Beautiful Passion Flowers in Mark's lovely garden. We've spent some time in his garden the past couple of days and I always love these amazing flowers that he has crawling up the staircase to the roof garden. 'People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to… Continue reading Passion Flowers
Today I'm sharing one of my absolute favorite recipes. It is a recipe for Blueberry Tart from Joanne Harris (author of Chocolat and many other wonderful books). I used to make this tart once a week for years and then it became a once in a while thing. Here you really can only get fruits… Continue reading Blueberry Tart
Sometimes all you need is a bit of sunshine to bring you joy. At this time of year at the end of the day, the sun shines through our kitchen window and casts a warm glow above one of my Joy signs. 'What is joy—a sunbeam between two clouds.' ~Dorothée de Luzy
Every Monday should be as fun as ours was this week. We drove up to Sant Andreu de Llavaneres to spend the day with our friend Gemma. Gemma, you may recall from previous posts, was the celebrant who performed our renewal of vows here February 2016. When we returned for our annual vacation in September… Continue reading A Day in Sant Andreu de Llavaneres with Gemma
The one I have been waiting for. Every morning when we open our bedroom curtains we look out to see if the yellow and purple irises have bloomed yet. This is the first and WOW she is a beauty! 'When you can’t find the sunshine, be the sunshine.' ∼ Unknown
The Winery Woman 