Saturday, May 4, 2013

lately...


... I've been tremendously enjoying my neighbourhood adorning its best colours. So much greenery blooming and smelling wonderful: magnolias, honeysuckles, tulips and of course the beautiful cherry blossom trees. I had a mini-hanami wander in celebration, taking it all in sights and 'in lense'.




Also, I've gone back to stitching a little. Nothing complicated though, just a little floral heart for my Mum's birthday. The pattern is from a book I found in a charity shop in Glasgow, two years ago. Still love it!






18 comments:

Unknown said...

These pictures are beautiful!

moira said...

thank you! x

misslikey said...

Oh my! how lovely are these photos of yours
Hope you are enjoying spring
Xx

moira said...

thanks, hope you do too, happy dress wearing ;) xx

Jane said...

I'm loving everyone's pictures of cherry blossoms! The pink house is really pretty too.

I dabbled in cross-stitching as a nine yea rold, I never kept it up though. It's such a nice gift idea though :)

Anonymous said...

I think it's nice you are getting back into stitching. Please share the designs after you're done :)

Lovely and beautiful photos! So excited for flowers.

Anonymous said...

Your pictures are so pretty ! xx

moira said...

@jane: i think we all need to celebrate the arrival of spring, this winter was way too long. I cross stitched as a kid too and it's only recently that I picked it up again after stumbling upon cath kidston's book on the subject. I loved her ideas on how to incorporate it in 'modern' life xx

@stephanie lula: i'm still working on a big one, i'll be sure to post about it when it's done (hopefully this year haha). Enjoy the flowers xx

@Suzy: thank you so much! xx

canvasofculture said...

in love with that first shot!! such beautiful photos:)

xx

Extra Solar said...

Cross stitch is one of the few needle arts I have yet to teach myself!! I definitely will one day, though. I love the look of it.

Magda said...

I love the fact all the trees are covered in flowers. I remember when I was trying to do cross stiching, but I've never got the patience :)

moira said...

@canvasofculture: thank you for your lovely words and your visit! xx

@kelli: wasnt the pillow you made cross stitched? i could have sworn! it's dead easy and handy to customize stuff! xx

@magda: imagine if you had stuck to it and never ever got into cooking O.o i'm grateful for your lack of patience ;) xx

Emma said...

I love Cherry Blossoms, they always make me so happy because the blooms are a sign that Spring is on the way. They are the prettiest flowers!

I hope you had a lovely weekend Moira!

Emma x

moira said...

it'd better be on its way haha, i haven't dared switching off the radiators in case i jinx us all :D speaking of flowers, have you ever been to smithfield flower market? is it worth checking out? x

little henry lee said...

awww i miss spring! your neighbourhood looks like a beautiful area. and i used to love cross-stitch! haven't done anything in ages though and i used to like getting started and then i'd get bored halfway through, haha. oops!

little henry lee

moira said...

haha, stitch little patterns that you can frame, they're the only ones that i've managed to finish so far cos they're fun to do ;) xx

Magda said...

Yes cooking gives more immediate results ;)

Barbara said...

Loving the flowers

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