So, it seems then that wallpaper makes you gals tick and talk, hmm…trouble is now I have no idea which one, if at all with not only my comments but my inbox full of advice along the lines of ‘don’t DO IT’.
I thought I must just mention here the quilt…which I should have been photographing this morning but was rather pre-occupied after the school run with the eye-candy ’round here….um ya, the quilt people doesn’t need to match the wallpaper, cos yep you guessed it…the quilt is WHITE
But I couldn’t bring myself to talk about quilts this arvo as my morning was just a tad more interesting than a white quilt, even a white quilt from Anthropologie, that my friends will have to wait til next week.
This was nature at its best today…I’m thinking here we don’t need a lot of superlatives
I think you may well be able to make those up for yourselves…
breathtaking perhaps is quite apt?
the bombora not me
I spent the morning down here, making friends with my camera
blown away by the power…the colours
and taking photos for another blogger & getting emotional as I do about this new life I find myself in
and I don’t need to tell you..
do I?
that I love this land
and living by the sea
it rocks my socks yet again
& I’m still not used to that
this place is the duck’s guts
and yep, this is Winter
So long, stop by next week for more Adventures in BC Land
I still miss all that wonderful living water – all the little bubbles, the way it pulls your legs out from under you, the exhilaration of catching a wave…
Was it too cold to go in? I suppose the surfers were wearing wetsuits.
Oh boy, these photos bring tears to my eye’s. Seriously! Guess I am more homesick than I thought. Grew up swimming in those waves and I am sooo looking forward to seeing them again soon! Thank you for the beautiful memories! I love this land too!!
love, love, love the photos! How much I love going to our aussie beaches. Never get sick of it. My partner lives at Cronulla and we walk around the esplanade all the time. Loving that last shot of you in particular, very nice. Have a great weekend! Hope this nice weather sticks around for it )
Stunning shots of our great land……………….spent the day at a cross country ski field in Victoria, will post some photos on Facebook.
The area was burnt out on Black Saturday but a blanket of snow creates an amazing contrast.Australia truly is a diverse land. Would love to be as close to the water as you are Sarah!
Bev
That certainly is a breathtaking view if ever I saw one….and I too feel very blessed to be living in this lucky land close to such a beach….one can never get enough.
Fab photos hun! Will be off to the beach with the wee ones in a minute to take in some of that delicousness myself! Good weekend to ya all.
hugs from Danmark!
Lovely pictures – so jealous that this is your winter. Mine (in Boston) is full of snow, which is pretty at first, of course, but then gets dirty and brown and makes it hard to get anywhere!
I didn’t read all the wallpaper comments, but if people are saying “don’t do it,” what about stenciling a patter on the wall? I’ve seen so many great ones around blog-land lately. And then if you change your mind about it in a year or two, it’s so much easier to change.
I too love this lucky country and feel very blessed to call it home! I just really how much you share and appreciate this amazing place we live!
Things may not be perfect here, or in any of our lives, but I find your gratitude, and how much you appreciate what you have such an inspiration Sarah!
oh i am in love with todays post- just hung up from one of my manly *besties* and she said they had surf at *fairlight beach* today! that is indeed a rare occur!!
love it when the big bomboras roll in!
what a gorgeous day you have had my friend- it works for me- again living vicariously through your lovely pickies!
love the last photo of you- that how imagine you’d be if we met and sat on the boardwalk together…
I wish I were standing there with you! I adore the ocean and am amazed by its beauty and power. So glad I stopped by this morning. Have a wonderful weekend! La
That’s some awesome surf… Oh… how I long to be back there… The hubby may have an opportunity for a job in Sydney when he finishes up his PhD and looking at these pictures really makes me think…. Arghhhh could I really up sticks and move again… Keep posting the Oz eye candy for me. Lx
That is so gorgeous. Sitting here looking at your photos, remembering the beaches and Stu (my husband) saw the waves, leant over and said, “Ooo, let me see that”… thanks so much. We loved it! Emma. xx
So jealous!! Going to Nags Head North Carolina next week for two weeks before school starts.I’m hoping we have surf as good as you had it the fab pictures..
Love the energy of these ocean photos this morning….Motivates me to get going over here….Now we also know the quilt is white….Still like the thought of paper in your bedroom, but the possibility of stenciling, too, by your followers! Have a great day!
LOVE the photos! Can’t wait to see the quilt and I will guess that is the same white one that I have been looking at on Anthro’s site:) I would ramble on but apparently I have a STALKER that it literally so desperate that they are reading my comments on blogs to other people. Pretty sad isn’t it? GOD IS STILL GREAT AND SO IS LIFE so I am pressing on. I look forward to seeing your finished project Sarah!
Gorgeous pictures Sarah! I’m ready to pack a bag and head down to my own ocean after seeing these!
But I feel like you do. We had always wanted to move to the country, and after ten years of planning we finally got here. But still after almost 11 years of being here, I feel like I can’t believe I’m here, that I’m on vacation, and they are going to tell me it’s time to go. I get very emotional, and I am so full of gratitude.
Now off to pick blackberries for my breakfast!! I am in Eden…..
Well yet again you have me blown away with pictures! I can’t imagine what this looks like in real life, but I will soon find out! I am telling my husband when he gets home we ARE MOVING to Australia, hey it might not be until he retires in 30 years (yeah thats right 30 years he has to retire at 55) which I am ok with!
I am sure a vacation will be had too soon!
But I want to live by the sea! I swear it makes you radiate with happiness!!
Your photos are breathtaking. How I wish I could live by the sea. Thanks for posting all the great shots of the waves. It looks like you had quite an enjoyable time with your camera.
How cold does it get in the Winter there?
Sarah, Thank you so much for these gorgeous shots of the ocean. I grew up in California, but now live in small town Vermont (running a tearoom and painting) and HOW do I miss the ocean?! Your photos brought the sounds and the smells of the coast rushing back to me. Thank you so much for that. Cheers!
Suzanne
WOW!!! What gorgeous pictures!!! I love them all, but the fifth one from the bottom particularly grabbed my attention….as in, it took my breath away!!! What a stunning place to live!!!
GORGEOUS PICS ! I live on the ocean and mine isnt that pretty. Ill have to dig up some pics but not sure how to post them here. I also love anthro ! Bought a white of course ruffly ruffly shower curtain there for my little house and almost had an anxiety attack paying $90.00 ! My only splurge for my old 1950 bathroom ! So worth it…and so worth it to not tell the hubby how much it really cost ! Can you say???? Ripped the tags off before I took it in the house !!!! lol
OMG!!!! I am (almost!) speechless!! How exhilarating to be there…..right in front of those waves!!! You are soo lucky!! I love big waves and large bodies of water. Perhaps someday I, too, will live beside the pounding surf!! Thank you so much for taking these pics and posting them! They are exquisite!
Laura
Beautiful wave photos! Love that one of the single crashing wave with all of the mist and spray. Gorgeous! Here in Miami we definitely do not get the crashing waves like that. The beach here is often like a swimming pool – calm and flat and clear as far as the eye can see.
As for the wall paper…WHAT why are people telling you not to do it?! i LOVE the wallpapers you’ve picked out. My absolute favorite is #4. That beautiful greyish purple…love it. I think you should do it! I would…if I didn’t live in an apartment!
P.S. Have you seen the movie “Point Break” where at the end Patrick Swayze runs into the waves of Australia that are as tall as a building? your photographs remind me of that a little bit!
I’m lovin’ all the photos of you that you’ve been posting lately. It’s always fun to see the lady behind the blog…and since your blog is one of my faves…it makes it all the more fun!
And the waves….AMAZING. I’d love to live by the sea. I’ve been thinking all day about how much I’d love a beach house, someday, when my boat comes in. ha ha!
Lovely pictures! You live in a gorgeous area….I would love to live by the water. So peaceful and realxing. The last photo of you is wonderful. Great to put a face to your blog!
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Beach Cottage ladies, we have some vintage linen and some wood/twig washed up on the beach today here in Beach Cottage Land….don’t say I don’t keep you entertained now will you . Come on in. So, yep I have posted about colanders on this blog, about things sourced from the side of the road, about [...]
G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
Hmmm…I still don’t know what the tweet meant..LOL
Stunning photos Sarah!!! Are you enjoying your new camera? Sure looks like it!
yeah, still like the old one though…pointing and shooting be my thing I think lol!
I still miss all that wonderful living water – all the little bubbles, the way it pulls your legs out from under you, the exhilaration of catching a wave…
Was it too cold to go in? I suppose the surfers were wearing wetsuits.
Oh boy, these photos bring tears to my eye’s. Seriously! Guess I am more homesick than I thought. Grew up swimming in those waves and I am sooo looking forward to seeing them again soon! Thank you for the beautiful memories! I love this land too!!
o hubba hubba i wish i was at the beach today such vibrant colors!!! i can almost feel the ocean spray from the photos!!!
To live so close to such awesome beauty… you’re indeed a lucky, lucky girl.
Stunning shots, Miss Sarah.
love, love, love the photos! How much I love going to our aussie beaches. Never get sick of it. My partner lives at Cronulla and we walk around the esplanade all the time. Loving that last shot of you in particular, very nice. Have a great weekend! Hope this nice weather sticks around for it
)
Hi Sarah,
Waking up in rainy Switzerland and seeing that beautiful Aussie view…. you made me smile! Have a good weekend,
Maureen
xx
Stunning shots of our great land……………….spent the day at a cross country ski field in Victoria, will post some photos on Facebook.
The area was burnt out on Black Saturday but a blanket of snow creates an amazing contrast.Australia truly is a diverse land. Would love to be as close to the water as you are Sarah!
Bev
That certainly is a breathtaking view if ever I saw one….and I too feel very blessed to be living in this lucky land close to such a beach….one can never get enough.
Have a great weekend BC crew
Your photos are fantastic!!
I was wondering if you frame n display any of your lovely photos around home?? There very cool.
‘ave a great night!
Fabulous pics Sarah – I know you’ve mentioned it before but was make is your new camera?
And who takes your fab pics? I’m wondering is it the camera or the photographer that needs to be good, or both?!
Jules x
Awesome!!!!!!! Will def be swinging by my beach tommorow, coffee in a flask etc…..bliss
) Have a great weekend xx
Fab photos hun! Will be off to the beach with the wee ones in a minute to take in some of that delicousness myself! Good weekend to ya all.
hugs from Danmark!
Lovely pictures – so jealous that this is your winter. Mine (in Boston) is full of snow, which is pretty at first, of course, but then gets dirty and brown and makes it hard to get anywhere!
I didn’t read all the wallpaper comments, but if people are saying “don’t do it,” what about stenciling a patter on the wall? I’ve seen so many great ones around blog-land lately. And then if you change your mind about it in a year or two, it’s so much easier to change.
I too love this lucky country and feel very blessed to call it home! I just really how much you share and appreciate this amazing place we live!
Things may not be perfect here, or in any of our lives, but I find your gratitude, and how much you appreciate what you have such an inspiration Sarah!
Thank you!
lol I love the sea too winter and all. I am lucky enough to live 2 mins walk away.
Now I am al homesick.. I miss my home by the sea. Have a wonderful weekend.
To live by the sea…one of my dreams. Do you get to swim or are the waves for surfers only? my son is a kite surfer and would drool over these photos…
WOW. Just beautiful.
oh i am in love with todays post- just hung up from one of my manly *besties* and she said they had surf at *fairlight beach* today! that is indeed a rare occur!!
love it when the big bomboras roll in!
what a gorgeous day you have had my friend- it works for me- again living vicariously through your lovely pickies!
love the last photo of you- that how imagine you’d be if we met and sat on the boardwalk together…
melissa x
We sure do live in a beautiful country
I wish I were standing there with you! I adore the ocean and am amazed by its beauty and power. So glad I stopped by this morning. Have a wonderful weekend! La
That’s some awesome surf… Oh… how I long to be back there… The hubby may have an opportunity for a job in Sydney when he finishes up his PhD and looking at these pictures really makes me think…. Arghhhh could I really up sticks and move again… Keep posting the Oz eye candy for me. Lx
Breathtaking Sarah…… who needs the quilt : )
Okay, now I want to lay down in the floor and cry like a toddler. I’m an hour from the big water, and it breaks my heart!
Hi Sarah,
That is so gorgeous. Sitting here looking at your photos, remembering the beaches and Stu (my husband) saw the waves, leant over and said, “Ooo, let me see that”… thanks so much. We loved it! Emma. xx
you’re one blessed chickie …and oh so cute
What a wonderful place!
Beautiful…I love the ocean. I am headed to the beach this week, and I am so looking forward to it. These pictures just got me even more excited!
So jealous!! Going to Nags Head North Carolina next week for two weeks before school starts.I’m hoping we have surf as good as you had it the fab pictures..
Love the energy of these ocean photos this morning….Motivates me to get going over here….Now we also know the quilt is white….Still like the thought of paper in your bedroom, but the possibility of stenciling, too, by your followers! Have a great day!
LOVE the photos! Can’t wait to see the quilt and I will guess that is the same white one that I have been looking at on Anthro’s site:) I would ramble on but apparently I have a STALKER that it literally so desperate that they are reading my comments on blogs to other people. Pretty sad isn’t it? GOD IS STILL GREAT AND SO IS LIFE so I am pressing on. I look forward to seeing your finished project Sarah!
Tammy Stonebrook
Great pictures, perfekt.
All the best this time from Italy Sarah,
back in 4 weeks,
have a lovely time
Silke
Gorgeous pictures Sarah! I’m ready to pack a bag and head down to my own ocean after seeing these!
But I feel like you do. We had always wanted to move to the country, and after ten years of planning we finally got here. But still after almost 11 years of being here, I feel like I can’t believe I’m here, that I’m on vacation, and they are going to tell me it’s time to go. I get very emotional, and I am so full of gratitude.
Now off to pick blackberries for my breakfast!! I am in Eden…..
Lovely pictures Sarah, perfekt,
all the best this time from Italy,
I am back in 4 weeks yeeph!
Have a great day,
Silke
Well yet again you have me blown away with pictures! I can’t imagine what this looks like in real life, but I will soon find out! I am telling my husband when he gets home we ARE MOVING to Australia, hey it might not be until he retires in 30 years (yeah thats right 30 years he has to retire at 55) which I am ok with!
I am sure a vacation will be had too soon!
But I want to live by the sea! I swear it makes you radiate with happiness!!
Hi Sarah-
Your photos are breathtaking. How I wish I could live by the sea. Thanks for posting all the great shots of the waves. It looks like you had quite an enjoyable time with your camera.
How cold does it get in the Winter there?
My best- Diane
Sarah, Thank you so much for these gorgeous shots of the ocean. I grew up in California, but now live in small town Vermont (running a tearoom and painting) and HOW do I miss the ocean?! Your photos brought the sounds and the smells of the coast rushing back to me. Thank you so much for that. Cheers!
Suzanne
WOW!!! What gorgeous pictures!!! I love them all, but the fifth one from the bottom particularly grabbed my attention….as in, it took my breath away!!! What a stunning place to live!!!
Have a great weekend!
Hugs,
Michele Rice
GORGEOUS PICS ! I live on the ocean and mine isnt that pretty. Ill have to dig up some pics but not sure how to post them here. I also love anthro ! Bought a white of course ruffly ruffly shower curtain there for my little house and almost had an anxiety attack paying $90.00 ! My only splurge for my old 1950 bathroom ! So worth it…and so worth it to not tell the hubby how much it really cost ! Can you say???? Ripped the tags off before I took it in the house !!!! lol
haha Angie I do that all the time…Mr BC wouldn’t have a clue about the price of homewares…thank goodness
OMG!!!! I am (almost!) speechless!! How exhilarating to be there…..right in front of those waves!!! You are soo lucky!! I love big waves and large bodies of water. Perhaps someday I, too, will live beside the pounding surf!! Thank you so much for taking these pics and posting them! They are exquisite!
Laura
oh sarah, how amazing!!! just amazing!
i’m sorta jealous….but am moved by these images none the less
& your words too
ps, i LOVE your photo header. the chair in the water…i love that especially
Beautiful wave photos! Love that one of the single crashing wave with all of the mist and spray. Gorgeous! Here in Miami we definitely do not get the crashing waves like that. The beach here is often like a swimming pool – calm and flat and clear as far as the eye can see.
As for the wall paper…WHAT why are people telling you not to do it?! i LOVE the wallpapers you’ve picked out. My absolute favorite is #4. That beautiful greyish purple…love it. I think you should do it! I would…if I didn’t live in an apartment!
P.S. Have you seen the movie “Point Break” where at the end Patrick Swayze runs into the waves of Australia that are as tall as a building? your photographs remind me of that a little bit!
I’m lovin’ all the photos of you that you’ve been posting lately. It’s always fun to see the lady behind the blog…and since your blog is one of my faves…it makes it all the more fun!
And the waves….AMAZING. I’d love to live by the sea. I’ve been thinking all day about how much I’d love a beach house, someday, when my boat comes in. ha ha!
Lovely pictures! You live in a gorgeous area….I would love to live by the water. So peaceful and realxing. The last photo of you is wonderful. Great to put a face to your blog!
Beautiful!x Makes me miss the ocean!xx
Really beautiful.
I grew up on the Gold Coast and looking at these pictures makes me very homesick toady!!
Oh, I sooooo love your photos. Thanks so much. That was good : )
Vancouver Island looked nice until I saw this post……I would LOVE to live by the sea