I like to work with 'my' mess around me. Always so many books...for inspiration, to cure restlessness, to learn... and my blackberry...having that little gadget close by makes me feel as if am in contact with my three lovelies in London. My sunglasses are always at the ready in case I can't concentrate and need to go outside for a wander - these shiny April days are not making it easy. My handbag is full of useless and useful goodies, complete with chequebook. Is there anywhere else other than France where cheques are the preferred mode of payment? Postcards from Judith and Lynn are held together by a pair of fine 'hands' given to me by one of the DD's best friends...love those.
And lilac, the first bunch from the garden this year.
What's on your desk today? xv
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what a pretty desk you have! on my desk today? - not my desk, since I'm wandering... a book about biodynamic agriculture and my notes on the same...
ReplyDeleteHmmm...our desks are looking very similar :) Stacks of books...(yours inc.), postcards waiting to be written for my friends at Collage of Life, magazine and newspaper tear sheets of things to see and do around London, lots of brochures for boarding schools :( , a few candles, an antique lamp and written reminders to stay focused and on task...which I should be doing now...
ReplyDeleteOff to cut some flowers from the garden...you never cease to inspire Vicki :)
Jeanne xx
So beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHope you are well...no doubt you are enjoying spring over there!!
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Anna
The lilac's are beautiful....Ax
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely vignette. The lilacs make the entire setting! I adore the vase they are in. What's on my desk? Too much! It needs a thorough cleaning. I'm afraid my desk at home is not as neat at the one at the office.
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I too, am surrounded by books! They are so much a part of my life. I was in the hospital last year and insisted my daughter bring me a pile of books.
ReplyDeleteI told her it didn't matter which ones. I will reread them and it will feel like home. Oh and flowers are an essential too. Love your lilacs. My favorite, it is to soon for them here.
On my desk? a mess, an awful mess as always and certainly not worth being photographed, unlike yours !
ReplyDeleteI am not sure I would be brave enough to share a photo of my desktop with everyone but, suffice it to say, it has piles of books and magazines and several rose balls for their nice, subtle scent.
ReplyDeleteYour desk is tres elegant! I would have to tidy mine up before I would take any photographs and move my little doggy to the side! we dont have Lilac in Brisbane - how beautiful it is.
ReplyDeleteLovely picture, I also picked my first bunch of lilac today, love it!
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I love your desk! I too maust have bboks around me! They are everywhere!
ReplyDeleteI love to get a glimpse into peoples worlds like their desks.
ReplyDeleteI wrote a similar post recently --- great minds must be thinking alike.
http://sooznooz-ajourneyoffloristry.blogspot.com/2011/03/whats-on-your-desk.html
As I glance around today I see flowers, ipad accessories, sunnies, a card for a friend and my ever present laptop.
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A gorgeous "mess" Vicki! The lilacs......my fav.
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..A berry-apricot candle, two cups of coffee, apple for snack later, my blackberry and of course my organizer (can't leave without it anywhere!:) I've noticed that working in a little mess on desk is more productive by the end of day.. and make you feel cozy being in the office:)
ReplyDeleteThank you for a wonderful blog, Vicki!
The voyeur in me loves a peek in others' workspaces. They are so intensely personal.
ReplyDeleteWhite Lilacs! Pure heaven.
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Like you I'm surrounded by my little mess of things but nothing quite so elegant as your lilacs, one of my favorite flowers. Happy Thursday!
ReplyDeleteOh, the lilacs! Gorgeous! We are still in the camellia-magnolia-daffodil stage of spring, so lilacs are weeks away.
ReplyDeleteI just found a sweet little vintage elephant for my desk--I thought having a paper weight would encourage me to organize all the papers scattered about. Not yet, but the elephant makes me happy!
Mi escritorio no admites fotos... Hay montañas de revistas y archivadores, cientos de post-it por todas partes, mi cámara fotográfica, un teléfono vintage (1950), libros, 5 ó 6 pen-drive, 3 agendas, 1 calendario, una lámpara moderna (porque hace 1 mes le regalé a mi hijo la magnífica lámapara de los 60 que estaba siempre, para inaugurar su nuevo apartamento)... No definitivamente mi escritorio no admite fotos... hoy por hoy.
ReplyDeleteMy cute Paris mug filled with pens and a tiny French flag! :)
ReplyDeleteI love your desk, I can almost smell the lilacs!
Bon journée V,
V
i would kill for lilacs.
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lucky you !!!
on my desk....watercolor palette and brushes, sketchbook, leather pouch with pencils and ink pens, long, narrow watercolor painting of brambles and roses in progress...
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well lets see, newest Elle Decor and H&H's Kitchens & Bath...
ReplyDeleteNot lilacs, that's for sure! We had snow last night, darn it. I am so looking forward to spring arriving - and envious that yours has~
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day,
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white lilacs are simply the best.... the color... the fragrance...pure heaven..
ReplyDeletewishing you a wonderful weekend sweetie... xx
O.K., you just killed me with that gorgeous bunch of lilac. Lilac is my favorite scent and flower. In Michigan and New York I had huge lilac bushes right outside my window. Lilacs don't grow in the South and I miss it terribly. Major....sigh. Another reason I need to move to France someday...
ReplyDeleteOn my desk today you will find my purse, a pad of paper to take notes + camera,and some fabric swatches.. because I am off to see a client, wish me luck. tootles..xxpeggybraswelldesign.com
ReplyDeleteYour desk looks much more glamorous than mine! It looks very inspiring too...
ReplyDeleteLilacs are one of my spring favs, but it's a little early here in my neck of the woods!
ReplyDeleteDear Vicki, your gorgeous desk is bare compared to my desk...and mine is bare compared to the mountain that my husband calls a desk. I need way more order ...maybe I need to use yours as a model. : )
ReplyDeleteI still write checks, but trying to limit that.
Wishing you a great rest of the week!
xo
Love seeing all of your desk accoutrements...especially the lilacs! Our desks become such a part of us, you can always tell what's happening in a persons life just by looking at what they have on it at the moment. For me right now, I have the mess, but it's not as pretty as yours...tax time! I do have a very special handmade gift that a dear fellow blogger sent to me as a surprise, an old enamel pot filled wth pens, a coaster with the eiffel tower on it that was a gift from France and my oversized transferware teacup continually filled with coffee, those are the nice things...the rest, papers!
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xo J~
Lilacs! So jealous, I haven't seen them yet this year but I did see some coquelicots the other day. :)
ReplyDeleteI think that my too tidy desk means that I don't have enough going on in my life! But, there are a few of my favorite things including tiny shells found on a beach in Vanuatu after a hurricane and a Buddha.
Lilacs how wonderful...I have a small plate that says Paris and has the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe and other scenes that I love..I rest my porcelain Paris coffee cup on it. It is white with a black Eiffel tower. I am reminded of Paris every day.
ReplyDeleteAlso being a natural perfumer I always have a small vial or bottle of an eau de parfum or raw material. Today I have cassie absolute and orange blossom absolute.
A huge mess - that's what's on my desk at the moment. But normally, like you I have books and magazines and now I think I'm going to add flowers - yours are so beautiful - I don't have lilacs anymore - I miss their wonderful fragrance!!
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ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful 'mess' to be in !! Memories of friend's, the wonderful perfume of lilac and a connection with your precious daughter's here in London. A 'PERFECT ' desk.
Many thanks for your 'welcome back' comment. You are a true blogging friend. XXXX
I can almost smell the lilacs...so beautiful!!
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ReplyDeleteI am so jealous of your messy desk!! I work from home running my own scheduling company and my desk is just full of sticky notes, random papers and journals. Writing is a hobby of mine and I started a blog recently about the humor in motherhood. I don't know why but I LOVE France. I've never been there but have recently started refreshing my French and am experimenting with French dishes both of which I need to start blogging about. My dream is to visit both Paris and Provence one day and take pastry classes! A girl can dream can't she!
On my desk right now is my small computer, a copy of "Howards End," a stack of cookbooks, including a new one from Ottolenghi in London, my red Filofax (feels so old fashioned), a framed photo of my daughter at her college graduation, and some pretty little containers for stamps and things. Missing? Definitely flowers! You inspired me.
ReplyDeleteLove your chic mess
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful, Vicki... the light coming in and warming your chair... well, it would be impossible to resist a potter in your garden with that warmth on your back... I'd imagine! Georgie x
ReplyDeleteOoohhh...I can almost smell the lilacs! I found the first buds on our lilac trees today...I can hardly wait!
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky to have Lilacs already, here in Thunder Bay, On, Canada, we still have snow on the ground!
ReplyDeleteStacks of tax papers to be filed, stacks of music to be put away after the wild Irish harp playing season, a new pair of grey suede platform heels with a black suede strap...and lots of notes waiting to be turned into scenes for the book I'm writing, that will now get my full attention!
ReplyDeleteI just love lilac but havn't seen it for years. I used to have a lilac tree in a previous home, would love another but where to put it is the question. Love your clutter xx
ReplyDeleteA lovely mess indeed, i like it. I have tons of no so adorably scattered on my desk right now, a cup of coffee, a scent of magnolias in bloom and tons of memo pads. Love being workaholic and messy. P.S. I do clean up.
ReplyDeleteI smell the lilacs from across the pond...........a perfume from childhood in England, a memory of everything lovely in the garden.
ReplyDeleteVicki, I love the disorganized desk........I know it means you are working on something special to show us between your wanderings!
Oh to be back en France as Springtime warms up the beautiful land. Happy day.
Mary.
Cheques?! How quaint.
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Nice mess Vicki.
Love the picture Vicki. Yesterday I collected a dear little desk that I will set up today in a corner of my bedroom near the window with a view of the lake. I'm looking forward to coming to France in September with Mary Moody. x
ReplyDeleteLove your desk Vicki! A grey rainy Sunday here so I will have fun setting up my new little cream desk in my bedroom near the window facing the lake to motivate me for some serious writing. Does anyone know where I can find some pretty French looking lamps in Aust? I found two a while ago (pretty cream pleated taffeta lampshades) but procrastinated and they had been sold when I went to buy them!
ReplyDeleteOh my, Vicki...lilacs already? Beautiful.
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Oh goodness! Those lilacs are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThat lilac! I could smell it from here.
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