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Hello lovelies!
As summer is just peeking its way around the corner and the sun has been making a (very welcome) appearance in our skies these last few days, I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the almost-summertime than with a Favourites blog. The shops are brimming with treats and all things cute and colourful at the moment, and the thought of long clear days and lazy hazy evenings is getting me all excited! With Glastonbury at the end of the month to prepare for (and hopefully a couple of
Book
Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
I know, I know. This was a party which started a good while ago now, and I'm only just turning up with hair like a bird's nest and a different shoe on each foot. Most people have already left by now, and there are two kinds of people remaining: the latecomers (ie yours truly), and those who have passed out on a sofa with their half-finished can of Carlsberg slowly soaking into the carpet.
But oh buddy boy, am I glad I finally got here. This book is special, and is nothing quite like I've ever read before. It's not a fantasy, despite the time period giving it a distinctly Game of Thrones-esque atmosphere. It is a history novel, set in the simple times of early England, but Follett doesn't force the facts down your throat and choke you with truth. The realism within it makes the novel extremely human: accessible to the reader whilst encouraging empathy, rage, and honest laughter in quick succession, all the while unwittingly learning the trials endured whilst faced with the task of building the cathedrals we still know today.
Song
This song, oh wow. It hearkens to Alicia Keys' Empire State of Mind Pt. II, in that it's slightly bittersweet or even melancholic: that bleak image of Manhattan in the pouring rain is all too easy to picture. But at its heart it's a love song - quite an elegant, charming kind of love song - and that's all you want sometimes.All over my Spotify, this one is.
Perfume
Obviously relatively difficult trying to describe a smell...Can I just put 'gorgeous'? 'Cos this is just that. This scent smells exactly like sun-warmed blackberries (at least, it does to me. Given it's meant to smell more like fig leaves that could be well off, but y'know. Each to their own). With pretty, pastel-coloured packaging, this is the sort of perfume you'd use on a sultry summer's evening, probably in your best friend's garden whilst the barbecue is being fired up and everyone's all barefoot and relaxed.
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Fruit
Honestly, I'm not sure why I'm into Pink Lady apples so much recently. Having never really tried them before, and only having one by accident, I've really taken a shine to these little delights.
It being fresh fruit season in general, I'm loving
the variety of all the tasty fruits on offer atm. Mangoes, strawbs,
blueberries, raspberries, watermelon...Summer tastes so damn good!
And speaking of good-tasting things...
Drink
Twinings Salted Caramel green tea
Having never really been much of a green tea
drinker in the past, but being a perpetual lover of salted caramel, I was a little cautious when first trying this. But when I did, it blew my little mind.
In the UK we've got hard toffee sweets called
Werthers Originals (a staple of grannies nation-wide), and this tastes exactly
like them. It's like drinking liquid caramel and is utterly delicious. Then
you remember that, whilst it tastes like the nectar of the gods, it's also
green tea and therefore über good for you, so you can be a little bit smug as
you sip. "Had my green tea fix for the day, win! What's that? Spinach
wrap yoga followed by meditative quinoa salad? Don't mind if I do!"
Place
At the end of last month, J and I moved to a new flat in
a completely different part of the city and have spent the last couple of weeks
making it feel more like home. So, this month, my favourite place to be is the
sitting room! An article
from Pinterest mentioned dedicating one particular room to being as cosy
and snug as possible, so you always have a place where you’re able to fully
relax even if everything around you is still full of faff and hassle. It’s an
oddly triumphant feeling when you look around and just see your things, your life’s
collection of bits and pieces, instead of everything being mixed with the
possessions of others.
It’s snug/bijoux/a smidgen bit weeny, but it’s also
warm, comfortable, and safe. Somewhere I’m genuinely happy to be. There are
flowers, and the sun comes in first thing in the morning, and my books are in
pride of place. There’s always tea in the pot. More to the point, there’s
actually a teapot! I’ve always wanted a teapot of my own to use and love! It
even has a tea cosy!!
Getting a bit carried away here. It’s the little things, isn’t it…
What are your favourites this month? Are you just
as excited for the sunshine?
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