you know how much i love shortbread

so this all kinds of weather sunday

- cold, rainy, sticky and sunny -

i tried a new variation adding elderflower and rose petals

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i would not recommend the rose petals

somehow their scent disapears while baking

but a teaspoonful of rosewater might do the trick

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find my go to shortbread recipe HERE

and add the carefully picked tiny flowers

(don´t wash them or you´ll loose all this delicious pollen)

right before rolling out the dough

when taking the scones i made using lemonade out of the oven

(following this RECIPE from the Vintage Tea Party Cookbook)

i realized my shoes were matching my grandmother´s potholders

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dark dark peonies

actually those were white and cut fresh from the garden

read this POEM by Mary Oliver while smelling them

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a blurry picture of something exciting

(and my new favorite sweater from COS -

K can´t look at it, the turquoise gives her a head ache)

hopefully more about that soon

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TINY BOUQUET #4 CARDINAL RICHELIEU

(it´s the name of the rosebuds - most lovely scented)

i shouldn´t eat so many strawberries

but who could resist homemade woodland strawberry icecream?!

not me...

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also a sunbleached geranium flower and a bit of shadow

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last night i was listening to the first summer rain and some distant thunder

a lovely sound

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now off to more work

as you can see

i´m really into my assignment to myself

and made TINY BOUQUET #3 FOAMY EXPLOSION

divine smelling elderflower and coral bells

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made a chunky version of the DROP RINGS

which turned out just right

and the girl i made them for really seemed to like it

which made me very happy

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started reading THE SEALED LETTER

quite the page turner

also reading - and dearly loving - KINFOLK

European readers can order it in Alessandras SHOP - she offers free delivery, yay

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hope you all enjoy a sunny long weekend

(went swimming yesterday for the first time this year)

 

o wow

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my head is still buzzing from this wonderful weekend in Berlin at THE HIVE

(and from a severe migraine on the train drive there)

so many amazing, pretty, successful girls and blogs...
so impressive and well organized - and the food was just great

i didn´t take any pictures at the event - i´m not very good at it

but you´ll find loads on all the participants blogs

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afterwards i took my small town self shopping in the big city

eating fries and frozen yogurt 

looking at those huge ugly-awesome buildings

quite stunned

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then i visited K in Potsdam

the most lovely city with all its parks and allotment gardens

she made me a wildflower bouquetfor my birthday (and shortbread)

and i turned it into TINY BOUQUET #2 BUTTERCUP

using her bunny salt shaker (mine is RED)

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it was so nice to meet you all

hopefully we stay in touch