at the city centre? physically, yes - mentally, no!

Going to the city centre

~ by bus

~ in the summer
~ for boring paperwork business...
is simply out of the question...

unless...

...

...

there's some kind of lure;

for me that's two words: shopping + coffee.

...

...

So once the boring business was out of the way,

I got myself some eye-candy (see picture below)

and headed towards my favourite cafe.

It's on the first floor (second if you are in the States)

on the busiest street,

and there are plants on the windowsills to keep the city out!

I know the pictures are lame - I took them with my mobile- but I wanted to show you this little poem that was written with pencil on the windowsill; apparently, this girl saw someone she liked there and started going back again and again in case he appeared too but she had no luck and expressed her disappointment by writing a poem there. The last line is:

"I came...where are you?"

The cafe has a collection of books and magazines if you want to read something while you're there -I did prefer my magazines though today-

and often hosts art exhibitions.

Today, I found these wonderful flower paintings there

which made my day!

Having coffee with a magazine full of countryside images and flower paintings all around.... bliss!

As for the shopping part,

I made some purchases I'm very happy with,

but this has to wait for another post.

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Hope you all have a gorgeous weekend!

xxx

while waiting...

When a new season is around the corner,

I like browsing through old magazines-

cooking, decoration, parenting ones-

to warm up

and find inspiration.

I know we still have a full month of winter ahead,

but there will be days with sunshine,

and besides, the first signs of spring have already made their appearance

(see a couple of posts below).

These images are from a Greek magazine on parenting~

I liked the flowery fabrics in the first photo

and all the vibrant colours in the second.

edit to add: it goes without saying that the little girl

is adorable; I've recently waved goodbye to my lifelong dream

of having a daughter one day.

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This award was passed on to me by Lucy.

Thank you for always being here.

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PS. Thanks so much for the encouraging comments on my first crochet project!

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Have a lovely week!

xxx