A few Sunday's back, we got up stupidly early and drove to Stansted airport as we were all off to Croatia! I feel like I'm so used to long-haul flights that I forget just how close Europe is. An early flight which was only 2 hours long meant we arrived at the villa by 9.15am English time, the quickest I've ever arrived anywhere on holiday. We wouldn't have even got to Cornwall in that time! It was a whole family trip, my parents, brother, Ben and I and we really did have the best week ever. I didn't really know what to expect from Croatia, we booked the holiday last summer after hearing how beautiful it was from friends but I'd been so busy up until we went that I hadn't had a chance to think about it much or research it. As a result, I was so in awe when we arrived and it's now one of my favourite places in Europe that I can't wait to go back to and explore more of the country. A little travelogue if you'd like to have a read, and of course rather a lot of photos!

Morning! Back to blogging this week after a couple of weeks away. I can't wait to share about Croatia and Dorset but in the mean time a little garden update for the summer so far. There will be an allotment one to follow too, I love using the blog as a way to look back on things and photos. This is our third summer in the garden and as everything is getting more established year on year, I love how the borders have filled out. It changes daily with new plants flowering and going over, hence why I take so many photos to try and capture everything in bloom, Already the alliums, peonies, aquilegia have finished, the foxgloves have all gone to seed but the sweet peas and hollyhocks are only just starting, likewise the lavender has just come into bloom much to the bee's happiness. You can see the whole transformation in this post.

Today marks the end of this wedding series on the blog as it's our first anniversary today {!}. We're on a little romantic getaway in Dorset right now, staying at The Pig on the Beach with the yummiest breakfast, lunch and dinners overlooking the beach and walks along the coast. We'll exchange cards, a little present based on the tradition of paper, talk about all the memories from last year as well as watching our wedding video before we visit the Hampton Court Flower Show on the way home tonight. While memories of our day will fade over time, we're left with such an incredible partnership and I've never felt happier to be your wife.