Flowers, flowers everywhere

 Today I had a little stroll around the city and I couldn't help but noticing there are so many beautiful flowers around now. I recently visited my favourite flower shop in the city and their selection at the moment is amazing as well. So much so I am thinking about reinventing my garden again. Flowers always make me happy. Not the cut ones but the ones that are in the garden and blossoming happily.

Today is a day off here in France, a public holiday known as Ascension. It is a Christian holiday symbolizing the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. The French families usually take advantage of this prolonged weekend and most people take the Friday of as well to make it a four day weekend to travel somewhere. The city is pretty empty at this time and you won't meet many people shopping either. The weather has been just beautiful and I really can't get enough of the sun and all the flowers around! Have a lovely rest of the week people!

dress - H&M

necklace- Pimkie

A day well spent

Today we went to watch show jumping here in town. I really enjoyed it , well you probably know already how much I love the horses right? It was amazing to watch.

It was such a beautiful day again I spent some time in the garden admiring the flowers and enoying the sun. The flowers always give me the energy i prefer them planted in my garden to cut flowers in a vase. I don't know why, I've always felt like cut flowers are a little bit sad. They die so quickly and after couple of days you have to replace them. I much prefer plants in pots inside the house and beautiful flowers outside in the garden where they are happy and most importantly alive.

 I finally managed to work out today and hike a little as well. I have missed exercise so much. Recently it was almost impossible for me to find the time for it and I do have a sweet tooth and like all the comfort food so I do need my exercise.I also feel much better when I spend some time running or hiking. Talking about exercise I am definitelly not a gym person. I do my exercise either at home with couple of hours of yoga a week or I run or hike outside, which I find much healthier and more postive for the body at least for me it gives me a lot of energy and a good feeling to spend time on the fresh air. I am lucky though I live on the outskirts of the city, so I am surrounded by the beautiful forests, if I was living in a big city it would be a different story I guess. Nature is really important for me and I do like to be surrounded by it.

 Now I'm just going to cook some French Potato Gratin with comte cheese  for the family dinner. Hope you are all enjoying your Sunday <3

Let the sunshine in

I've been loving the weather here recently. The last couple of days felt more like the summer. I decided to plant some roses and hydrangea in my garden and spent a lot of time on the sun finally!
I've even started to plan the summer holidays, this weather put me in such a summer mood.
Iwas finally able to take out all my summer clothes from the bottom of my closet and start wearing skirts and denim jackets. I mean I know it's only March and the weather can still turn and become very cold and rainy but at least for now it's sunny and warm oh so warm. 20C this afternoon! Would you even believe it?

I can't wait for the summer to be here. I love those summer evenings when it's hot and I can just run around the house barefoot and I can smell the flowers through the open windows...

 Now it's time for a bath and an evening of watching Ice Age :) . Ofcourse when my little one goes to bed it will be a time for a more adult movie. I'm thinking a thriller probably. Secret In Their Eyes sounds good. I love anything with Nicole Kidman in it. It will be a Netflix evening that's for sure.
Happy Saturday to you all!

Valentine's week

Hello everyone, I hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day. Whether you were alone or with the loved one. I decided to do a Valentine's week this time and think about treating myself and others around me every day of this week. Coffee, flowers and chocolates just belong to this holiday so had plenty of it.  It is indeed a special day although we should not limit our love only to one day and try to be thankful and appreciative of the other every day.

   I had a great time and was busy with all the preparations.
It is probably because of the fact that there's also a Birthday celebration connected to this date for me so it is not just about Valetine's but Birthday too :) . I made a gluten free chocolate cake and it's been a really fun couple of days with a lot of take out food and movies too. It was the first sunny day here after weeks! and the temperature went up to 15C I almost couldn't believe it.
Hope you had a great time with the ones you love! <3

Auvergne spring paradise

 At this time of the year there's only one place in France that I want to visit and that is much souther than where I live at the moment. My favorite region is Auvergne. The spring there starts as early as February and it is an absolute spring heaven of cherry trees peach trees and almond trees blossoming everywhere. Every garden there is a piece of art. Yes the spring comes early to Auvergne. As early as the end of February!

It is a very sunny region  built around a volcano and the mountains in the distance shelter the main city Clermont-Ferrand from the wind. It is greener than any other region I've seen and a paradise of singing birds and blossoming roses everywhere.

 One of my favorite restaurants in the city is Bougnat Burger where they make deliciouss bio burgers with the meat and cheese from that region. Burgers with Sant Nectaire cheese or bleu d'Auvergne are my favorite. The most tasty burgers ever!

This region is full of fruit trees everywhere( I've never seen so many cherry trees in my whole life) and is one of the sunniest regions in France. Plus the fact that you can have tons of cherries and almonds in your back yard is just so amazing! They are literally growing everywhere.

 Clermont-Ferrand is a beautiful city with a view of the volcanos the closest one just outside of the city called Puy de Dome. I have spent one year living here and loved it so much I want to go back. It has one of the driest climates in France and the sun there just makes me feel so positive about everything.Also having flowers blossoming everywhere makes you just feel happier!

Capri calling

 This cold weather outside makes me long for Capri the most beautiful place I've ever visited. Maybe it had an extra magic to it because it was the spring but it was just such a charming place that I deffinitely want to go back. I am craving it right now the warm breez, the beautiful turquoise see around the island and the flowers of all kinds, lemon trees and the smell of jasmine and bougainvillea flowers... definitely my favorite place for holidays.

 Because Capri is an island it has a specific climate and constant breeze so it's never too hot and the fauna and flora are just amazing. There are little lizards everywhere on the island and they are completely harmless and kind of cute. The people are very friendly in a typical Italian fashion and the views from everywhere are.. well stunning doesn't even describe it.

 There are two towns on the island, Capri and Anacapri, I personally stayed in Anacapri since it's less noisy and further from the crowds.The whole island feels very welcoming and is like a big family where everybody knows everyone so you feel like on the second day you say hello to most people.
This island has won my heart (and all my six senses) with amazing food, beautiful smells of flowers, wonderful views, birds singing, heavenly warm breeze. I am hoping to go back very soon. Actually I am daydreaming about it right now and looking at plane tickets already for spring again.