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JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT

JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT

JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT


Hi. This is your enormous and intimate play pit. I hope you understand the possibilities it creates and region it covers. The remoteness is everywhere alike, it will steer you through nothing but ribbons of dog litter and goldmine of undeveloped plants. There are treasures to be found when you're done being crazily busy elsewhere. 
Love. xo New park (otherwise known as Alum Chine).
 
I'm embarrassed to confess we needed a few fallen trees and a couple of floods to start rediscovering the area. And with a bad weather comes a lot of attention grabbers - free obstacle course with trunks of trees and rotten leaves. Also freshly stocked with muddy ground, bed of moss on every stony feature and all kinds of nooks you're guided to with steps. The balance of pre- and post-big storm days is perfection. Not exactly what we expected to see but then again I have no idea what we were expecting entering this abandoned park. Since it's more of a winter edition we'll be spending the last dreary days with odd assortment of shapes and stages of development. We will play, we'll learn, examine as well. 

Can we talk about holiday plans for a moment? Because it's already time to start making big deal of bathing suits, beach cover ups and thong sandals as that oatmeal jacket of mine has expressed a wish to check if all the summer gear is alive and well in my closet and how can I not let it to? We are well and truly involved in organizing this year of significant flights and as far as my diary is concerned we're talking three countries just in the first half of a year. Added bonus: no overseas vaccine required.      
 
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
^^ Isn't this girl of mine getting more and more beautiful with every season? ^^
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
JUST ENOUGH TO BE PERFECT
^^ Days of keeping in touch the more traditional way are here to stay. And this photo is just too sweet for words. (How do you like the way Nadia styled her outfit? A little daring I hear you say? Don't four year old girls expect such reaction?) ^^
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BLAME IT ON THE VIEW
BLAME IT ON THE VIEW


And my poor eyesight. No, blame it on the view primarily.

I had another amazing opportunity to head out for an adventure around country park in Swanage. We started the day uphill before popping into my optician. Almost 25 mile drive to get a professional advice on the type of contact lenses I should be wearing while having many stores just at the end of my nose must be a weird decision to maintain a good eyesight. We were never uncertain about how to tie ourselves to this place - the more strings attached the happier returns. So we moved away to a crowded town but the plan has always been simple - to feel comfortable away because of things to come back to. And if optician is what has tied us here, let it be wholeheartedly. Each time we visit we pick up fragments of things that are changing and yet they're timeless to our hearts. 

We are thrilled to the point of jokingly browsing the listings of properties for sale near the house we used to live. There's never a sign of activity here so we knock on the door to make sure we don't surprise anyone. Rarely someone opens it. The door either stays flung open or we greet our friends as they appear from nowhere. On early days of our visits we were leaving notes on scraps of paper, looking around the house for snippets of new things, the mid-afternoon lull in quiet murmuring of the fields, petting cats on our way out. We peaked into our room, shared a few memories or surprised gasps and went to greet the downtown. We did it again this time but the view was altogether different. The newly built house of our ex-landlords and friends' daughter has been placed where our space used to be. From a double vintage styled room there is only a little nook with sofa and hundred old wardrobe leaning towards the wall. Despite the new layout there was everything to be admired about this wild garden again - nothing really reduced it to give new building a life but it naturally embraced it from all angles allowing the old house shyly admiring its tall next of kin. We kindly examined the new addition - freshly build with all the technological facilities, even 'loo with the view' breathtakingly facing the moor. 

I still prefer the old building, wooden floors echoing our late footsteps, long grass seducing the bricks or being beaten down by the rain. I could see Nadia gathering cats to her arms and chasing butterflies, saying hello to the postman making his way to the back door fighting with benches and carrying packages and magazines I subscribed to a long time ago. What if Nadia was raised here, with the symphony of the sea and clashing of trees, everyone knowing each other and being eager to help. Is it better to dash away from the bustle of the city once in a while or rush to it from the peacefulness of the sleeping village?

BLAME IT ON THE VIEW


BLAME IT ON THE VIEW
BLAME IT ON THE VIEW
BLAME IT ON THE VIEW

BLAME IT ON THE VIEW
BLAME IT ON THE VIEW
BLAME IT ON THE VIEW
BLAME IT ON THE VIEW
BLAME IT ON THE VIEW
BLAME IT ON THE VIEW
BLAME IT ON THE VIEW

BLAME IT ON THE VIEW

BLAME IT ON THE VIEW

And then we returned home to rise to another day of the same views and chores. But here in this place, the stone, the sea were cast in a palette of different tones. There's no rush in nature, no hurry in exploring it. And that makes Andrea and her family our relatives in a way. I love the idea of it. Definitely. 
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SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY
SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY
SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY
SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY
SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY
SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY
SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY
SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY
SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY
SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY

English weather can kill the mood sometimes so you have to outpace it by making the most of the sunniest of days. One never knows how soon we shall see the bright skies. So we packed things up as if we were going away for a week and headed off to countryside to have a picnic on the grass. I'm so excited to be sharing what we overdid (ball games and freesbie to start with) and who accompanied us for the entire Mad Hatter day! 

It started off fabulously with picnic only crumbs of bread were left as a result. Because spring sandwiches with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and pepper thrilled the eyes and exhausted from badminton bodies had to satisfy their craving. Relaxed feel, fresh air and sunshine stimulated our next activity of running, cycling, playing football until there was no breath left. As kids quickly adjust to the scenery looking for some sneaking out, we decided to pack our belongings, use our men as carriers and walked trails of lawn afterwards loosing track of time. Felt like we were a million miles away from nearest town! While the boys got into their own dialogue I chatted with my sister-in-law about recent more and less important things (with less important being over talked about). Due to our busy work schedules we tend to see each other on far too less occasions, I definitely want more so girlie night out in mind for sure. Melody is much younger then me (let's not concentrate on that part of the story ;) but we get on really well sharing similar views on parenting and fashion (I admire her black and white styling moods) and not so identical on hair styles but I couldn't be happier with anyone else in tow. Nadia loved every minute of the sweaty adventure playing with her cousins tirelessly (after first half an hour of trying to posses every piece of equipment we took along not allowing anyone to put a hand on them). Nothing’s better than days like today. Or maybe a little bit more of them.

SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY
SUN SHINES BRIGHTER IN THE COUNTRY
























Used of all our energy we became hungrier than we could cope so delicious grilled chicken and chips at Nando's saved the evening. You need so little else when tummies are full and fabulous people sit around. Thank you guys for a fun time to remember!

 ♥ It's Damian's birthday today!!! Happy thirty something, baby! ♥
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When you get so tired that all you want to do is dig yourself under the sheets and sleep for the rest of the afternoon, our idea to spend this time outside might prove to be crazy. It was indeed but would you resist a sunset at the beach followed by a carrousel ride to the sound of an overjoyed laugh of a toddler? I thought so. It was sunny day leading to red-cheeks-and-noses type of evening and my hair hasn't gone that wild in a while. But we loved every minute of this fascinating relationship of sky, sea and the sand revealing its overwhelming amount of possibilities from leisure photography to making heaps of sand creations. And on those soft pink skies, bright and sparkly carrousel stood out beautifully like a gem in coal with us being the only wind riders looking out for Damian's hat in the crowd of passers by. 

I feared we've extended our cold by the beach escapade (although you would need a calculator to count layers of clothing I sunk in) so I took a long warm bath followed by snuggling into cozy blankets with warm drink in hand while Nadia... didn't really care of any of the above precautions I took. Her colds last hours unlike mine but that's not the story for light-heated.  

On the creative news I've been trying to make this little nook of internet space as much enjoyable to my readers (me included) as possible so some design changes were implemented with a lot more to come in near future (I'm talking days, my dears). And I want to give you a sneaky peak of an art project I'm overjoyed with in hope for my first giveaway! Can't wait!    
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