first of august - petit party

Rotterdam - Tuesday 1st of August

Can't imagine a happier birthday lunch than this, with my lovelies!

faire la vaisselle

Souvenirs de Paris.

French plates by Paola Navone and vintage cutlery by Sabre.

After Paris in August for a couple of days, we had bruch today with our new plates and cutlery from Merci.

Both not dishwasher proof, so I did the dishes myself, with pleasure!

In the next days I will come back with some Paris posts. We had an amazing time, I think it was our best stay in Paris ever.

french finds

This morning we visited our friend Lammie in her surprisingly nice and special Saturday shop.

The shop was packed with new finds from France.
We had coffee in front of the shop on the small french terrace at the harbour and had a chat with fellow customer Carmen from Almada (Lisbon), needles to say it was all about 'a vida portuguesa'...

After coffee we went back inside for a closer look at the motley french collection and did some serious shopping.

we spoiled ourselves with white harlequin plates, more yellow and black plates, a blue vase of opal glass, a grape vase, a tea towel with fish print and a gift for a friend. In short, we bought a lot, however we hadn't stopped by for a long time.

If you'll ever visit Dordrecht, you should really drop by.

Saturday shop by Lammie - Knolhaven 15 - 3311 BJ Dordrecht

mini giardino segreto - mojito o'clock

Our front yard.
Thirty bags of gravel and a ginkgo tree, enclosed by a beech hedge.

The perfect secret mini garden with a French-like terrace.

Saturday afternoon, Mojito o'clock.

french style

Last Saturday we visited the saturday-shop of our friend.

She brought back all sorts of beautiful 'new' stuff from France, the week before.

The Saturday shop at the Knolhaven in Dordrecht, is a colorful collection of cabinets, jugs, plates, glassware, towels, desk lamps, mirrors, chairs and tables.

We had our first 'outside coffee' of the season at the quay, overlooking the picturesque harbors of Dordrecht city center. Over coffee, we 'stared' at the newly arrived green and yellow folding table. And guess what...

One of the new arrivals, went straight back home with us!
Given the beautiful spring weather, a good decision and we have already enjoyed the french patio atmosphere in our garden for a couple of days.

des fleurs séchées

Sweet summer flowers. We need it. Since our return from the sunny south, summer in the Netherlands is not what we were hoping for.
I guess we can all use a ray of French Summer...

Have a nice weekend!

géraniums français

The french geraniums in our backyard are blooming all summer long. Last night they looked like summer has just begun. Yay for late summer evenings!