" and a couple of "New Dawn" from my garden. Lovely.

Has the torch been down your way?

Have you seen...

...the ginormous (good word - a favourite with my kids - opposite of tinsy) florists' buckets we've just added to the website. They're flipping gorgeous when stuffed full of summer flowers. I got this lot from my favourite man on our local market. We had a long chat about peonies; don't you find it annoying that when you buy them in tight bud, they never open, just turn into rock hard brown balls!

Anyway, the Olympic torch is coming down our very road on Thursday! We will have ringside seats from our upstairs sitting room windows - most exciting! I am doing Pimms and cucumber sandwiches and lots of friends are coming to watch - just hope I don't fall out the window in tipsy excitement! Will post pictures if I don't.

I am rather...

...delighted with all the new things we've just put on the website...http://www.decorativecountryliving.com/latest_arrivals/
Almost certainly coming home with me are a couple of these gorgeous lanterns.

They'll look perfect outside for summer parties and I can just see them at Christmas with sprigs of holly around the base of the candle.
I also love the simplicity of these glasses. Great to have on the dining table with a jug or carafe of water.

Hope the sun is shining where you are. Second attempt at Sports day tomorrow. First attempt was a wash-out.

Do you have...

...a "Chien Lunatique"? I know lots of you have been waiting for these lovely blue enamel signs to come back into stock. Well, they're here, so now you can hang one up in your  house to let family and friends that you have a crazy dog!

A bucket of...

...roses, to cheer us up on a cold, windy horrible June day.

Sniff sniff...

Nice!

I'm off to switch the heating on.