{quotable thursdays-happy easter}

Happy Easter to all!
I hope you have a wonderful, restorative weekend.

{be still}

In this world that feels like it is falling apart, and at the same time, is moving so fast that it's hard to catch one's breath, be still.
I hope this Easter enables you to slow down, spend time with the ones you love, and listen to the earth-hear the sounds of birds, lambs, and bees!
xo
L

{springtime in the uk}

Spring has finally arrived in England-the birds are singing, the flowers are out & the sun is shining!
For Easter, I went to my cousins', we visited some lovely gardens and homes and then we also spent one fabulous night in a fantastic old hotel...
Here are the pics to prove it.

{a lovely walk}

{Clare Priory--notice how the flowers match the pink building!}

{beautiful old church in Suffolk, where we went for a beautiful walk, beginning in the charming village of Hartest}

{fantastic library at Nymans}

{my dream library!}

{gorgeous magnolias at Nymans}

{the grand hall of our hotel at Ashdown Park}

{yes, indeed! this was our accommodation for the night--my window was the furthest balcony to the left}

{a room with a view!}

{the grand fireplace in the entrance hall/reception}

{I could live here!}

{lovely walks at Sheffield Park}

{time for tea!}

yay for spring!
xo
L

{quotable thursdays-maundy thursday}

For Christians, today is Maundy Thursday, marking the day of the Last Supper and when Christ washed his disciples' feet:
'If I then, your Lord and Teacher have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet' (John 13:14).

Whatever your religious leanings are, the message is clear: we ought to take care of our fellow human beings and we ought to love and serve others as we would want ourselves to be. It is a simple message that is perhaps more pressing than it ever has been, with continued warfare around the world, an emphasis on the Self in western culture, and the increasing domination of electronic devices that seem to make us both attached and detached from the people around us.

A few pics from Easter in my flat last year:

{Simla and the Easter tree}

{decorated eggs}

I wish you all a Happy Easter-I'm spending it with my cousins, which I know will be fab. Pictures to come!
xo
L

{easter}

I hosted a little get together at my flat for Easter--it was very low key, but fun to decorate and get festive! I took inspiration from my easter pinterest board, and decided to do some not totally traditional eggs, which were super easy by simply drawing a silhouette with indelible black marker. 

{my decorated eggs}

{I baked some sugar cookies}

{a little bunny engraved on the butter}

{my profile rabbit egg with a lovely pisanki not made by me}

{and we of course had Pimm's}

{Simla posing with the easter decorations}

{someone was eager to play with the dangling eggs}

I also did a little easter egg hunt-the plan was to do it outside but it was a rainy day (our first in ages), so instead, we hunted around the flat. I made little bunny bags out of simple sandwich bags from tesco: 

1) fold bag and cut out shape from fold outwards to make the bunny ears:

2) draw bunny faces on them with black indelible marker:

 3) voilà:

{someone was very eager to play with eggs}

xo,
L

{quotable thursdays}

"See that none render evil for evil to any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. "
I Thessalonians 5:15

Happy Easter! a few of my favourite pics from the web:

{via d*s}

{mr. eggs & more eggspiration from apartment therapy below:}

{love the whole colour combo & silver}

{brilliant card}

{easter greetings via design sponge}

Eat many a chocolate egg & spend this Easter with the people you love!

xoxo

L