Love Notes

Jan 07, 2022 • #britain #soup #winter

1/3/22 Nuture Yourself

In the quiet of last week, I tucked into my favorite chair by the fire, and enjoyed some me time reading Willow Crossley's "The Wild Journal: A Year of Nurturing Yourself Through Nature". This line resonated: "Have you ever had an incredibly stressful day but found that simply by going outside and encountering nature - in whatever form you find it - you feel a bit happier, calmer and reconnected?"

Dec 30, 2021 • #holiday

12/27/21 Little Blue Boxes

Every Christmas morning for the last 20ish years, I make a point of taking a quick time out from the happy chaos under my own roof, and just for a moment, I try to picture all those little blue and white MCD boxes under all the Christmas trees near and far. I think how enormously lucky I am to be a part of your wish lists and your holiday celebrations, and how it has changed my life. I pause and feel how fortunate I am to have a tiny chance to spread a little joy to so many people I know and love, and also to many whom I've yet to have the pleasure of meeting. My heart overflows with gratitude.

Dec 24, 2021 • #christmas #holiday

12/20/21 Paint the Town Red

How wonderful is London's Fortnum & Mason all lit up in red and dressed like an Advent calendar?! Now if only every window held the perfect fair isle sweater ... a girl can dream.

Dec 17, 2021 • #christmas

12/13/21 All is Bright

Let's jump straight to the dazzling eye candy this last free standard shipping Monday of the month. Leading things off, we have the brilliant design duo, John and Jason of Mad Cap Cottage, and their clever pink tree in a pot, above.

Dec 06, 2021 • #christmas #gold #holiday #Tablescape #Tablescapes

12/6/21 Christmas Gold

As I sit at my desk on this weekend morning, the sun rises over our tall black fence and bathes the garden in golden light. I have coffee and keyboard in hand, but my proverbial pen is stuck. What, I ponder, could I possibly write that would be worth taking time out to read during this bustling happy frenetically busy season?