Countryside

My dear friends,

So much has happened during these last few months, and I have been tardy in sharing my news. I am claiming an exemption for my final Honours units, which has included my thesis.

But now it is time to tell you some of the beautiful things that I have been doing.

You may recall that felicitous young man which I mentioned in a previous post. After a busy few weeks for us both, we decided to take a small sojourn.

We had a wonderful time countryside in a gorgeous home all to ourselves in the midst of an 800 acre farm. The house was divine, with the loveliest features tucked inside boxes drawers and cupboards just waiting to be discovered. My beau had been there before to record an album and knew it would be perfect.

Some of the nicest things are those which fall into the day-to-day. We had views like these which kept us company:

And then that certain young gentleman cooked an amazing dinner, making the pasta himself. Darlin'!

It was the cutest little home. Even the refrigerator was delightful:

We listened to the final mix on the drive out, and was accompanied by a haloed moon. How bizarre and magical it was. It was such a lovely stay!

A Little House Warming Present

As you know, I am soon to be moving to a lovely little house all of my own. I am leaving behind an established life for one more austere, but one more imperatively self-determined.

This also enables me to have a few small flourishes of my own. As my funds will be quite restricted for the next six months or so, these indulgences also have to be delightfully thrifty.

My new kitchen is teeny tiny. Without my pantry or the oodles of cupboards I am used to, I decided to use my bench space more functionally. A girl does love a decent aesthetic, and after a little research and nifty bidding I have secured these kitchenette delights.

This is the seller's photo, and I am very excited to be picking up my babies tomorrow. Can you see their gorgeous font? So many suffer the fate of the (quite rare I believe) salt cellar, and lose their lettering. But not these. I have been looking at some of their cousins, and although this set is sans-Coffee, I don't mind, as these days coffee is usually kept in the freezer.

Don't you love their standard colours? Flour is usually red; Sugar, grey or cream; Rice, teal; Tea, pale green and Coffee usually a browny-orange.

I can't wait to fill them all up. And then you can come for tea from the tea canister, and I shall make cakes from the flour canister. Then, after prattling through the afternoon, you can stay on to an early dinner and we shall have something nice with rice and a pinch of salt from the salt cellar. Then we can take an evening stroll in the 50 acre park near my home, then come back for something cozy.

Come by.

xx