365 CHALLENGE: DAY FORTY FOUR

13TH DAY THEME: PERFECT

TAKING AN EVENING STROLL WITH THE NEPHEW IS PURE PERFECTION...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY SEVEN

6TH DAY THEME: C IS FOR...

C IS FOR CAROL: MY SISTER, MY BEST FRIEND, MY CONFIDANTE. SHE'S AN AMAZING PERSON, FULL OF LIGHT AND INNER STRENGTH AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT HER. 

I'M SO LUCKY SHE'S PART OF MY DAILY LIFE!

THANK YOU SIS, I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS!!!!

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY

PRETTY LAMP IN MY SISTER'S SITTING ROOM. 

IT'S A PRESENT FROM A VERY LOVED FRIEND OF OURS, BROUGHT WITH HER WHEN SHE CAME BACK FROM STUDYING IN GRANADA. SHE BROUGHT A PAIR OF THEM, AND WHEN SHE FOUND SHE WAS EXPECTING, PLACED THEM IN THE NURSERY. THEIR LIGHT IS WARM AND RELAXING, THE NURSERY WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE.

A FEW MONTHS LATER, MY SISTER GOT PREGNANT TOO, SO OUR FRIEND GIFTED HER ONE OF THE LAMPS SO THEY COULD BOTH NURSE THEIR BABIES UNDER THE SAME LIGHT.

SISTERHOOD IS NOT A MATTER OF BLOOD, IS A MATTER OF THOUGHTFULNESS...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY TWENTY SEVEN

MY CAMELLIAS! 

SO LUSH AND GORGEOUS...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY TWENTY FIVE

THIS IS THE LAST ADDITION TO MY COLLECTION OF BOTTLES. IT USED TO BELONG TO MY LATE GRANDMOTHER AND IT'S VERY OLD.  I LOVE ALL THE GOLDEN DESIGNS ON ITS SURFACE AND IT MAKES ME SMILE. 

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DATE IT. SUGGESTIONS, ANYONE?

365 CHALLENGE: DAY FIFTEEN

NEEDING A QUIET AFTERNOON AND A NEW PERSPECTIVE...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY TWELVE

PURE VITAMIN C!!!!!!!

365 CHALLENGE: DAY ELEVEN

LOVELY BRUCH WITH OUR LOVELY LAURA...

ISN'T HER DESS THE MOST GORGEOUS DRESS EVER? I'M SO, SO IN LOVE WITH IT...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY EIGHT

I FIND ROUTINE PRETTY COMFORTING.  I KNOW IT CAN MAKE SOME PEOPLE FEEL CONSTRAINED OR LEAD THEM TO BELIEVE THEY'RE LIVING A BORING LIFE, BUT THAT'S NOT MY CASE. 

I'M CRAVING THE SWEET, SWEET SERENITY OF OUR EVERYDAY LIFE. WE'VE HAD ONE OF THE MOST EXHAUSTING CHRISTMASES EVER, AND I THINK THAT GETTING BACK INTO OUR PROGRAMMED SCHEDULE IS GOING TO HELP US ALL A LOT. 

I'LL MISS THE LONG AFTERNOONS FILLED WITH LAUGHTER, THOUGH. WELL, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THREE

GOLDEN CHAMPAGNE WITH ACTUAL GOLD INSIDE. A REWARD FOR A JOB WELL DONE. 

SOME DAYS ARE SO AMAZINGLY PERFECT THEY DESERVE TO BE REMEMBERED FOREVER... I HOPE I'LL NEVER FORGET HOW DELICIOUS THIS DAY WAS AND HOW GREAT IT WAS TO SPEND IT WITH MY SIBLINGS. 

CHRISTMAS CAN ACTUALLY BE THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR. FUNNY, THAT.

365 CHALLENGE: DAY ONE

Last year I tried to post one picture a day for the whole year, and I made it until August. Let's see if this year I can do better. This time I'm not going to limit myself by taking only pictures of my home. Oh, there will be plenty of them, but I think it'll make this challenge easier to follow through if I can post pictures of my daily life outside my home. 

So...

Welcome 2014! I hope you treat us well. 

New Year Day's breakfast at Mum's. It was great, I think we should make it mandatory from now on. It was the best part of the day. 

365 CHALLENGE: DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX

DREAMS MADE OF GOLDEN SUNSETS...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE

THE DOOR TO THE COUNTRY HOUSE LOOKS LIKE THE ENTRANCE OF A MAGIC GARDEN. 

IF I HAVE TO BE HONEST, SOMETIMES THE WHOLE PLACE ALSO FEELS LIKE A DREAMY RETREAT, A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HIDE AND BE APART FROM EVERYTHING. I'M LEARNING TO VALUE IT MORE AND MORE, AS I GROW OLDER. (AND WISER, I HOPE!) 

365 CHALLENGE: DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT

THE WELL. 

THE ROSEMARY SEEMS TO BE STAGING A COUP D'ÉTAT,  APPARENTLY IT WANTS TO TAKE OVER...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX

SO, A CAT HAPPENED. 

THIS FELLOW SUDDENLY APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE WHILE WE WERE CHILLING OUT AT THE SWIMMING POOL AND THE DOGS WERE UNDER HOUSE ARREST DUE TO SOME SHENANIGANS. LONG STORY SHORT, THE CAT DECIDED THAT IT WAS THE PERFECT TIME TO TAKE A STROLL AROUND THE PLACE AND TOTALLY WIN OUR HEARTS. 

IT'S A STRAY, I DOUBT IT WANTS TO BE ADOPTED, BUT UNTIL IT PARTS FOR GREENER PASTURES, I'M GOING TO FOOL MYSELF INTO BELIEVING I HAVE A CAT!

WISHFUL THINKING IS THE WAY TO GO!

365 CHALLENGE: DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR

DREAMS MADE OF VITAMINS!!!!!!

365 CHALLENGE: DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO

WORK OF ART.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS FLOWER, ITS COLOURS, ITS SHAPE...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY ONE HUNDRED ANS SEVENTY FOUR

THE TRICKS OF THE SUNSET. I'M A FAN OF THE GOLDEN HOUR. 

365 CHALLENGE: DAY ONE HUNDRED ANS SEVENTY TWO

IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY TWO DAYS AGO, AND I'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY. SORRY IF YOU FELT I  LEFT YOU HANGING OUT TO DRY, GUYS. TODAY I'M GOING TO POST A FEW MORE PICTURES IN ORDER TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU, OK? 

LONG AFTERNOONS FULL OF SUMMER LIGHT AND LAUGHTER...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE

DREAMS MADE OF GREEN LEAVES...