Happy new year chic friends!
I hope you had a lovely Christmas day and New Year's too. For Christmas we were guests at my Aunty’s, with fifteen of us in total. It was a fun, relaxed day, and I think everyone slept well that night 😂
I hope you had a lovely Christmas day and New Year's too. For Christmas we were guests at my Aunty’s, with fifteen of us in total. It was a fun, relaxed day, and I think everyone slept well that night 😂
We celebrated our 'New Year's Eve' on the 1st not the 31st, since Paul worked on the 1st and had the 2nd and the 3rd off. He was one of the few at the gym on the morning of the 1st bright eyed and bushy tailed 🤣
On the 31st it was just another night for us, no drinks and an early bed-time. I wondered what all the yahooing and noise was, and it was the public fireworks display and people up the road enjoying the party!
Our 1st of January new year's eve was fun too, with champagne, nice steak, and the new Dua Lipa concert (at the Royal Albert Hall in London with the symphony orchestra) on YouTube. Life is good :)
I hope you had a wonderful new year’s no matter what day you celebrated, and whether it was at home or out!
On the 31st it was just another night for us, no drinks and an early bed-time. I wondered what all the yahooing and noise was, and it was the public fireworks display and people up the road enjoying the party!
Our 1st of January new year's eve was fun too, with champagne, nice steak, and the new Dua Lipa concert (at the Royal Albert Hall in London with the symphony orchestra) on YouTube. Life is good :)
I hope you had a wonderful new year’s no matter what day you celebrated, and whether it was at home or out!
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My theme for the year
From what I've read online, a lot of people are looking to get healthier this year, get their lives in balance, and stress less.
My thoughts are similar, I want to embody a relaxed vacation feeling year-round so something around this will be my focus.
While still getting things done, of course!
My thoughts are similar, I want to embody a relaxed vacation feeling year-round so something around this will be my focus.
While still getting things done, of course!
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I took the photo below just after 6am when I got up on a mild and summery
Hawke's Bay day this week, just because the sky was so pretty. I love all the blues
and greens together from the sky to the agapanthus, and the paddock and
apple orchard too.
The cows in our paddock belong to our neighbours. These lady cows are so pretty, eight of them, in a speckly black and white pattern. They are very quiet, barely a peep out of them. And they were all very busy eating the grass even at this early hour. Breakfast time I guess!
The cows in our paddock belong to our neighbours. These lady cows are so pretty, eight of them, in a speckly black and white pattern. They are very quiet, barely a peep out of them. And they were all very busy eating the grass even at this early hour. Breakfast time I guess!
It feels so fresh and new to be on the
other side of Christmas, even though I enjoy all the festivities of December. I
still have my Christmas tree up and will enjoy the twinkling lights for
another week or so.
I’ve also been spending some time writing, which feels soooo good.
Happy new year to you, chic friend, and thank you for being here with me.
Here’s to farewelling 2024 and welcoming in 2025!
Happy new year to you, chic friend, and thank you for being here with me.
Here’s to farewelling 2024 and welcoming in 2025!
xx Fiona
Hopefully this will post this time. Just wanted to wish my Chic Mentor and her handsome husband a very Happy New Year. May you prosper and be health this year over and above! Beautiful pictures. Makes me miss my cows!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Fiona! I am thankful to be on the other side of Christmas, as well. We are waiting on one more grand baby to be born on Monday (had one in December too) and then I can breathe a little easier. I've got plans to write this year and hopefully get my next book going. You're always a good motivator :) Take care and many blessings to you and Paul.
ReplyDeleteHappy -new year, that this 2025 will be full of joy!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Fiona, thank you for adding the link to the Dua Lipa Concert. I'm a Brit, 58 and ashamed to say that whilst I have heard her songs whilst out and about in shops, I never knew she was so big. Apparently voted in the top 100 most influential people in the world. Not sure why, but it shows how famous she is. I had a watch and really enjoyed it and now need to watch her at Glastonbury. Please keep posting these gems. Everything about it was gorgeous - the orchestra, her dresses, the venue and of course the music that makes you want to get up an dance.
ReplyDeleteI first saw her on a Graham Norton show when she was a rising star many years ago. Her music is so good!
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