cff November 2015 | Simple and Serene Living

Monday, November 30, 2015

FINDING A PLACE OF SERENITY

We all need a place of serenity. A place where we can go and find calm in the moment. That place can be anywhere. 

For me, my place of serenity is the greenhouses where I spent many wonderful days as a child. It is a place that I can enter and feel a sense of calm wash over me. 

an old greenhouse

It is a place where the smell of clean earth mixes with the aroma of growing flowers.

pots of cyclamens

It is a place where the very old mixes seamlessly with the new.


antique water wheel in a greenhouse

It is a place where my grandchild can feel right at home playing where her grandmother and great grandmother played before her. 


It's a place where everything old seems new again.

a greenhouse full of plants

My youngest daughter calls it her happy place. I call it memories of home.

Where is your place of serenity?


Monday, November 9, 2015

SHE SELLS SHE SHEDS BY THE.....

Well, never mind. I couldn't resist, but I have finally found a new fad I can really get behind. (I know that we are heading into the colder months, but in my opinion it is never too early to start thinking ahead to spring.) 

I am pretty sick of hearing about man caves, so I say move over man caves, bring on the she sheds. 

Can you say SWOON? If I had this "shed" I might never enter the house again.


How cute is this? It makes me want to throw on some gardening gloves and start potting plants right this minute. (It is definitely helping me to ignore today's cold rainy weather)


I have always been a firm believer that I was meant to have an English country garden. My family should never have left "Old Blighty". They failed to look into the future and ask me my opinion.


Wouldn't it be wonderful to take your sewing outside into a dedicated shed just for that purpose. It might put me back in the mood.


I would love to have a backyard greenhouse (if I had a backyard) and if it was also a she shed getaway, that would be even better.


So what do you think? Is it ever too early to start thinking about spring. Do you get those seed catalogs out early. Would you love to have a she shed as much as I would?

Photo Credits:
1) House to Home
2) Wooden House
3) Lushome
4) Ciao Newport Beach
5) Lighter Side of Real Estate



P.S. Thank you so much to everyone who left comments on my Friday post. Mom and I both appreciated the stories you shared and your sweet words of encouragement.