I'm Dreaming of a White Holiday Season

Well, its certainly not white in New Zealand right now. Summers finally shown its face and it's a beautiful day sunny day in Mission Bay and the only white I'll be seeing is the white sands of the nearby beach when I walk Poppy later.  Don't you wish you were in NZ right now.  

St Heliers looking towards Rangitoto Island, where I will be walking Poppy along the sands this evening.

I had a lovely Christmas day with my mum and some friends and my younger son, with my other son popping in later along with Africa his dog. Initially Christmas day I had a bit of a set back,  first I overslept as my new "smart" phone was not so smart and the alarm didn't go off....then later on I realised my turkey had been in the oven for an hour and a half and was not cooking, I had set it on "defrost" instead of fan bake!  So it was a very late lunch but still delicious and everyone seemed to enjoy it.  The only detrimental thing about Christmas dinner in Summer time is the heat while your cooking and the buzzy insects that seem to make a bee line (even though they are flys) for the kitchen as soon as they smell turkey. Right now mum is snoozing on the sofa, poppy is spread eagled on the floor so I'm taking advantage of a little free time and have a few mins to find some nice images to share with you of how I see a real Christmas, white and snowy!

Images above reproduced with permission from jj locations, further images of the above location can be seen "here". Photos shot on location in Essex, England.  

Image from Country Living

Image from Hobbycraft where you can find tutorial to create this table runner.

Hope your having a wonderful Christmas day/Boxing day 

Lee oxo

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Poppy ....zzzzz!

Its snowing - white Interiors

Well, what can I say but Wow!, it snowed in Auckland yesterday, apparently the first time for 79 years. I was sitting at my desk working when I saw what first appeared to be small hail stones. However, they were not falling heavy like hail but drifting down slowly, next minute the drifts increased  and suddenly I realised it was snowing in Mission Bay, Auckland.  I was literally astounded but smiled and rushed for my camera.  Unfortunately the snow melted as soon as it touched any surface and my photos are sadly not clear enough to post on my blog. I have decided however, to keep with the "white" theme today and posting some inspiring white interiors with a little touch of colour to some of them.

 white on white

 greys on white - love the framed photos on the wall, I intend to do similar in my hall with the prints I purchased from Faux Kiss

I love the country classic look of this room - searching for a similar coffee table for my living room

white with a touch of "natural"

white with a touch of shabby chic - The Peony, my favourite flower attracted me to this room