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Hello! I hope you're enjoying some Spring sunshine, it's turned out lovely here this afternoon.
On Saturday, for walking down to the parcel shop to drop off some parcels, I wore my Free People jeans with this amazing blush pink suede waistcoat, which I'd admired on Vinted and it turned out to be one of the items Rachael, a fellow vintage fanatic who often comments on my blog, was selling. What a small world! Isn't it fab?
Our garden is mostly awash with blue at this time of year what with the Bluebells and Forget-me-nots but the blush pink of my waistcoat is a properly Spring-like colour as you can see from the Clematis and the Magnolia blossom.
William's taken to chilling with Not Gordon in the catio.
With a busy week ahead, in order to fit our three swims in we swapped our usual Monday morning for Sunday. It was so quiet that at one point there was only Jon & I in the pool so I was able to swim backstroke every other length without worrying about crashing into anyone.
It's not only my hip I'm struggling with, it's also my feet, I just can't bear any pressure on my arthritic toe joints. I was wearing a pair of (charity-shopped but new with tags) Clarks' biker boots with my outfit on Friday but they were so painful that as soon as I got back home I listed them on Vinted (and sold them instantly!) Apparently wearing white trainers with a dress is another thing you shouldn't do when you get to my advanced age. To be fair, I wouldn't have been seen dead in a pair of trainers up until a few years ago but, as an old boyfriend always used to say, Needs must when the devil vomits in your kettle. I snaffled these for £6 from a charity shop in 2024, they're Groundies, a German barefoot shoe specialist, link HERE.
What matches my outfit in the garden today?
Having been swimming on Sunday, Monday felt very confusing. Jon got up early, forgetting he wasn't going swimming and William conned him into giving him breakfast despite me feeding him before I did my Wii Fit.
Who, me?!!!
I match the curtains! Although I love this vintage Krist of San Francisco dress, I'd not worn it for a couple of years so it felt even more special when I put it on. Jon joined me on my walk down to the various parcel drop points.
Not much purple the garden other than this glorious (but horribly named) honeywort!
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We'd got a tree surgeon coming to assess the trees (we've finally got the council's permission to trim a couple) so we sat in the sunshine awaiting his visit.
I love how the Lemon Balm's taken root amongst the blue brick pavers, it smells gorgeous when you tread on it!
If we weren't already confused enough, we went for a lunchtime swim today (Tuesday). Despite a forecast for a warm and sunny day, the wind was really cold on our walk into town so I'm glad I grabbed a jacket at the last minute.
Tuesday's outfit could have been sponsored by All About Audrey (but it wasn't), I bought the wrap skirt from their website last year and found the velvet wrap top a couple of weeks later on Vinted. Jon found the Adidas Superstar 90s in a charity shop in 2024, they're absurdly comfy.
In hindsight I should have worn yesterday's outfit today as it marked ten years since the world lost Prince. 6Music have released a special playlist in his honour (HERE). Rest in Power, you beautiful man.
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There's plenty of green in the garden to match today's outfit...
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I bought the feverfew (the plant in the middle of the collage) from Moseley Old Hall when we visited in January. The gardener recommended I plant it in a container or I'd be be cursing him when it took over the garden. For those of you who don't read Tudor literature, feverfew was widely used to relieve migraines and was also said to cure toothache, earache, neuralgia, and some rheumatic pains. A decoction of the daisy-like flowers combined in wine with a pinch of nutmeg was a remedy for women's ailments.
And talking of history, we've got a date with one of my favourite historians later...and tomorrow we've got theatre tickets for the stage production of one of my favourite books. I'll be back to tell you all about them very soon!
Prince is being honored this week throughout Minnesota. I worked with a women that graduated with him in Minneapolis and whose ex was his cousin. She though wasn't a huge fan of his music. Im seeing little bits of growth outside. It's too early to rake because we'd hurt the environments for tiny life and disrupt seed growth but Im cutting away dead stuff that should gave been done last fall. I see signs of life to the free peony I planted last spring, and fingers crossed the hydrangeas will continue to show growth. I've bursting buds on the two apple trees that took a beating last summer, so very pleased.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely colourful post, and isn't William clever nabbing a double breakfast. That was something Suky the Pug was VERY good at, those 'nobody has fed me this morning and I'm starving' eyes fooled Alan numerous times. :-)
ReplyDeleteIsn’t the Spring sunshine lovely ! I bought a new car and had it delivered at the weekend , I will be leaving it with my daughter when I am in Athens ( she will also be hosting my beloved cat when I am away ), so had to be automatic so she could drive it .
ReplyDeleteVery sorry to hear about your arthritis. I am looking at replacement knee surgery later this year due to arthritis
Enjoy the sun this week
Siobhan
beautiful outfits. i rarely comment, but as i also have wickedly arthritic toes at present, i thought i would share a few of the recs from various sources...evil bone water (chinese topical remedy), boswellia & curcumin for pain, toe separators and small soft rollers for mobility, and red light therapy. i love my barefoot shoes, as well as brooks running shoes. i hope that helps you... :) xo, kelly
ReplyDeleteWow, what an outfit today!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is a blooming paradise, absolutely beautiful.
I wish you always have shoes on your feet that don't hurt.
And have a wonderful evening at the theater tomorrow.