French bread on Friday...her gift and my heart...

yesterday started out beautiful!

i woke up to a perfect Pacific Northwest day of 

sunshine. i sipped my coffee on the front porch admiring  our "first blooms".

while i was blogging about it, i started feeling not so well.

to make a long story short...i did not go into work until 

about 3pm.  i had to go in. there were a few tasks that needed to

be completed to avoid complete frustration for my co-workers
and my employer(s).

after work, i met Mr D at Costco to pick up a roasted chicken and

some fresh veggies for the weekend. it was 8:12pm 

when we returned home. 

i always go to our farm table and hang my handbag on

one of the chairs. Mr D hadn't said a word...

a parcel had arrived!

the stamp said:

ROYAL MAIL!

which was immediately interpreted as a

ROYAL HUG...

only better, than a royal hug because the

parcel was from Linda!

this is a watercolor!
~drawn and painted by hand, for ME!~
to make it even sweeter, the ribbon, the pink paper lace and the label
were from the gift wrap and the scrap that i had tucked

into the pages of a Somerset book that she won on my blog in February.

opening the parcel...all French bread, with butter and sugar for me!

a sachet "faconnable"!

each tiny PAPER button is hand stitched onto the dress... AMAZING!
by now...i am feeling tears well up.

it's all so, dear...so sweet...more French sugar!

linen, ticking, Eiffel...the very theme that my daughter chose for my 60th birthday party!


the long day had a prefect ending!
  hugs from a far a way friend were waiting for me...
sur la table!


Merci! J'adore Linda!


you can visit Linda at FLOWERS ON MY TABLE here.
the cell phone cover was made by Wendy at 15 COAST ROAD.


i wish you 


French bread and butter, sprinkled French sugar


on this


MOTHER'S DAY!