Monday 13 December 2010

Christmas in Summer ??


I still can't get used to the idea of Christmas in the summer, but for us it is real.
In my shop is it really busy at this time of the year, everybody is in the Christmas mood, buying presents and decorations. At home the Christmas tree is decorated and the 750 little lights are burning every evening. But still it doesn't make sense to me to celebrate Christmas in the summer.


Every day I come back from my garden with fresh flowers. I love to pick flowers every day.
My little girl is the same. On the school route there are lots of flowers to pick and 9 out of 10 she is coming home with some flowers as well. She told me : Mum when I'm a bit down I always pick flowers and feel great afterwards. Isn't that sweet.


Here are some garden flowers on my kitchen table.


For all of you who are in the Christmas mood, enjoy!

3 comments:

Sweet Mary said...

I have cornflowers too ! Merry Christmas (in the sunshine!) to you and your family.

Corine(THUIS) said...

Ik scrolde door op zoek naar de zomerse kerstboom..maar nee.. nou ik ben ook blij met de korenbloemen hoor, heerlijk zonnig!
Groeten, Corine(THUIS)

Madelief said...

Hoi Lien,

Dat jij deze mooie korenbloemen in het wild kunt plukken! Ze staan prachtig in de witte kan.

Ik wens jou en je gezin hele gezellige kerstdagen en een mooi en gezond 2011!

Lieve groet, Madelief

Introducing

This is the first time that I write in my blog.
I am Jacoline, me and my family emigrated to New Zealand from The Netherlands 3 years ago.
I can tell you, we went through some hard times in those 3 years, but we found our dream.

We bought a lovely home close to the beach. I spend a lot of time in our garden which has a lot of fruit trees, a nice vegetable garden and great flowers.

I love to shop in secondhand shops and garages sales are the best invention ever.
My days are filled with craft, cooking , baking and of course my 3 girls.
I try to have a beachwalk every day and on wednesday I join the quilt club.

We are still busy with rebuiling the house to make it a great home.
We like traveling and like to discover our new country.
I keep you updated with new stories, recipes, ideas and pictures every week.