On todays post, a gorgeous Homeworthy home tour, The Bordeaux Book Club, Gillian Harvey, Fashion Over 50 Summer Outfit and more.
MONDAY MUSINGS NO. 120
Good Monday morning to you my friends, how was your weekend? It was beautiful here this weekend, sunny, hot, but not too hot, with a nice breeze. It is 10-15 degrees above normal, hopefully that is not a sign of things to come this summer.
We did a little work this weekend and had some fun as well. Friday we went for cocktails with friends in the village. Saturday morning we walked to the farmers market, picked up some fresh strawberries, some eggs and then went for coffee and cocoa at the Roast Office.
After we got home, we worked in the yard cleaning the beds at the top of the driveway, we are trying to decide if we want to remove some of the bushes this summer or wait until Fall. At this point I am not sure that we can take on another project.
Then dinner with friends and I was home and in bed by 10. I guess I was tired because my normal bedtime is 11:00.
Sunday we made bread, puttered around the house, talked to our parents. My dad who is 85 broke 4 ribs playing on his senior baseball team. Thankfully he didn’t break anything else.
What about you, what did you do this weekend?
Ok, on to +5 Things.
Read~The Bordeaux Book Club
When Leah and her husband moved to France, it was with the dream of becoming self-sufficient. But in truth, it’s not the ‘good life’ she’d imagined, as three hours of digging barely yield a single straggly carrot. Worse, her teenage daughter is acting up, and her husband seems to find every strange excuse under the hot French sun to disappear.
So when her friend entreats her to join the new bookclub she’s forming, Leah decides it’s something she will do for herself. The chance to make new friends, to drink a few glasses of wine, and to escape into stories that take her miles away from the life she’d thought would be her own happy-ever-after.
But the book club is a strange group of misfits. There’s prickly Grace, who lives alone and seems to know everybody and like no-one. Buttoned-up Monica, who says her husband is away and appears to be parenting her baby all alone. Handsome builder George, who has barely read a book before. And Alfie – who is a full two decades younger than everyone else, and is hiding a devastating secret…
As the stories they read begin to bring the new friends closer together, Leah is about to discover that happy-ever-afters don’t always look how you expect them to…
MORE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
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2.WATCHED~Homeworthy
I loved this house and its owner, Colson Horton. If you love collected interiors, and a house that is filled with vintage and manful art and finds I think you will enjoy this house!
3. LINKS: READ+WATCH+LISTEN
23 Recipes With Tortillas, From Breakfast Taquitos to Dinner Tacos
When are parents responsible for their kids’ behavior?
Brussels’ Hotel Métropole gets facelift, reopens in late 2025
Seeds Are the Epitome of Spring’s Unlimited Potential
Use the ‘Peter Walsh Method’ to Declutter an Entire Room
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot Name
Cookbooks Have Always Been Political
Tilling is out. ‘No Dig’ is in.
Book of handwritten recipes by 18th-century Antwerp housekeeper at auction
4. SHOPPING BREAK~FINDS & SALES
OUTFIT OF THE DAY
In the spring and summer a pair of shorts and a linen shirt are an easy and classic outfit. Add a sweater for days you are inside with the air conditioner or for cooler weather at night. I like to wear white sneakers or sandals, add a hat to keep the sun off and of course a tote to carry everything I need for the day.
Outfit Details
Click the image below for the outfit pieces that you like.
5. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT~WEEKEND MEANDERINGS
Saturday I joined Kim and Juliet for Weekend Meanderings, our weekly series of all of the things that piqued our interest and caught our eye. I shared, the Pencil & Paper Co.collaboration with McKenzie Childs, UK designer Lonika Chande, my first peony and some fun peony facts and so much more.
Don’t forget to visit Kim and Juliet as well.
THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
I hope that you enjoyed Monday Musings and found something to read, watch or even add to your cart.
What did you do for fun this weekend?
What are you reading? Or watching that you think we need to know about?
Have a great day friends, thank you for spending part of your day with me.
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On My Radar
Hi Elizabeth,
You always have a busy band productive weekend.
I’m so sorry to hear about your father, it will take a good amount of time for him to heal. Thank goodness is right he did not break anything. I admire that he is active.
Thank you Katherine. I cannot tell you how thankful I am. Right now my dad is having trouble sleeping because of the pain and because he cannot get comfortable. Hopefully he will be able to find a position that works for the next 8 weeks.
I hope that you have a wonderful week!
How fun is Colson. Her home is the very meaning of collected. Thank you for featuring it. Hope you father feels better very soon.