TUTT (+1) - Contrast - Week 51

I am so very far behind in my blog, that I do not know if Contrast was the theme from last week or two weeks ago - I know that we all ran extremely late with photos and Mariett is the only one of us who updated her blog with Contrast...but anyway, Contrast was the first week in a while that all four of us participated....Claire felt ready and able to re-join us...but it will also be the last week with all four of us participating - Pam's "little" (perhaps not so little) organic vegetable is growing in leaps and bounds...and being Pam she has committed herself to a lot of different things....and she begged for a respite...I always try to remember that we do this weekly challenge for fun and if it starts adding to our other life pressures then the situation needs to be reassessed (sorry, it is late on a Friday night and my spelling is probably terrible)...Anyway, Pam, hope the break does you good and hope you can return to us soon, hang in there dear sister in law....
Mariette's photo first, since it was her theme: -

A beautiful picture Mariette, and so vey fitting for the theme.
Claire and Pam also turned to nature - Claire, Pam and Mariette are all experiencing fall or autumn at the moment, so nauture in their parts of the world lends itself to this theme....
Here is Pam's

And Claire's

I did not go the natural route - we are going into summer in South Africa - no in fact Summer has rushed up to us very quickly...and we have experienced really lovely hot highveld weather - the pool is almost warm enough for me to swim - Mike and the kids have swum most evenings this week...Anyway, summer time in SA does not lend itself to Contrast...so I had to choose something different.
After years of renovating, we are finally almost finished...and are now just doing finishing touches...
My contrast picture is of two walls in  my bedroom...the photo frame is one of five, which will be filled with photos of flowers which I took from our white theme and hung above our bed (on the darker wall)..The little candle and candle holder, just match our colour scheme so beautifully and it is the first scented candle I have ever bough that makes the whole room smell pretty - I love it ...This weekend - we are hoping to put the new curtains up and the photo frames - I am very excited...I have a picture in my mind of how it will look - I do hope that I will not be disappointed...

Well that's my Contrast blog done....Our next theme was suggested by Claire - Vintage....
Will be updating that real soon...
Lots of love