A Country Style Christmas

 

What a lovely romantic vision of an Australian country Christmas this is. A collection of mismatched furniture is thrown together under a shady tree in the garden. The setting is relaxed and informal, even the horse feels at home! You can expect a big hearty spread with plenty of food, some good home cooking and some generous, old fashioned hospitality!

Melissah xox

Images via Homelife {Country Style Magazine}

Christmas Magic

There is a whole lot of magic at this time of year - particularly with little kids, you can see it when their faces light up at the thought of Santa coming with a sleigh full of gifts on airborne reindeer - that's enough to get anyone excited! Then on top of that decorate the house with twinkling lights and shiny baubles, pile presents up under a tree and fill the house with the smells of the best home cooking and we can all feel the magic of Christmas!

Melissah

Images via 1, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5, 6a, 6b

A Nordic Style Christmas

One day I would love to experience a Christmas in Sweden in a white cottage with a cosy fire filled with soft candlelight and the smell of the turkey roasting in the oven. The snow would fall softly on the window pane and outside kids would be laughing as they build snowmen, throw snowballs and pull each other around on wooden sleighs. I would decorate the table with spruce and pine cones, lots of candles and gifts would sit neatly wrapped under a small fir tree cut from the forest and dragged back home through the snow....! Okay I'm getting carried away but it paints a lovely picture of a Christmas that's far removed from an Aussie one!!

Melissah

Images via 1, 1b, 2, 3a, 3b, 4, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8

Breakfast in Bed

 

 

 

This morning I had a long and leisurely breakfast in bed with the sun streaming through the window and the birds chirping madly in the background. I am obsessed with porridge at the moment so I had a hot bowl of porridge with brown sugar - a prefect start to a healthy day. I flicked through my Donna Hay Christmas editions looking for some inspiration for clever ideas to whip up on Christmas day. It was a truly relaxing way to begin the day! Happy Sunday!

Melissah xox

Images via 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6    

Saturday Baking Day

 

When I was a little girl I would sleep over at my nan and grandpa's on a Friday night. When I woke up in the morning the house would be full of the aroma of freshly baked goodies. I would wander out into the kitchen and the big country kitchen table would be laden with the week's baking. There would be pies filled with fruit, fresh from my grandpa's garden, cakes and batches of biscuits. It's such a happy memory for me that you will regularly find me in the kitchen on a Saturday morning, covered in flour whipping up a batch of muffins, cupcakes or chocolate chip cookies ready to take on our day's adventure.

Melissah xox

Images via 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

 

Collage in Pink

This beautiful collage sums up everything I love about country life :-

healthy kids, fresh air and exercise

a beautiful garden full of flowers

family pets and menagerie of farm animals

beautiful eiderdowns and bed linen

country cooking

a pretty country cottage in white.

Melissah xox

Images via Lily G