Sage Green

 

 

SAGE GREEN IS A GREAT ACCENT COLOUR FOR THE COUNTRY

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It's a soft and subtle colour

working beautifully inside and out

I love it in both in decor and the garden.

I grow sage in my herb garden

and love to cook with it 

as well as using it as a garnish.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Melissah xox

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Red Summer Delight

I love all the healthy, fresh treats that summer provides ~

sweet juicy fruit picked straight from the tree,

vegie patches bursting with strawberries, rhubarb and crisp vegies ~

packed full of goodness and bursting with flavour!

♥

Melissah xox

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Herb Love

Herbs are the quintessential plant  

- they look gorgeous, smell even better,

 improve the taste of your food and do you the world of good.

Pick them straight from the garden and add a dash to a dish, 

a touch in tea, a sprig on your roast or a sprinkle in your soup.

The extra flavour in your cooking is well worth the effort. 

Melissah xox

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Food For Thought

Hand picked goodness

 I love the textures, aromas and colours of fresh ingredients.

Eating a rainbow can fill you with goodness :-

the lush, rich colour of strawberries,

the rich sunshine of an orange,

and the rosy red of an apple. 

Melissah xox

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Country Life

 One of the things that attracts me about life in the country

is hanging onto old fashioned traditions,

where you are more self sufficient

and the meals are home cooked and full of home grown goodness.

I love the idea of vegie patches,

fruit orchards, free range chickens

milk and cream straight from the dairy

and home made jam made from hand picked berries.

I also like the idea of a slower paced life

where there's really time to relax and unwind!

Melissah xox

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A Field of Dreams

Take it outdoors! 

One of the things I love about this time of year is eating outdoors. We like to spend as much time as possible outdoors. There's Sunday brunches on the balcony, barbeques and drinks with friends on the deck, alfresco lunches with the family, picnics in the park and garden parties on the lawn. Spring seems to be all about food and entertaining for us!

Melissah xox

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Sunday Pleasures

 

Sunday loves include :-

a long sleep in
a leisurely breakfast in bed
{my latest craze is homemade toasted museli}
and a skim through the fun sections of the Sunday papers .
On a perfect Sunday

there's always time to read by the fire with a cup of coffee and
time in the kitchen to bake something yummy for lunch.
I always try to whip through a few of the weekly chores
before a long, hot soak in the tub,
Finishing off a the day
with a movie in bed.
Heaven!

♥

Melissah xox

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