Bookworm, The Midnight Bakery, a summer outfit and more on Monday Musings.
Monday Musings No. 170
Good Monday morning to you friends, how was your weekend? Did you have a nice Mother’s Day? I wasn’t able to be with my mom this year but she will be visiting soon so we will celebrate her then.
We went to a concert on Friday night, then Saturday we played catch up on all of the things that have been going by the wayside while we enjoyed our family.
It’s going to be a rainy week, the perfect excuse to stay inside and catch up on reading and work. I actually love the rainy weeks of April and May, it is so peaceful and green. The peonies are gone but the gardenia, lilacs, lilacs and rhododendron are flowering along with the jasmine. The air is perfumed every way that you walk.
Tell me your favorite things about the weekend.
On to +5 Things.
1.Read~The Midnight Bakery
I loved this book and I think you will too!
Nestled at the end of a tiny, cobbled backstreet, is a charming, careworn bakery, its doorstep scrubbed clean and pale green linen blinds neatly drawn. Every night, long after customers have gone and the last crumbs wiped from the shelves, a key turns in the lock. This is a haven, a place where a candle burns through the night for anyone feeling lost or lonely.
Frankie, kneading dough through the night and shaping croissants to bake for morning, hopes the bakery will keep her safe from the heartbreak of her past. But what she hasn’t expected is to meet others who need to heal as much as she does.
William appears one moonlit night. Forging his own new path following years of heartache, he begins to check in on Frankie nightly, his gentle smile letting her know he’s keeping an eye.
Tam, lost and alone, stumbles upon the bakery and it becomes the one place where he can be himself.
Beth, who nurses patients by night and her husband by day, is drawn in by the scent of freshly baked bread and warm sugar, with Frankie’s custard tarts the one bright spark in her long, lonely nights.
Each of them finds comfort, companionship, and hope, as they begin to reveal secrets they’ve kept hidden for so long.
But one night, Frankie finds a letter neatly folded on the countertop. As she unfolds the perfect creases, her heart plummets when she sees the scrawled writing: will everything she’s been working towards be undone in an instant?
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2. Watched~Bookworm
3. LINKS: READ+WATCH+LISTEN
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11 Best Places for Women to Travel Solo in the US
14 Mobility Exercises Anyone Over 35 Should Add to Their Day
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Delta Air Lines Makes Unfortunate Change for Some Passengers
Should you sleep with one arm under your pillow?
4. SHOPPING BREAK~OUTFIT OF THE DAY
Do you wear shorts? I like to wear long shorts or Bermuda shorts in the summer. Pair with a linen blouse or a t-shirt. This week I decided to go black and white, white shorts with leather sandals with flowers and a black botanical t-shirt. It’s a classic, casual look that will work for a day at home and a day out as well. Don’t forget your sunglasses and tote.
Click the photos to see the pieces in the outfit
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5. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT THIS WEEKEND
Saturday I joined Kim and Juliet for Weekend Meanderings, I shared designer Lauren Liess, landscape architect and garden designer Paolo Pejrone, The Salt Path a book and a movie, Star Bright Lavender Farms, and more on Weekend Meanderings.
THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
Have a great day friends, thank you for spending part of your day with me I hope that you enjoyed Monday Musings.
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