tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85630835867025091122024-03-21T05:05:36.314-07:00 SweetieTulipHi! I'm Martina, a 31 years old girl from Italy.
I really love reading, photographing, travelling and cooking, especially cakes and biscuits. I hope you enjoy your visit!!!Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-90543891103681825762018-10-06T03:29:00.000-07:002018-10-06T05:37:52.160-07:00Autumn Bucket List<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nights are getting darker and you can spot the morning’s frost in the fields, meaning that is finally time to wear cosy sweaters, colorful tights and scarves and enjoy the warm embrace of a woolen blanket.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are always many lovely things that I want to do in this amazing time of the year so, inspired by a video of my favorite BookTuber Lauren from "Lauren and the Books", I decided to write my own autumn bucket list, and try my best to tick the most of the things during the months to come.</span></span></div>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Read a thriller and a ghost story.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Have a movie day under the duvet.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Try a new pumpkin recipe.</span></span></li>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wear thick fluffy socks.</span></span></li>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Enjoy a foggy morning walk.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Burn some new candles.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bake an apple cake.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Explore the woods in their autumnal glory and pick up chestnuts.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wear my favorite sweater to stay warm.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Decorate the house with pine cones, chestnuts and beautiful leaves.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Drink warm apple juice.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Spend an afternoon curled up under a blanket, with a good book and an hot chocolate.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Snuggle into a cozy scarf.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Make a “London fog" latte.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Take my own fall pictures.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Make soups.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Unwind with a relaxing day at the SPA.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wear my pairs of brogues.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Make cinnamon rolls.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wear dark lipsticks.</span></span></li>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-27878844419524556252018-09-16T11:57:00.000-07:002018-09-16T11:57:53.680-07:00September's Lovely Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Autumn is just around the corner and I’m writing these words in my living room, with all the windows opened and the sound of some trumpet players who are performing on the street. It’s about 27 degrees where I live and I’m dreaming about soft blankets, woolly socks, hot chocolate and crispy leaves, but actually I’ve just eaten a huge ice-cream..one of the last of the season I hope!</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m the worst at keeping update this little place of mine, but there are a few things that enlightened the month of September, that really need to be shared with you:</span></span></div>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scotland: I visited Edinburgh last January and I loved it so much that I decided to come back to Scotland for the summer holidays! The city was even more beautiful with the late summer light, and I also explored St Andrews, a lovely city on the est coast of Fife, and the Highlands, where I tried to spot Nessie in the deep waters of Lochness.</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The open- air market: on Saturday morning there’s a nice market in my little town, where you can buy fruit and vegetables directly from the farmers! I really love leaving house with my favorite cloth handbag, that my mother made for me many years ago, walk to the small banquet of organic fruit and vegetables and choose the best ones, dreaming about al the succulent recipes and being inspired by colors and perfumes.</span></li>
<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">A new routine: this post is all about weekends, I know, </span>but for me<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> it’s actually the best best part of the week! On Sunday morning I really like to have a slow awakening, with the sunlight coming in from the balconies left ajar, getting up slowly and dragging me lazily in the kitchen to make a cup of tea .. at the moment I’m mad about Lady Grey , with a splash of soy milk, or with sugar and lemon, to be enjoyed in bed with a copy of " The simple things”, the best magazine ever!</span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fig jam on toast: figs are among my favorite fruits and their sweet and intense taste is enhanced if you spread the jam on a crunchy and warm white bread! I’m a creature of habit and I usually have breakfast with fresh fruit, yogurt and cereals, but for this treat I gladly make an exception!</span></li>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-26381131895599656002018-02-16T06:35:00.000-08:002018-02-16T06:35:01.339-08:0030 Facts About Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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would be lovely to share with you 30 facts about myself, just to let you know
me a little bit better.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I was born in Florence, but I live in a little city
in the north-east of Italy; however I’m lucky enough to go there quite often to
visit my relatives and enjoy the city!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I’m a social worker and I truly love my job.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. I’ve always been a booklover and my favorite
authors when I was child were Astrid Lindgren and Beatrix Potter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. I’ve just split up with my boyfriend after an year
together. Will I find Mr. Right one day?!?!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. When I was eighteen I discovered to be allergic to
dairy products, so I’ve been craving for cheese for too many years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. I love walking in the woods, especially with Cloe,
my parent’s sweet Yorkshire terrier.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. My favorite season is Autumn, with its bright
orange pumpkins, the crunchy leaves, the sweet hot chestnuts, and the first
boiling herbal teas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. I’m a Pisces, a sensitive and emotional dreamer,
but also stubborn and determined.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. I’ve lived in Dublin for some months and Ireland, with
its green fields and cliffs overlooking the sea, will be always dear to my
hearth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. I would like to have a family one day and, If I
could choose, two daughters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. I adore baking cakes and biscuits, especially for
the delicious smell that spreads in the kitchen while they are in the oven.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. Tulips are my favorite flowers, so they inspired
the name of my blog.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13. I’m scared of blood and I’m very ashamed of it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14. I have zero patience and I get annoyed very fast,
but I’m trying to improve.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15. I haven’t worn a dress for ages, then one day I
bought a beautiful one and I felt so good that I haven’t stopped wearing them
anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Nicholls, and the story always remind me a person who in the past was very
important for me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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hate going to gym and do the exercises under the eyes of everyone…it
embarrasses me a lot!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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university and I’m still dazzled by its beauty every time I walk its streets.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I am, ready to tell you all about my wonderful trip to Edinburgh, a city that I’ve
always dreamt to visit!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and a little rest, we decided to have a walk to the castle that was all lit up
and, despite the cold and the wind, the view that we enjoyed from up there was
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marvelous shops, expecially the “<b>Aha Ha Ha Jokes and Novelties</b>”, which is full
of masks and crazy things and it could really be run by Fred and George Weasley,
and “ <b>The Diagon House</b>”, a wonderful place filled up with Harry Potter’s things
like wands, feather quills, potion bottles, fluffy owls, chocolate frogs and
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the names of some J.K. Rowling’s characters; the most important one is “ Lord
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Potter, in fact it is said that the author, during her early years in
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with pumpkin, potatoes and sage, we decided to explore <b>Holyrood Palace</b> and we lost ourselves in the sumptuous residence of
the Windsor, carried away by its charm and enchanted by its history. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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was really cold and cloudy outside so, after a quick lunch with a soup at the “Union
of Genius”, we went straight to the <b>National Gallery of Scotland</b>, which
displays some of the masterpieces of amazing painters like Monet, Van Gogh,
Vermeer, Rembrand, Gaughin and many others.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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sun shined again our second to last day, so we took advantage of it and we
explored the beautiful <b>Stockbrige</b>. I truly loved that charming part of the
city, so elegant and quiet on Sunday morning, especially Circus Lane, a little
lane full of picturesque mews houses. It was amazing to do a little bit of
shopping in the charity shops and have a walk in the market, which is full of
great goodies also for vegans, with a huge cup of chai tea latte to warm our
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climbed the hill. Learning the story of the castle and have a look to the
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was time to say goodbye to this wonderful city and, I must confess, I did it
with a little sadness…Edinburgh really enchanted me so I hope to come back
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-36413218321666256812018-01-24T22:53:00.000-08:002018-01-23T22:54:02.200-08:00Wonderful Wednesday # 9<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It’s Tuesday night and I’m all warm and snuggly on my sofa, under the
softest blanket, with a cup of tea to warm up my hands. I love these cozy
winter nights at home, and I cannot think of a better way to focus on the
positive things that made me smile the last couple of weeks:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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exhausted and under the weather, there’s nothing better than an afternoon of
shopping with my mum. She’s always been the one that could make me smile or
cry, based on what I needed most, and today she was able to get me back in good
spirits with her positivity and gentleness! We went in a lovely shop to buy
some new super cute clothes ( a lovely black blouse with white swans, a black
skirt with a big bow in its waist and a pair of grey woolly shorts) and we had
the warmest cup of pomegranate green tea and
the yummiest croissant with apricot jam! No doubt, mum knows how to make
me happy!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">2. <b>Pumpkin soup</b>: this winter has been all about
soups…tasty little pleasures that warm you up after a long stressful day at
work! There is a little market every Saturday morning close to my house, where
they sell many organic products from the farms of the nearby villages, so you
can imagine how sweet and genuine the pumpkins are. I‘m not a great chef, but I
can easily made a tasty soup with pumpkin, potatoes and parsley, or sprinkle it
with grains of hazelnuts…blissful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">3. <b>Edinburgh</b>: A week ago I came back home after spending
five amazing days in Edinburgh! Going to Scotland has always been my dream, so
I couldn’t have been more excited when my parents bought me and my sister two
tickets for Edinburgh as a Christmas present. The city was even more beautiful
than I expected, vibrant, lively, stunning and full of history! It was so
lovely to explore its hidden gems, drink many cups of chai tea latte in the cosy
Starbucks of the Royal Mile, take lots of pictures everywhere and spend time
with my sister, who is the best “partner in crime” you could desire when it
comes to shopping, watching romantic movies and silly video until late at night
and laughing out loud.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. <b>Brushed cotton bed sheets</b>. Is there
anything better than go to bed early, after a long, busy day and be wrapped up
in the comfiest, softest and warmest brushed cotton bed sheets?!!! I must admit
I came late to the party and I discovered this pleasure only the last fall, but
its’ such a bliss to be able to skip the annoying part of going to bed, when
you spend the first five minutes beating your teeth and trying to warm you up
as soon as possible! As for all the daily little pleasures, once you discover
them you can’t go back, so I ran to buy a new pair of this kind of bed sheets
and I received another one as a gift from my friends…I must say I’ll enjoy them
all the winter long. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5. <b>Pancakes with bacon
and maple syrup</b>. I’m usually a morning person and I don’t like to waste my time
in bed, but Sunday morning I decided to make an exception and, without putting
the alarm clock, I slept until eleven o’ clock ( Gosh, I needed it!!) Once I
got up I was craving for something yummy and tasty to eat, so I decided to try
a new recipe: sweet potatoes pancakes with bacon and maple syrup! For me
pancakes rhyme with holidays, so the simple fact to prepare a brunch like that
put me in a very good mood! The procedure took quite a long time, but it was
well worth it because the result was amazing: the pancakes were gold and soft
and the combo with the crispy bacon and the maple syrup created a sweet and sour
taste that was paradisiac!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wish you a beautiful day my friends and, please, let me know what has put a smile on your face this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here all the amazing ww ladies whose positivity will be like a balm for your soul:</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://sallytangle.blogspot.it/" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration-line: none;">Sally</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/perfect-hiding-place-3630689" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration-line: none;">Jo</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/roast-chicken-a-country-walk-13703863" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration-line: none;">Helen</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-outside-london-12711827" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration-line: none;">Michelle</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/daydreams-summertime-12428213?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration-line: none;">Sarah</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/appreciate-day-7022283" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration-line: none;">Kate</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/happy-go-lucky-cat-11702159" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration-line: none;">Cat</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/a-month-sundays-14910673" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration-line: none;">Sam</a>, <a href="http://www.bloomingel.co.uk/" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration-line: none;">El</a> and <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-as-unusuals-14620481" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration-line: none;">Kerri</a>.</span></span></b></div>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-44249375431752376002017-10-21T10:06:00.000-07:002017-10-21T10:06:14.698-07:00Autumnal Little Pleasures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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sweet ladies!!!</span>I’m so glad
to be back after such a long time!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the
past months life has been a rollercoaster, with many ups and downs, joys and
tears, and I really needed to come back to this little safe corner, doing
something that makes me happy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So let’s
skip to the beautiful things of the last few weeks, with a cup of tea and some
chocolate biscuits to keep me company:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. The
little drop in the temperatures, which means many more cups of tea and nights
spent curled up on the sofa, under my soft woolly blanket! Summer has been
unbearably hot this year in Italy, a nightmare for an autumn lover like me, so
I couldn’t be happier to start wearing scarves and colorful tights and enjoy
the brisk air of the early morning walks to work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Call The Midwife: one Saturday I
was wandering around in a wonderful bookshop when a little book caught my
attention : “ Call The Midwife” by Jennifer Worth, which is the autobiography
of the author, who worked as a midwife in the East London in the 1950. I didn’t
buy the book that day but, some days later, I mentioned it to my friends and I
discovered that there was the series on Netflix! As you can guess I was
thrilled about it, and I was right because I was completely hooked to the
series since the first episode!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The main character is adorable, a
strong woman, independent, self-confident, but also sweet and charming, and I
love the setting, which is realistic and fascinating. I’m sure I’m going to
finish it in a flash!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a wonderful work of historical fiction that explores the gap between science
and superstition, friendship and romantic love. I had heard many positive
comments about this book before reading it and they were absolutely true.
However, I must confess, I couldn’t empathize so much with Cora Saeborne, the
main character, even if she is an unforgettable heroine, witty, independent and
fiercely intelligent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Bristol! Sentimentally speaking
the first weeks of September have been quite hard, so I thought the best
solution was to take a break from the routine and go away for some days. My
cousin was leaving for Bristol for her Erasmus and I decided to go with her, to
spend some days in England together, as we used to do when we were kids and our
families went on holidays together! We had an amazing time there, with sunny
days, a lovely Victorian house to stay in, and many delicious meals. Oh..and I
did some shopping too: candles, second-hand books, a new pair of comfy slippers
and some delicious herbal teas! Bristol was a balm for my soul and it brought
me luck because, once home, little by little, things started to get better!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. An afternoon to the Botanic
Garden. One Sunday I went with my girls on a daytrip to Padova, a city not so
far from where I live, easily reached by train. After a morning of shopping,
where I bought the most wonderful pair of embroidered jeans and the cutest
dress, we decided to visit the Botanic Garden, which was founded in 1545 and it’s
the world’s oldest academic botanical garden that is still in its original
location. We wandered around for hours,
chatting, laughing and taking pictures…It was truly amazing to be surrounded by
all those plants and gorgeous flowers from all around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. My new
leather backpack. “Patience is a virtue” they say..and they are right! After months
and months of wishing a backpack, looking for the right one and not finding it
anywhere ( I wanted a Kanken at the beginning but it was pricey and I wasn’t
fully convinced) last weekend I found THE ONE in Florence! It’s black leather
with golden hinges and a big pocket on the front and, moreover, it’s the
perfect size to be useful for work, but not too big to look like a schoolbag! I’m
in love with it and I’m glad that I waited so long!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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if anyone is still reading my blog after such a long time I thank you from the
bottom of my heart..it means the world to me!!! Have a lovely weekend and see
you soon!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-66210047773904681062017-02-01T07:00:00.000-08:002017-01-31T22:18:30.957-08:00Wonderful Wednesday # 8<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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beautiful to be writing this happy list again and to feel a little
bit out of the grey cloud that has wrapped me up since the beginning
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new inspirations and a reason to wake up in the morning with a smile
and go to work feeling full of energy and enthusiasm, instead of
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are people who can increase your self-esteem and others that make it
fall to pieces and, unfortunately, I have to deal with one of these
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyway, let's
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wonderful family and friends that help me to stay positive and
believe in what the future can bring and an happy list of things that
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. <b>Celebrating
the 18 birthday of my little sister</b>: the 22<sup>nd</sup> of
January Linda turned eighteen and we decided to go for lunch in a
cosy little restaurant on the top of a mountain not so far from home.
We walked for an hour in the snow to reach the place and it was
fantastic to breath the fresh air, chatting cheerfully, laughing and
feeling carefree even just for a day!
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Inn" by Daphne Du Mourier</b>: this book is a masterpiece..I absolutely adored it!It was my first book written by this author and
I was inspired to give it a try by the lovely booktuber Lauren from
“Laurenandthebooks”. I must say it was exactly what I needed: a
gothic romance, set in the moors of Cornwall, full of suspance and
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After more than a year away from this lovely city, I missed its magical atmosphere so much, so it was a pleasure to see again these familiar places that are so dear to my hearth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I must confess I went to bed with the desire to come back there, find a mysterious irish man with a red beard and charming eyes and live happily ever after ( we all have the right to dream a little, right?!). Oh..and one more thing...the soundtrack is absolutely amazing...I can't stop singing it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. <b>Sushi time with my collegues </b>: sometimes there's nothing better than a night out with friends to regenerate body and soul from the stress accumulated during the week!Actually I'm not a sushi lover, but once in a while it's funny to try something different from the dear old pizza, so last Friday night we booked a table in a cosy sushi restaurant and we spent some lovely hours trying to eat "nigiri", "uramaki" and other delicious things with unpronounceable names, with chopsticks without making them drop in our trousers! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm all wrapped up in my favourite blanket, warming my feet and my hands after a freezing busy day at work, rejoicing with the idea that tomorrow I have a day off, which is simply amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually I'm a little bit ill, with a red nose and many scattered handkerchiefs here and there, so it's a blessing to have an entire day just to relax, write my christmas cards, read a book, drink several cups of tea and finally start my christmas shopping!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. <b>Lady Grey Tea. </b>The scented and elegant tea, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with bluebottle flowers,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I bought some weeks ago from Peter's Tea House! When I was in Dublin I used to drink it every single day and many times a day, but unfortunately in Italy it's very difficult to find, so I've missed it so much! Tasting a cup of Lady Grey, with a drop of soy milk is absolutely heavenly, especially combined with some super christmassy cinnamon biscuits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. <b>"Fantastic beasts and where to find them".</b> I must confess that this movie has been like a medecine for me. I went to see it to the cinema with my sister on a Sunday evening because, after the sudden loss of my aunt, I really needed to distract myself from the sad thoughts of those days. That night out, lost in the Rowling's universe, was absolutely brilliant: we had a lot of fun together and the movie was fantastic! Am I the only one to have a secret crush on Eddie Redmayne??He's a pretty fantastic beast himself, don't you think?!?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. <b>Christmas Cards Swap. </b>Writing and receiving cards, especially during Christmas time, is something that I adore! It's so exciting to open the postbox and find some cute envelops waiting for you to reveal their secrets! I love to collect all the cards I receive because I think it's very nice to reread them sometimes or to use the most beautiful ones to decorate the shelves of your house! I really want to say a big " THANK YOU" to all the ladies that decided to partecipate to my Christmas cards swap this year, it has meant so much to me, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I can't wait to receive your lovely wishes and send you mine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. <b>Christmas lights. </b>Since the first night of December the city has been sparkling!!! It's so beautiful to see all the little lights that illuminate the night, especially if you are inside, enjoying the coziness of your couch, watching a christmas movie or one of your favourite series in Netflix, dunking too many spiced biscuits in a steaming cup of tea! Life is for these little pleasures, isn't it?!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. <b>Candles. </b>One of the first things I usually do when I come back from work in the evening is to light up a candle, to create a relaxing and cozy atmosphere in the house, so the last time I went shopping I decided to treat myself with three new festive yankee candles: "Christmas Eve", " All is bright" and " Red apple wreath"! Yesterday night I went for the last one, with its festive aroma of sweet apples, cinnamon, walnuts and maple..definitely the perfect choice!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish you a lovely night my readers and, please, let me know what has put a smile on your face this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here all the amazing WW ladies whose positivity will be a balm for your soul:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><a href="http://sallytangle.blogspot.it/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sally</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/perfect-hiding-place-3630689" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Jo</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/roast-chicken-a-country-walk-13703863" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Helen</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-outside-london-12711827" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Michelle</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/daydreams-summertime-12428213?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sarah</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/appreciate-day-7022283" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Kate</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/happy-go-lucky-cat-11702159" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Cat</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/a-month-sundays-14910673" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sam</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="http://www.bloomingel.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">El</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-as-unusuals-14620481" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Kerri</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">.</span></b></span></div>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-8930439779533842016-11-26T06:21:00.000-08:002016-11-26T06:21:04.839-08:00Christmas Cards Swap 2016<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are all ready to start the countdown
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the last two years one of the
things I was most excited about, around the Christmas time, a part
from all the decorations, the christmas gifts to buy for the loved
ones, the delicious food and the scent of mulled wine, was the
arrival of the Christmas cards from “ <b><span style="color: #990000;">The Christmas Cards Swap</span></b>”,
organized by the lovely Jenny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I waited for all the month of November,
hoping for the merry post to come, but unfortunately it didn't, so I
thought : “ Why don't I organize one?!?!”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Receiving them always
put a smile on my face, so I thought it would be a pity to miss this
reason of happiness!!! Do you want to join me?!?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you miss it too or you just want to
receive a bunch of lovely christmas cards from new friends around the
world, you just have to send me an email with your name, surname,
adress, and wait for more easy instructions to come!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to this swap I had the
wonderful opportunity to meet some lovely ladies, and some of them have become dear friends!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you ready to join this merry
gang?!!? In addition I thought of a special surprise that will give
a yummy touch to this swap!!! Let's subscribe here and invite all of
your friends: <a href="mailto:sweetie.tulip88@gmail.com"><b><span style="color: #990000;">sweetie.tulip88@gmail.com</span></b></a></span></div>
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of December</span></b> so that all the cards will arrive in time!!!</span></div>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-44980764050703266672016-11-23T13:33:00.000-08:002016-11-23T13:33:31.510-08:00Wonderful Wednesday # 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm really sorry to be late again to this merry weekly date, but life has been quite chaotic during the last few days, so here I am, at the end of the day, writing my happy list, glad that I have managed to take some time for myself even today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last week my family went through the sudden loss of the dearest aunt of my mother, who was like a granny for me and my sister. We are never ready for such kind of things so, today more than ever, I need to focus on the little pills of happiness that life brought me in the past two weeks to cheer me up a bit:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. <b>Spending time with my cousin</b>. Last weekend my cousin Francesca came to visit me for a couple of days; she's two years younger than me, but since we were little girls we've always been very close and attached, even if she lived in Florence and we didin't meet very often. Fortunately she's now studying in Venice, which is not too far from where I live, so I've been</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> super happy to host her in my new flat for the first time! We spent the days sharing our secrets, reading the old letters she sent me when we were teens ( which were hilarious!!!), sipping several cups of hot chocolate, eating too many christmas cookies, chatting about life and dreams and watching "Becoming Jane", a movie about the life of Jane Austen. Time flies when you have fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. <b>Wearing my blue beret</b>. It's finally time to pull it out from the closet, hooray!!! One day, while I was wandering around the tiny streets of Venice, I found the perfect hat, the only one that really suits me: a blue woolly beret!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love wearing it with the misty rain, instead of opening the umbrella, it makes me feel very sophisticated and it gives me a "parisian" look, especially with a touch of red lipstick!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. <b>Homemade pralines</b>. I'm totally mad about chocolate, especially the dark one, with its rich flavour and its intense aroma! My mother knows me very well and she adores to tempt my tastebuds, so she made some little pralines with dark chocolate and hazels, which were divine! We enjoyed them on Sunday, with the coffee, and the combination was absolutely perfect! Sometimes no one can do things better than a mum!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. <b>The perfect autumn/winter lipstick</b>. This weekend I took some time to reorganise my make up products so, with the help of a friend who is really into the world of beauty, I tried all of my lipsticks to decide what to keep and what to throw away! It was a big fun and, as always after a big clean up, I felt very pleased and satisfied and I decided that I deserved a treat for my good job!Luckily my cousin Francesca came at the right moment, wearing a wonderful berry lipstick with a pinkish-red undertone! It was love at the first glance so you can imagine my happiness when I tried it and I discovered that it looked amazing on my lips too!!!In addition it was super creamy, soft and comfortable to wear so, as you probably imagine, the day after that lipstick was already mine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Even only the fact of writing this little list of lovely things has brightened my day, so please don't hesitate to let me know what put a smile on your face last week, because your comments always make my day!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sallytangle.blogspot.it/" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sally</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/perfect-hiding-place-3630689" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Jo</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/roast-chicken-a-country-walk-13703863" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Helen</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-outside-london-12711827" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Michelle</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/daydreams-summertime-12428213?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sarah</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/appreciate-day-7022283" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Kate</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/happy-go-lucky-cat-11702159" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Cat</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/a-month-sundays-14910673" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sam</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="http://www.bloomingel.co.uk/" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">El</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> <a href="http://www.mutedmornings.co.uk/" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Mimmi</span></a>, </span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-as-unusuals-14620481" style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Kerri</a>.</span></span></div>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-36775174367914733272016-11-09T08:00:00.000-08:002016-11-08T23:00:57.429-08:00Wonderful Wednessday # 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Goodmorning beautiful ladies and
Wonderful Wednesday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How's your week going so far? Mine
started with a Monday blues, due to a long stressful Sunday at work,
that didn't allow me to take the break I needed! I cured it with a
cup of green tea and a huge slice of strudel my father made for me
with the secret recipe of my granny's mother ( she was from Austria, that's
why this cake is so delicious!), so today I feel really better! Fill
my belly with comfort food is always the best way to cheer me up!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last week was full of lovely things, so
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>A new blanket.</b> During the weekend
my mother surprised me with the most adorable of the gifts: a
colorful woolly knitted blanket, she made with the wools we bought
at the Yarndale Festival of Skipton two years ago.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I remember that I was so in love with
that blanket that I carried the balls of yarn all day long, even
during our walk in the woods; I had no idea she was finishing it, so
you can imagine my happiness when I unwrapped the package and I
found the blanket of my dreams, ready to keep me warm during the
long winter nights!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>“ We've always lived in the
castle” by Shirley Jackson. </b>This is a bizarre, sinister,
chillingly, terrifying story, that leaves you with a growing sense
of unease. I barely devoured this little book because I really
couldn't put it down! Pages after pages it kept me hooked with its
plain creepy atmosphere! Here the first lines:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“ My name is Mary Katherine
Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister
Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all, I could
have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my
hands are the same lenght, but I have had to be content with what I
had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister
Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the
deathcup mushroom. Everyone else in our family is dead”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>An afternoon to the cinema to see
“ The girl on the train”. </b>Last Saturday it was cold and rainy,
the perfect kind of weather for a trip to the cinema, to be
conforted by a good movie!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was looking forward to see “ The
girl on the train”, based on a book, wrote by Paula Hawkins, that
I read and loved last year when I was in Dublin, so I decided to buy
the tickets and enjoy it with one of my favourite ladies! What I liked the most about the book was the atmosphere of suspance,
the idea of looking out from the window of a train and imagine the
life of the people you see passing by, which is something that I
used to do when I took the train to go back and forth from the uni.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Despite the fact that the movie is set
in the USA instead of in the UK, which in my opinion was a big
mistake, it's a very good film, with an Emily Blunt's terrific
performance and a nice underlying mistery throughout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Colorful tights.</b> Dark green,
burgundy, navy-blue, ochre, brick-red, purple, petroleum-blue ...my
chest of drawers is full of adorable tights so, during autumn and
winter time, I can indulge on matching them with all my dresses! The
simple fact of wearing this kind of outfit make me feel happier and
brighter, since the first glance in the mirror. Today I went for a
checkered burgundy, blue and ochre dress, with navy-blue tights,
brown leather ankle boots and my little hedgehog brooch that I
adore!
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Dried cramberries. </b>I must confess
that I started to enjoy these little sweet treats to prevent urinary
tract infections which I suffer from, especially when I'm super busy
and stressed out, but I easily became addicted to them because, in
addition to their surprising health benefits, they're also
delicious! I add them to the yogurt and muesli in the morning, I
eat them when I'm running from a place to another at work and I feel
starving, but they're also perfect to be tasted like chips, one
after another, when I'm relaxing on the sofa! It's always time for
crambierries, isn't it?!?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Please let me know all the beautiful things that have put a smile on your face during this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://sallytangle.blogspot.it/" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sally</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/perfect-hiding-place-3630689" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Jo</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/roast-chicken-a-country-walk-13703863" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Helen</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-outside-london-12711827" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Michelle</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/daydreams-summertime-12428213?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sarah</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/appreciate-day-7022283" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Kate</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/happy-go-lucky-cat-11702159" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Cat</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/a-month-sundays-14910673" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sam</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="http://www.bloomingel.co.uk/" style="color: #d695cd; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">El</a><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> <a href="http://www.mutedmornings.co.uk/" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Mimmi</span></a>, </span><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-as-unusuals-14620481" style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Kerri</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wonderful Wednesday my lovely ladies
and Welcome November, with your foggy mornings, your rainy days, the
cosy woolly blankets, the hand-knitted pullovers, the steaming cups
of tea, the hot chocolates, the last crunchy leaves and the lovely
nights-in with a good book, or your favourite tv series.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Time flies, expecially the last two
months, and I'm trying to enjoy every single moment of this Autumn,
doing long walks in the wood with the dog, savoring all its beauty,
looking up to the sky, filling my eyes with the bright colors of the
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1<b>. Saturday's breakfast in my
favourite café</b>. Waking up on Saturday morning and going to my
favourite café in town for a yummy breakfast is something that I
love!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I usually go for a croissant with
vegan custard and a cappuccino with soy milk, which is my favourite
combination, all seasoned with lots of little talks with my sister
Linda or a dear friend.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think this little ritual is the best
way to slow down and enjoy the tranquillity of the weekend,
especially after busy days at work that seem to never end!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A brilliant Graduation Day</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Last
Wednesday one of my favourite ladies gratuated in medicine with
honours!!! Seeing her discussing her thesis, after months and months
of hard work, was very exciting and I felt full of pride! She
studied in Ferrara, a tiny lovely city two hours from my hometown
and, in the north of Italy, we have a nice way to celebrate the
graduation day: friends and family write a " Papiro",
which is a poster with the caricature of the person who graduates
and the funny story of her life, full of ridiculous anecdotes that
make everyone laugh. To read the " papiro" we dressed her
up like a geisha, because she's really into Japan, and we had so
much fun together, before going to a gorgeous restaurant to end the
day with an amazing dinner.</span></div>
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Tea</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. A caffeine-free blend of apple, cinnamon and cloves with zesty
orange peel, perfectly balanced to create a truly warm and festive
aromatic infusion. I know, it seems a little bit too much
christmassy, but I really deserved a treat and this one seemed the
perfect one! I can't wait to enjoy it with some cinnamon biscuits
just came out from the oven, so I think this will be one of my plans
for the weekend ahead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taking time to read a book</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. I've
always been a booklover! There are plenty of pictures of me, at the
age of 3-4 years old, all focused to turn the colorful pages of my
favourite book of fairy tales and books were my dearest friends
during winter time, when it was too cold to play outside. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Although nowadays the time to read is
little, dedicate at least half an hour a day to such a pleasant
activity is something they I'm really determined to enter into my
routine! This week I started a book that was in my bookcase from the
first year of the university and that I rediscovered during the
move: The New Yorkers, by Cathleen Schine, a brilliantly funny novel
that revolves around one city block in Manhattan. In this book, as
in life, canine companions compel their masters to go outside of
themselves, to take part in the community they live in, to make
friends, and, sometimes, to fall in love. I thought it was the perfect book to celebrate the start of my new life, and I hope it will bring me luck!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Receiving your lovely comments was something that truly filled my heart with happiness! It's amazing to have such a beautiful date with you every week, spreading joy all around!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here all the brilliant WW ladies that will put a smile on your face with their optimism and positivity:</span></div>
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<a href="http://sallytangle.blogspot.it/" style="background-color: white; color: #d695cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sally</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/perfect-hiding-place-3630689" style="background-color: white; color: #d695cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Jo</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/roast-chicken-a-country-walk-13703863" style="background-color: white; color: #d695cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Helen</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-outside-london-12711827" style="background-color: white; color: #d695cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Michelle</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/daydreams-summertime-12428213?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete" style="background-color: white; color: #d695cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sarah</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/appreciate-day-7022283" style="background-color: white; color: #d695cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Kate</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/happy-go-lucky-cat-11702159" style="background-color: white; color: #d695cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Cat</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/a-month-sundays-14910673" style="background-color: white; color: #d695cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sam</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="http://www.bloomingel.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; color: #d695cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">El</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> <a href="http://www.mutedmornings.co.uk/" style="color: #d695cd; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Mimmi</span></a>, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-as-unusuals-14620481" style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Kerri</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wonderful Wednesday my lovely ladies!!! Here I am, beginning this post, which I was looking forward to write, with one of the quotes I love the most and make me feel all the autumn vibes! This is my favourite verse of a Frost's poem my father used to repeat when me and my little sister were little girls and we went walking in the woods together, picking up chestnuts and drinking hot chocolate from a thermos brought from home!It's a gift to have such good memories! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Happiness comes suddenly, when you least expect it..for me it was on Monday night when, opening my blog, I discovered with joy some of the most adorable comments I've ever received from some of the ladies of this merry gang!!! Kate, Cat and Kerri..if you are reading this..the warmest of the hugs is all for you..you truly made my day!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>1. Cooking dinner with my mum. </b>Last Saturday two of my favourite girls came for dinner for the first time in my new house, so I decided to prepare something special ( we usually go for a pizza) to celebrate the beginning of my independance. After a quick trip to the sumermarket, my mum decided to help me so we planned the menu and started to cook together; we had so much fun preparing a starter of swivels of puff pastry with cheese, ham and grilled zucchini, a pumpkin and potato soup with chopped walnuts and the most fragrant of the apple pies! Living in my own flat means that the moments I spend with the family become unique and precious, away from the small disagreements of the daily life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>2. Jane Eyre.</b> Autumn is Jane Eyre's time of the year, isn't it?! Rainy days, dark clouds, fallen leaves, the early morning frost, steaming cups of tea.. everything reminds me the mysterious atmosphere of Thornfield Hall. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Having said that, you can imagine my excitement when, during my last trip to the local library, I found out that I could rent the first movie of the book, which I was looking forward to watch! It was such a pleasure to spend a cosy night in, enjoying that passionate and anguished love story, that never fails to move me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>3. Cuddles with the little boy of a friend.</b> Even though I've always had a sweet nature and a passion for kids, I really need to find a frog to kiss and turn into a prince before being ready to become a mum.. and I suppose it will take some time. However last Friday I went to my friend's house to visit her lovely newborn, a chubby little boy, with deep blue eyes and a soft skin, which smelled of babypowder. It was so nice to cuddle him and make him smile and giggle, but moreover to see my dear friend being such a brilliant mother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>4. Buying tickets for three plays at the theatre </b>( "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie is among them). One of the things I love the most about living in this new little city is the old theatre, renovated some years ago, which is just four steps from home. Going to the opening of the theater season on Saturday morning and buying tickets for three of the plays in the programme made me feel like a sophisticated lady! I know that is just a little theatre of a tiny provincial town, but the idea to spruce me up for an elegant night with my besties is thrilling!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>5. Morning ritual.</b> Since when I moved house, every morning I try to leave the bed at least half an hour earlier than usual in order to eat my large bowl of muesli and soy yougurt ( this week I'm all about the strawberry one) and sip my coffee on the sofa, wrapped up in my woolly blanket, warming my hands around the steaming cup. It's a morning ritual that I'm appreciating every day more, the perfect way to start a new day slowly, enjoying the silence, the pleasure to be alone with my thoughts and the beauty of the town that wakes up.</span><br />
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-13906264608487753062016-10-19T12:55:00.000-07:002016-10-19T12:55:08.379-07:00Wonderful Wednesday # 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I'm late. I'm late. For a very important date. No time to say " Hello, Goodbye". I'm late. I'm late. I'm late."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This evening I feel like the White Rabbit of Alice in Wonderland but, despite the complete lack of time of the past few days, I really really wanted to write this happy post, so here I am, wishing you the most wonderful of the Wednesday evenings!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How was your week so far? Mine has been full of new beginnings.. I finally left "the nest" last Saturday to move in my new tiny, lovely, cosy apartment which, I must say, looks exactly as I've always dreamt of. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So this evening, for the first time in my life, I'm curled up on the sofa, under the woolly blanket I used when I was a little girl in the nursery school, sipping a chai tea latte and writing this list of happiness:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. <b>Pumpkin</b>. Is there anything in the world more autumnal than pumpkin??!! Just thinking about all the yummy things that you can made by it makes me drool: spiced muffins with pumpkin and chocolate chips, pumpkin and potatoes soup with a sprinkle of cinnamon, pumpkin's potato dumplings flavored with butter and sage, risotto with pumpkin and mushrooms or pumpkin and rosmary... I could go on forever! Maybe it's just because I'm waiting for my dinner to be ready and all that I can think is about something delicious to fill my belly with, but I swear I do love pumpkin so much!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. <b>Going to the cinema</b>. After months and months, I went to the cinema for two Mondays in a row and it was really the perfect way to fight the Monday blues!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had forgotten how nice was to sink into a confortable seat, with popcorn and some of my favourite ladies to laugh or cry with!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. <b>Crispy leaves</b>. Walking on a carpet of leaves, surrounded by the trees of the wood which are turning into yellow, orange and red, cheered by the squeak of the squirrels and the humming of the little birds is something that fills my hearth with joy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last Sunday I decided to go for a walk with my dad, along a path I discovered in my new town; we spent two hours in complete bliss, rejoicing of each other's company, telling stories, laughing and collecting the most beautiful crispy leaves, as it were lucky charms for my new little house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. <b>Afternoon tea</b>. To be precise, my new favourite pastel pink mug full of lady grey tea, with a sip of milk and a slice of the yummiest, scented and easy to bake lemon cake just came out from the oven..paradise! Coming home from work yesterday, after a busy,rainy day, and giving myself this little treat was one of the best idea ever..we deserve a goody like this sometimes, don't we?!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish you a lovely night my darlings and, please, let me know what made your week a wonderful one...your comments always made my day!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here all the fabulous WW ladies which I must thank for all the positivity and optimism they gave me in all these months: </span><a href="http://sallytangle.blogspot.it/" style="color: #d695cd; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sally</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/perfect-hiding-place-3630689" style="color: #d695cd; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Jo</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/roast-chicken-a-country-walk-13703863" style="color: #d695cd; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Helen</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-outside-london-12711827" style="color: #d695cd; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Michelle</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/daydreams-summertime-12428213?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete" style="color: #d695cd; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sarah</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/appreciate-day-7022283" style="color: #d695cd; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Kate</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/happy-go-lucky-cat-11702159" style="color: #d695cd; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Cat</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/a-month-sundays-14910673" style="color: #d695cd; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">Sam</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="http://www.bloomingel.co.uk/" style="color: #d695cd; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration: none;">El</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-as-unusuals-14620481" style="color: #adadad; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Kerri</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">.</span><br />
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<br />Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-77000792314822545222016-09-28T14:21:00.000-07:002016-09-27T14:31:40.253-07:00Wonderful Wednesday # 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's a late September Tuesday evening, I'm curled up in bed, with the window open, the sweet scent of vanilla of my favourite candle is in the air, and the first cup of hot chocolate is in my hands. I'm bloody excited my lovely ladies, because, after months and months of hesitation, I'm finally entering on tiptoe in this faboulous world of Wonderful Wednesday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Since when I discovered the gorgeous blog of <a href="http://sallytangle.blogspot.it/">Sally</a>, a couple of years ago, these weekly dates full of happiness and positivity have become an essential part of my routine, and I'm always waiting for them with trepidation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, what a joy that this merry community is getting bigger and bigger!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's amazing how discovering the little daily joys, considering them as a gift and greeting them can help you living in happiness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Being in a crucial moment of my life, when I'm finally " leaving the nest" and days are full of packing and unpacking, I feel it's the right time to start a new chapter also in this little place of mine, that is so dear to my hearth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, withouth any further procastinations, let's talk happy things...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. <b>Moving house</b>. Oh my goodness! I'm very excited!!! I still can't believe it, but last Friday I signed my first contract for the renting of an house of my own and I received the bunch of keys!Hooray!!!It's a cute little flat on the top of an historic building in the centre of a lovely town. When I saw it for the first time it was love at the first sight..I think the feeling was pretty similar to the one the brides say they have felt when they've found the right wedding dress! I'm looking forward to start my new life within those walls, which seem already so familiar!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. <b>Figs & almonds jam</b>. I received a jar of this jummy jam some weeks ago when I went to Florence for the weekend to visit my grandma, and I must admit I have become completely addicted to it! It's the perfect treat after an healty dinner, just to full your mouth with a spoon of delight, or to spread it on a slice of warm bread..it's enough to feel in paradise!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. <b>A new book: "Harry Potter and the cursed child"</b>. I grew up with Harry Potter! When I started reading the first book of the series I was eleven and, year after year, my excitation for the coming out of the sequels has been stronger and stronger! I received this book some days ago but, instead of throwing myself headlong into reading, I decided to save it for the fìrst nights alone in my new flat..I think there couldn't be a better way to kick off my new house!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. <b>Apples</b>. One of the things I love the most about Autumn! Small, red, sweet and succulent little joys, delicious to taste at any time you're craving for something sugary and fragrant. I love them cooked in the oven, with a sprinkle of cinnamon and icing sugar..but also with the crumble and a spoon of vanilla ice-cream..Glorious! I'm a gready girl, I know, I know;)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last Saturday I went with my mum to a farm-house which sells organic products and I filled my basket with a new quality of apples called " crimson crisp"..you must try them..they're the perfect combination of sweetness and crunchiness and the yummiest I've ever tasted!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wish you the Happiest of the Wednesdays my darlings and, please, do let me know what made your week a wonderful one..your comments always make my day!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here all the fabulous WW ladies which I must thank for all the positivity and optimism they gave me in all these months: <a href="http://sallytangle.blogspot.it/">Sally</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/perfect-hiding-place-3630689">Jo</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/roast-chicken-a-country-walk-13703863">Helen</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-outside-london-12711827">Michelle</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/daydreams-summertime-12428213?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">Sarah</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/appreciate-day-7022283">Kate</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/happy-go-lucky-cat-11702159">Cat</a>, <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/a-month-sundays-14910673">Sam</a>, <a href="http://www.bloomingel.co.uk/">El</a> and <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/life-as-unusuals-14620481">Kerri</a>.</span><br />
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-54135416129647143872016-07-30T13:19:00.000-07:002016-07-30T13:19:12.336-07:00Just A Little Touch Of Blush...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Clearance sales are a real blessing! I've just come back from an afternoon of shopping with a little haul of makeup products and I can't wait to try them all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During my everyday life, I'm used to put on a very natural and fresh make up: just a little touch of blush on my cheeks, a coat of black mascara on my lashes, which unfortunately tend to be short and thin, and a lipstick that enhances the natural color of my lips and that can keep them moisturized and soft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, I can't deny that I'm very passionate about lipsticks, so I often experiment with brighter colors, bolder and eye-catching! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually, this overstated shopping was absolutely not planned, but once I was in the <b>Kiko</b>'s store of my town, a famous Italian brand whose prices are perfect for people who like to experiment with makeup and don't want to spend a fortune, I was literally dazzled and spellbound, and I couldn't resist to fill my basket !</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kiko matte lipstick " Velvet Passion", number 315;</span></li>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-68245290954867598902016-07-17T05:30:00.000-07:002016-07-17T05:30:14.762-07:00A Little Talk...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wonderful Sunday my lovely folks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that I owe you an explanation for having been so negligent so far, so here it is, plain and simple, the reason why I've been so silent in this little place of mine has been the terrible, stressful and feared national exam to be a professional social worker I've been preparing during the last six months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Working full time, it hasn't been easy to focus on studying, so getting ready for this text has taken all of my free time, especially the weekends and the evenings after work, that are supposed to be used to chill out and regenerate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, you know what?!?! IT WAS WORTH IT, BECAUSE I PASSED IT, in spite of all my worries and insecurities!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I saw the results on the net, I couldn't believe my eyes and I was, and I'm still, so proud, happy and relieved!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pass this exam was extremely important for my career infact, not even a week after the results, I started a new job, which allows me to put into practice what I've studied and I'm passionate about and, despite the fears, I can only be in the seventh heaven!</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Wild". I've been reading this story of adventure and rebirth, written by Cheryl Strayed, for a while and I've been totally captivated by it. In its pages you can feel the fire of the desert, the icy cold of the Sierra and the hypnotic power of a remarkable woman who, one step after the other, finds herself and her path</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sisterhood. I love spending quality time with my little sister Linda; She is my partener in crime and my midnight companion, the one I can sing out loud in the car with, the one that always motivate me to do my best, the one I can eat tons of icecream with, without feeling guilty because she always fights for the last spoon. Despite the difference of age, the relationship we have is special and she always knows how to cheer me up and make me smile! After being an only child for ten long years, she is definitely the best gift my parents could have given to me. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I was studying I decided to write a list of things I would have done after the exam and, one of my resolutions, is to post more, at least once every couple of weeks! Having said that, I really hope that you will hear my news more often from now on...fingers crossed!!!</span></div>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-30974176328398514282016-05-22T14:32:00.000-07:002016-05-22T14:32:28.556-07:00A Spring-like Update <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the bedside table there is a burning candle, "Midnight Jasmine" of Yankee Candle, a very relaxing scent of water jasmine, sweet honeysuckle, neroli and mandarin blossom, which is perfect to celebrate this little moment of my own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1. Strawberries and chocolate on toast. There's nothing that can put me in a good mood like having a yummy breakfast! Last week I was craving for something sweet and tasty, so I went for a combination that really amazed me: the most creamy and delicious dark chocolate spread on toast with fresh organic strawberries: PARADISIAC!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. Stripes. I simply adore them! I've been wearing this black t-shirt with white stripes in every occasion and I think it goes perfectly with every kind of outfit (a pair of skinny jeans, my favourite dungarees, my black leather jacket) and it makes me feel a little bit " glamour", expecially if I'm wearing a veil of red lipstick, which is something I thought I would have never been able to do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3. Blue skies and windy walks. Spring is for the most stunning strolls in the countryside, where the meadows are showing all their glory, with their bright green grass, the colorful flowers and the lapping of the creek. Fingers crossed for more and more of these gorgeous days, for these running clouds which seem whipped cream and make me feel like I was in Ireland again, reducing a little the nostalgy for this isle of emerald!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. Northanger Abbey. During the month of April I've been reading this classic, which is my first Jane Austen's book, and I throughly enjoyed it! It's a very quick and fun read and I would reccomend it to any lover of classics or to anyone who hasn't delved into this peerless writer yet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5. Venice. How could I end up this post without mentioning Venice?!? You know how much I love this charming city and the feeling of happiness, peace and well-being I feel when I'm scampering around and about its tiny streets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">April and May gave me some idyllic moments there with my friends and family, of whom I savoured every single moment hoping for more to come!</span></div>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-58707984008945548052016-03-28T07:47:00.000-07:002016-03-28T07:47:00.683-07:00Scented Vibrations...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a glorious sunny week, today the weather is grey and rainy, so I've thought it was the right moment to visit this little place of mine that I've neglected for so much time!!! So, here I am, ready to write an ode to spring with some flowering pictures, to suggest you a new recipe and a book that I'm loving right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everytime I see them, during my little daily walks in the countryside, the poem of William Wordsworth comes in my mind, and brings with itself the same emotion that I felt the first time I heard these verses in my last year of High School.</span></div>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-57133330436934273342016-02-05T06:18:00.000-08:002016-02-05T06:18:23.386-08:00A Wonderful Weekend In The Lake Of Como And Lugano<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even the weather is glad that the week is over...the sun is shining bright, the sky is cloudless and Spring seems to be just around the corner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately I can't take advantage of this glorious day because I'm housebound with a bad flu and an annoying cold. Yesterday was awful, I practically slept all day long, waking up only for drinking a cup of tea and cuddling Cloe, who spent the entire day in my sickbed, as the most caring nurse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luckily today I feel much better, so I thought it was the right time to share with you some of the lovely memories I have of the weekend I spent in the Lake of Como and Lugano. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went there with my closest friends Giulia and Marzia, because this trip was her amazing gift for our graduation..she couldn't have chosen something more perfect and exactly right for us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We left home on Saturday morning and, after a yummy breakfast, we took the motorway towards the Lake of Como. We reached the city just in time for lunch so, after leaving the luggages in the cosy room of our hotel, we went straight to the "Mystic Burger"; it's a restaurant with modern and casual chic interiors, contemporary design and rustic details, where I ate one of the best hamburger of my life ( I have to admit that I'm a beginner in the matter of hamburgers..I've eaten my first one less than 10 years ago!!It's shocking, I know, I know...).</span></div>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-3982060601600492662016-01-26T13:33:00.000-08:002016-01-26T13:33:39.739-08:00Just A Minute In January...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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anyone still around here? I’m so sorry for the never ending absence from this
precious little place of mine and I’m so glad that I’m finally back!!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is that this short time seems to be the
only one I can take during this period of craziness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a running train that is not going to stop!!! </span></span></div>
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month, I’m curled up in my bed, under a fluffy blanket, with a boiling cup of
hot chocolate and a hot water bottle on my feet, enjoying the simple pleasure
of being alone with my lovely memories.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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resolution I made for this brand new year was to try to find the genuine
happiness in myself but also the
strength I needed to break free of a relationship that, instead of giving me
serenity, was stealing my joy of life and was filling myself with insecurities
and sadness. </span></span></div>
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I didn’t do anything particularly exciting in the past couple of weeks, but I
want to show you some of the pictures I took on Sunday morning when I went
exploring the frosty woods near home with Cloe,
mum and dad! </span></span></div>
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of hours I felt literally carried
through the pages of the wonderful book I'm reading, “The Country Diary
of an Edwardian Lady” by Edith Holden, a diary which starts in the month of
January 1906, and includes the favourite
poems, the personal thoughts and the observations on the wildlife surrounding
the village of the writer in the Warwickshire<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the contact with nature and its enchanting beauty it’s all that we need to feel
alive again, regenerated in body and soul.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-67003673658792392192015-12-05T09:13:00.000-08:002015-12-05T09:13:59.008-08:00Sweet Memories Of Dublin...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We spent a week together, sharing the little bedroom I was living in and trying to get the most of the time we had in Dublin, visiting the city and its surroundings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can't explain the happiness I felt when I saw her at the airport, we were so excited that we couldn't stop smiling and laughing like foolish!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We spent the following days visiting Dublin, starting from the Trinity College, with its breathtaking library and the famous sphere of Arnaldo Pomodoro, and continuing with St. Stephen's Green, Merrion Square, the National Gallery, Phoenix Park, St. Patrick Cathedral , but also the lovely village of Howth and its amazing 10 km of coastal path!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We tasted the best food ever, especially all the vegan cakes, scones and muffins we shared in front of the biggest cups of chai tea latte!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It was amazing to be with her in a city I loved so much and I really wanted that our mini holiday could last forever!!!</span><br />
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Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-53977914742816212672015-11-09T06:55:00.001-08:002015-11-09T06:55:19.678-08:00Because Fall Rhymes With Pumpkin...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the reasons why I love the fall season, with its magic atmosphere, the feeling of peace that is brought by its colours, the rustle of the fallen leaves and even, perhaps, the first sprinkles, is the pumpkin! Plain and simple! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">250 gr. of steamed pumpkin flesh | 250 gr. of flour | 150 gr. of brown sugar | 150 gr. of margarine | cinnamon, cloves, and ginger powder | 1 egg | 1 teaspoon of baking powder | 1 pinch of salt | 100 gr. of chocolate chips</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the sugar, a</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dd the cold melted butter, the pumpkin (mashed with a fork) and the spices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bake in preheated oven at 180 ° C for about 30-35 minutes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last time I prepared these muffins I was still in Dublin, in the tiny but cozy flat in the south of the city, so they will always bring with them all of the sweetest irish memories...one for each bite!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Martina</span></div>
Sweetie Tuliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05880291073200868153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8563083586702509112.post-43008453213725153882015-10-15T06:33:00.000-07:002015-10-15T06:33:12.080-07:00House is made of bricks and stones, Home is made of Love alone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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spent as much as I could with friends and family, enjoying the warm waters of a
spa in the little city of Merano, some lovely dinners made of hugs, comfort
food and little talks, the amazing autumnal colors of the mountains during a
nice pic-nic, that ended up with a hot chocolate and many many laughs in the
cozy house of a friend near a very picturesque lake, surrounded by woods, I’ve
finally found some time for myself to stop and dedicate my thoughts to this
little place of mine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leaving Dublin the first day
of October, after three months full of discoveries, emotions and challenges,
hasn't been as hard as I had expected! I mean, even if I really really love the
city and I have been feeling welcomed and at ease there from the very first
moment, during this period away from home, from the people I love, I have realized
that I can’t live separate from all of them, from the verdant, peaceful, tidy
and comfortable little village where I live since when I was a child and where
all my roots are.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first days at home I've felt
grateful even for the smallest things like enjoying breakfast with my mummy,
the morning cuddles with Cloe, going to the farmer market to fill my bags with
delicious vegetables and seasonal fruits and wandering in the little streets of
Venice in a bright and sunny afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in spite of the excitement of a new life that you can built from scratch,
sometimes you feel lonely and miserable, and all you want to do is to fetch the
first plane to go home! I must say I have been really lucky to have my dear
friend Annalisa (who I met more than 6 years ago in the beautiful city of the
lagoon) and her lovely boyfriend who have taken care of me and made me feel at
home, and my new japanese friend Chikako, who I can't wait to meet again in a couple of months</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">!Friendship knows no boundaries and, if it’s deep and genuine, it can last
for years and years despite the distance!</span></div>
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from this amazing irish experience is that every person, even the strongest and
the most independent one, really need to have something or someone that can give
sense to the life away, that can fill it with happiness, satisfaction, dreams,
and that can give his/her help, day by day, to build a new "nest"
there, where you can feel at home again and you can start to weave your own web
of relationships which are the secret of a joyful life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">" I want to travel the world</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">although in my path</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will meet the rain,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that coming down will make me wet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And even with my eyes dimmed of water </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will see things</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that in a room, sheltered</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could never see."</span></div>
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