Weekend Life.....Winter Inspiration (#2)

Winter Inspiration (#2)

A week of love, the beauty of late winter, signs of spring

Weekend Life.....Winter Inspiration (#1)

Winter Inspiration (#1)

Creamy green hellebores (the loveliest of flowers which emerge in mid to late winter), cherry blossoms, inky black candles to make a dull, grey afternoon a bit more bearable, flushed cheeks - natural or courtesy of a dab of rosebud pink blush, snow covered buildings and footpaths (alas not in London), soft charcoal wool blankets (sofa-time), textured ceramics to serve steaming bowls of soup or a colourful winter salad, rainy day (lost umbrellas), deep violet silk-satin paired with a graphic neck scarf, lips the colour of an autumnal black dahlia with heavily lined eyes (s*rew the rules).  Winter.

  

Black dinner candles (mine are Tom Dixon but I don't think you can buy them anymore)

Vintage brass chamber candle holder from Etsy

Eric Bonnin black vase from the beautiful Spartan Shop, Austin

Charcoal grey throw blanket (mine isn't available anymore but Urbanara has similar throws).

Weekend Life.....Spring Inspiration (#1)

A little inspiration for the beginning of Spring, the most wonderful time of year to witness the emergence of colour in gardens and parks after the long winter. Cherry blossoms, wattle (mimosa), camellia, forsythia, hellebores, winter jasmine, trees revealing their new season foliage....so much beauty to take in.

I was commenting to one of the chaps at the Covent Garden Flower market that the flower business is rather like fashion: it moves so fast (too fast) and flowers which typically emerge in the garden in late spring have been in the markets for a couple of months (and some before Christmas).