on salt air and messy hair.

hello!

a quick hello and thoughts on the sea.

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i've been missing the ocean
something terrible these days.

the shiny blue 
and bubbly white.

the sandy shores 
and worn hillsides.

 the bendy trees and dark coloured rocks.

and that feeling that comes, when you stare out over it all.

i'd like to dip my feet in the cold ocean water

and peer in tide pools along the shore.

i'd like my hair to mess, from blowing salt air

and i'd like the waves to catch on the bottoms of my jeans.

i'd like to dig for clams when the tide is far out

and i'd like to eat smores when the night turns cold.

i'd like to wear a wool sweater, 
that's worn and old.

and i'd like to slip into shoes, meant just for the sea.

i'd like to hop in the car and drive down the coast.

i'd like to stop in cities and towns 
and places unknown.

and i'd like to buy fresh walnuts 

from a man with a stand.

i'd like to see the skittle of sandpipers

and the swoop, 
of ocean birds.

i'd like to go where the air is blowy

and where there's fishing poles leaned up against the walls.

i'd like mid morning vistas and cups of warm of tea.

i'd like my hair to be messy and dirty with salt.

and i'd like to take breakfast with views of the sea.






what do you think, do you want to come?
hope your week is swell,
and you're nearer to the sea than me.



xox, n.

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plus, this looks a neat place.
and a flour scoop, hells yes. 
and three photos that explain well, my mood.
one, two, three.

and my, where we blog from. thanks jane!

[hg news]

left from yesterday's update:

one child's rolling pin

the sweetest set of yew bowls ever

and four pretty spoons:  
one, two, three, four 
[the 4th my very favorite]

oh and our cloud cutters are sold out, [whoa!!]

but i'm hoping to add more later in the week.
[join our list here]

plus, watch for my newest download soon.
and, how sweet is this sugar set? melt. 

+ 
a lovely mention on poppytalk today. thanks jan!

and one from oh joy eats, thanks joy!

plus, my cakes over on 100 layer cake. thanks rachel!

[photos]


not mine today
credit to wemby, lucie
and geoff.
thanks, you three.

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