I don't want to go home!

We're back! but we'd rather still be here on the Hampshire coast. So today we are a bit restless having spent easter weekend with family. These pictures were taken early in the morning and the sea mist was still hanging low in the sky as the sun rose and burned off the top layers making for this slightly eerie view across to the Isle of Wight.

can you smell the sea? and feel the warmth of that sun?

The sea was so flat calm it was quite magical.

I will take some photos of my birthday presents to show you later. We had a lovely family dinner at a restaurant looking out across the Solent, just perfect.

Have a lovely easter!

We are off to the coast tomorrow to celebrate my birthday and easter with my mum and family. The sun hopefully will continue to shine over the holiday weekend and I hope you all have a lovely time too! Apparently you are never too old to make these easter nests, as my girls 12 and 15 proved yesterday.

We saved some for you! Enjoy

Louise x

Bon voyage!

My daughter is off on a study trip to Normandy tomorrow and I set aside this pocket mirror for her as a good luck present!
I won it last week in a giveaway from lottiefrank on etsy. Lotties shop features these wonderfully stylish prints and goods using her own illustrations. My photo really doesn't do it justice I'm afraid, but you really must check out her shop!

The mirror arrived beautifully packaged in an organza bag, and is in interesting contrast to some of my daughters packing which includes wellies and rough clothing for an assault course. I can just picture her checking her lippy as she vaults over walls into muddy water.