24.7.12

happy days, titled by A

Hello there,
we are having a mini heat wave in England too, hope it'll last until the end of August, cheeky me! we are going on camping holidays soon and I wouldn't like to experience a flood again! :-)
It's been months since I don't see a sky so clear!

I've been baking scones, crazy I know! (un)following a recipe from here, I mean I changed a bit, I used half spelt flour and half  wholemeal flour and instead of double cream I used buttermilk, I added raisins, but currants are good too.

To brighten my day even more snail mail from Ana arrived today! I love the care she takes in every little details, she sent me one of her cute shopping bags and fridge magnets. Watch her space: she'll be opening her on-line shop soon. Thank you Ana!

Another thing I wanted to tell you about is that few of my socks went all the way to Minneapolis for a residency by ROLU at the Walker Art Center, my socks will be part of Rhiannon " Dream Shop"...
I'm quite chuffed!

Enjoy the beautiful weather.










28 comments:

matilda said...

lovely photos
and the package froma Naa is so cute!!!

naa said...

hey dear... that post really made my day today... the photos are so amazing! Thank you! I hope you celebrated your birthday nicely and that there will be many many days...
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and congrats for your socks!

fanja said...

nice title Anita.
those scones look great.
congrats for the socks news, they deserve the attention!
enjoy the sunshine while it lasts x

alessandra said...

Thank you Matilda, parcels from Anaare always a treat!

alessandra said...

Hi Ana, thank you so much, you are the loveliest!

alessandra said...

Fanja, Anita says thank you :D
I thank you too! Yes let' s embrace the heat wave!!! x

how sweet to be a cloud said...

miam!miam!!!les jolis scones!!! :)
bravo pour tes chaussettes!!!elles sont superbes!!!♥
belle soirée
des bises

Arctic Mum said...

You deserve some sun in Britain, and we have too- holidaying in Bretagne!)

Jenni said...

:D all good!

Unknown said...

Flying handmade socks to Minneapolis
A pretty good trip for summer Alessandra! That's a nice news.

S. said...

all 'blue on blue', i love this when it happens ! :)
enjoy the good weather Alessandra, bises !

naa said...

:) I ment many happy days... :))
thanks again dear*

fliss said...

Lovely post Alessandra....perfect title Anita! Blue skies can always make for happy days when you have had so much cloud!
Congratulations on your socks and Happy belated birthday.Big hugs to you.X

Paravent said...

Oh wow! So many happy happy things happening at your place Alessandra - I'm so happy for you too :) Lovely blue sky photos and scones and your presents look divine. Have a great holiday camping! I wish you more sunshine :) Kx

C SATHAL said...

Enjoy le camping et enjoy le soleil !!
Et bravo pour les chaussettes et leur créatrice ;) !! En effet , je les adore moi aussi !
Bel été Alessandra !
C

M¨L said...

Happy birthday dear Alessandra!!

alessandra said...

Thank you Arctic Mum, enjoy!

alessandra said...

Merci! x

alessandra said...

Thanks Jenny ;-)

alessandra said...

Thanks Severine, x

alessandra said...

Thank you Fliss, yes blue skies are so uplifting!

alessandra said...

Thank you Kylie!x

alessandra said...

Merci C! x

alessandra said...

Thank you ML! x

La Rimule said...

Everything is so nice...

Amy C said...

so much lovely!

Louise said...

mmm your scones look delicious!

Laëtitia said...

Yum yum ! your scones makes me hungry ! :-D