Great anticipation

Oh my goodness at last the day has come!

I have been in such a deliciously butterfly state of anticipation and excitement at the iminent arrival of the Faraways!

Yes at last they are coming home for a visit, 24 hours on a plane from Melbourne and I will have the happy~rush at Heathrow airport!

And so I have been preparing the lane, making it as special as I can for a memorable visit to England.

I have been fixinga nd tying and dead heading the glorious June blooms.

and decorating the Lane in readiness...

Mr.Boodle wonders what all the fuss is about?

And then, at long last in the evening sun my dream is realised and the little people get to walk on our little piece of England in the fading summer sun.

life is good

long evening shadows as we head for the stream to spot dragonflies

All is peaceful and perfect

Sarah

xXx


We are off to see castles tommorrow!

Mornington Memories

My "Faraways" are a really really long way away on the other side of the world in Australia.
I have been thinking about them a lot recently as it was Poppy's First Birthday.
Last time we met she was just an Ickle Pickle in my PenSIL's tummy, around 12 weeks I think!
So it is a little indulgement of me but I had to look at all the photos of the last time we were all together.


And here I am sharing some of the loveliness with you!
The wonderful emerald carpet studded with yellow flowers is at King Arthur's Seat. Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.






This red car was parked outside a fab vineyard called Montalto. They have so got things figured out! You can have lunch , quaff the wine whilst gazing across the terraces of vines. Oh and they grow a lot of the fruit and veg on site too!














See what I mean!











Seriously glorious!





This became my plant obsession whilst out there! Kind of lupinsque it is a perennial. I have forgotten the name but I know that Burncoose Nursery in Cornwall has them! I will not be returning without my very own specimen this summer.

Anyway I shall end with this jumble of pics

I have lost the will to live whilst trying to ..

make them neat and mosaic like!
It seems like such an achingly long time to be apart it is so good to be reminded of Happy times together.

Wonderful memories, bless all you faraways we miss you lots x x x