It must be Christmas time again!
© 2011 Francesca Muir
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Thursday, 24 November 2011
A chair in the landscape....
is
.... an invitation
.... a promise of a meal
.... a chance to rest
.... to enjoy the view
.... a chair to share
.... an al fresco meal
.... where you leave your shoe
.... hard to find!
© 2011 Francesca Muir
Photographed in Crete Greece; Foxground and Scotland Island NSW Australia
Sunday, 20 November 2011
A Moroccan feast on Scotland Island
My sister-in-law Nathalie is a fantastic cook and she and my brother have the best summer lunches on Scotland Island - just a few minutes by boat across Pittwater
Their home is set among the gum trees and in summer this is how they live - al fresco!
Chermoula lamb is cooked to perfection on the barbeque
Add a carrot, sultana and cumin salad
.... a Pomegranate and orange salad
.... and a baked pepper, tomato and preserved lemon salad for the ultimate Moroccan lunch
To finish off - a flourless chocolate and almond meal cake covered in fresh cream and berries with just a hint of Elderflower water
Add to this some fine friends, a warm November day and some excellent local wines and life is good - in fact, the best!
Chippie the handsome Jack Russell was a perfect guest
And Louie was the perfect host!
© 2011 Francesca Muir & Alexandra Muir
Thursday, 17 November 2011
The Jacaranda babies
Sydney's north shore is awash with the purple haze of Jacaranda trees
.... all thanks to the Mater and the Royal North Shore Hospitals giving Jacaranda saplings to all new mothers in the 1930's and 1950's
These were then planted at home to grow with the babies
Their legacy?
Jacaranda avenues, canopies and carpets as far as the eye can see
For Jules xx
© 2011 Francesca Muir
Monday, 14 November 2011
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Your Postcard from Olivia
Olivia, 13, revives sick Polyanthuses. Her garden is affectionately called,
"Oli's Polies"
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
My Vintage Girl
My 15-year old pride and joy has just re-decorated her bedroom in a vintage theme using her precious collections, family photographs and lots of imagination!
.... vintage pages from her favourite Etsy shops are framed in a variety of old and new frames from her favourite Op Shops
.... bracelets adorn a wooden tree and paperwork is filed in
vintage-style suitcases
....the rings on her fingers, otherwise live in an old teacup!
....old books found after happy hours searching through garage sales
....miniatures live in unexpected places
.... and vintage buttons sit snugly in a red frame
.... pages from a favourite old, but badly torn children's book are re-cycled and made into colourful bunting... for we could never throw away "Harry the Dirty Dog"!
... a reproduction French puppy clock finishes her vintage look
.... she was born with beautiful eyes
.... and she has a beautiful eye!
© 2011 Francesca Muir
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