The first week of June

June has begun with a burst of blue skies and rare sunshine this year - hooray!

Every minute possible is spent outside, soaking up the warmth and pottering around in the fields or forestry.

A few snapshots from this first week of summer:

 

Early morning sunlight in the forestry

 

 

 

Cotton buds

 

 

Daisies are everywhere

 

Fields filled with golden buttercups

 

 

 

A jar full of feathers

 

 

 

A lone dandelion

 

 

 

Treasures found on an evening walk

 

 

 

Sitting in traffic in the sunshine

 

 

In our local bookshop.  I think I may have to buy...

 

Hope you're enjoying June as much as we are so far.  Until next week - ~Siobhan xo 

Hello June!

I'm so glad June is here.  May was a tough month and gave me time to think about the more serious things in life.  I think it was a good thing for me to do.

Now it's June and so far it's been busy and fun and full of smiles!  So, without further ado, here are some photos with a little story to go with each...

We headed up to Dublin yesterday for a day out and some shopping.  This is a sample of the fabulous Georgian architecture that abounds in Dublin.

This is me having a second, that's right, second breakfast of panettone in Carluccio's on Dawson Street.  Breakfast is my favourite meal!

Rows and rows of divinely scented soaps in Avoca Handweavers

And cutesy aprons

Back at home I'm drying the tiniest little yellow tea roses for an up-and-coming art project

And the greenest moss

Tomatoes! In our little conservatory. The scent even at this size is amazing.  Supermarket tomatoes don't even come anywhere close.

Another green photo! This time plums in our garden. Yum yum.

One of the most sweet-scented roses in our garden.  I call it the Raspberry Ripple rose, for obvious reasons

And finally, Boots, Heidi and Kaiser on a walk this evening. I love them to bits!

Wishing you all a lovely June! ~Siobhan xox