~ A Moment With Audrey...

March arrives, the last hurrah of winter and the first whisper of spring. Slowly our spirits reawaken, along with the natural world,  from a long winter's slumber.....

~ Simple abundance.

~ Hurrah hooray! Then let spring begin..

~ ..

I have such a fondness for this enchanting advertisement that's gracing our screens at the moment!

I wonder have you seen Audrey singing so beautiful 'Moon River'?....

~ It made my heart skip so....

'Tis a little strange but true, I was thinking of adding this song version to my music box only recently.

The song is taken from the movie, 'Breakfast At Tiffany's', starring the handsome George Peppard.....

Isn't it delightful!

Ooh I wish all adverts could be like this...

~ I have a weakness for Galaxy too!

I had an Audrey moment with this little vintage frock..

~ So, dusting off the cobwebs of winter , it came out of the closet to play once more, this week...
Well it has been so'spring like'!

(Vintage floral dress ebay find £10)

~ My words, precisely!

Today.

~ Sipping my morning cuppa from the prettiest china teacup...... I pondered on my horoscope for this week....

~

It read...

"Be careful of seeing things from the past through Rose Tinted spectacles".....

Tee Hee, this made me smile..

Is there any over way to see things!

Daisy Mae,came to live with me recently.

(My mother's day gift)

She's a dash of 'springtime' , all right!

In her vintage petty coat, with the prettiest daises ever...

~ she also wears the cutest pantaloons in a pretty lilac shade.

In her tiny ears are the sweetest pearl earrings....
She seems to have made her self right at home, here.

She was created  by the lovely Helen Mckenna...

A local lady.

(Helen has a website)
www.helenmckenna sews.co.uk.

She's a vintage girl, through and through!

Pedro and Trinny catching a few rays of sunshine.....

"Ooh don't be fooled by US...We are like an old married couple."

We play together, lay together, then fall out and make up and do it all again....

'Such is life'.

(Notice also our handy work on the wall paper here! )

~ I will close for now, but I wonder what has filled your hearts with glee this last week?

The snow drops, the crocus', the beautiful bird song, all spring times promise's of her beauty to follow.....

Take time to dream.

I am off to buy that galaxy!

Love Maria x

The Thorn Birds.....

~ There's a story.....a legend, about a bird that sings just once in its life....from the moment it leaves the nest, it searches for a thorn tree....and never rests until it has found the perfect tree......It then sings more sweeter than any other bird on the earth. On singing it impales itself on the longest sharpest thorn until death....The Thorn bird pays with it's life for just one song, but the whole world stills to listen..... - Taken from the Thorn Birds....

I wonder do you recall this mini series filmed in the early eighties? 

The Thorn Birds.

~ It's the story of a priest torn between his calling of the church and the lure of the purest kind, a beautiful young ranchers daughter named Meggie.

I loved every thing about this series and the story set in the Australian out back...set between 1920 - 1962.

I remember I fell for Father Ralph de Briccasart too...
This scene is my  most favourite, when Ralph  realises, his love for Meggie, is different to any he has ever felt before.......

~ The beautiful music takes me back...

I remember we were glued to our screens ! ~ Well the girls in the house any way!

The cast was pretty splendid too, with Richard Chamberlain and Jean Simmons and Barbara Stan wick ( Both ladies being my dear Dads favourite actress's)

Today I treated my self to the whole series on DVD...

Ooh and the book by Colleen Mccullough.

I know I will cry and have to watch by myself! hehe...

But I am an old romantic at heart....

~ Spring has most certainly sprung here!
I am keeping my fingers AND toes crossed  that we are past the worst!
Today is bright and chilly, but so spring like.
Even my kittie cats seem to have come out of hibernation....
~ and at least venture out for a short while now....

~ I have been puttering and a pottering ( I do this better than any thing.....)
And put together this basket of vintage crockery, beautiful  African Violets....Herbal teas and a few pretty cloths...A gift for a dear friend who has just found her Wings......And learnt how to fly again.....! After leaving a bad relationship!

"Believe in your self and all that you are!"
Words that speak to YOU, if you only listen......
~ 

~ I have been having a browse through this lovely cook book....

~ Gwyneth Paltrow's cookery  book is lovely with lots of ideas on vegetarian meals and simple family lunches using lots of herbs and various cheeses, olives and of course my favourite sun blushed tomatoes....
I always prefer cook books that are less about cooking and more about lifestyle.....
Gwyneth tells a story while she prepares food lovingly.... and I guess I like this more than the actual recipes!
It is priced at £2.99 in WHSmith at the moment, so really reasonable too!

It has been Patrick's birthday this last week so we have been eating lots of cake and making merry!!
Cats and all...
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~ Happy Monday to YOU all! 
"I am off to make some 'Hay While The Sun is Shining."
Leaving You with 'Twinkles' ******
Love Maria x
Oops Thanks for being just the nicest peeps on here! ~ And I do hope you remembered 'The Thorn Birds too!
Or were you watching 'Fame' around this time? Oh I loved that too!
~ another post, me thinks!

Running Away With The Gypsies.....

~ Many moons ago when I was just a small child....

I am thinking back today of when I was just a small child. I remember my Mum in times of stress and worry stating quite clearly, she would love to run away with the gypsies.....

I never understood why?

In fact I used to worry that she really would!

~ Of course I understand now she was perhaps wanting to be a million miles away.....

Just for a day only!

~ Only for a day...

~ My biggest worry then was would she take me with her?

Of course I quite fancied seeing the world and travelling via a beautiful caravan!
~ Seeing only through my small child like eyes...

~ Never laying down roots...

Just for today I feel like running away with the gypsies too!

~ But only for today.

~ The sun is shining which helps lift the spirit...

~ But the long winter seems to have had us all in her deep clutches for a wee while now..

The last week here at home has been a 'busy bee' one!~And a nasty cold still lingers with me...

~ Oh I do hope Spring is around that very next corner.......

 "Mirror Mirror on the wall"

This lovely mirror tray came home to live with me this week!

A treat from the pretty gift shop were I spend my hours.....

The best part is finding a special place to display it..

~ Patrick will smile and say "Do we need another tray?"

My reply will be " Of course not, but it was calling to me"...

 ~ Lots of pretty things call out to me ~

I have been listening to this wonderful CD, by Julie London....

I hadn't heard of this bluesy artist before, but her singing is so reminiscent of times gone by...

 

~Do YOU have days were you feel like running away with the gypsies, I wonder?

~ I wonder where YOU would go?

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~ After word.
And do you know I did grow up always dreaming of being the cadbury's flake girl! 
( The one where she is biting into the flake as the beautiful, gypsy caravan moves away)
I wonder if this came from my Mum's thoughts...
~

Thanks for being lovely friends on here...
Love Maria x
I will be popping into your blogs very shortly with a nice cup of lady grey tea!
Bliss....