Happy June! It’s not long until summer arrives darling, so get your sunblock, sandals and sunhat ready for the seaside.

The Burnout Queens are on a quest to live a rich and thoughtful life. So each month we build in opportunities to feed our souls. Whether physical, emotional or spiritual in nature, these opportunities keep us on track so we don’t get all lopsided with all work and no ease.

The burnout pups are always a priority. First stop show them the sea (short dachie legs means lots of bench time)! Second step find a new vet (shhhhh! they get their checkups & jabs Monday). You just never know what you will find here, on one of our pups outings we came across the most bizarre garden centre ever (we think you’ll agree)!

London is just a short train ride away. When we arrived at the station close to VE (Victory Europe) day we were met with this lovely salute to all the soldiers. Beautiful isn’t it? Then off to shop and ‘coffee’ in Chelsea, our favourite neighbourhood.

What do you do when you have lots of ‘things’ to display and can’t be creative enough to make it look stylish? Call in Paulie, our local, brilliant florist whose shop windows & flowers we love to admire. She came and spent several hours transforming our mess into a masterpiece! (Florian the Florist)

Can’t forget to take Dr T to a birthday tea celebration. Off we went to Royal Brighton Pavilion for a tour and tea in their tea room. What a place to sip tea and have cake. Fit for a queen!

Brighton Fringe Festival took place all of May and that included Art Open Houses (over 200 of them). Each Open House (studios, galleries, and private homes & gardens) was bursting with sculptures, paintings, jewelry & crafts. We just walked and enjoyed each weekend and it was a great way to get to know all the city districts (not to mention peeking inside homes).

No festival is complete without food and we weren’t disappointed. Baking, vegetables, herbs & ‘camp’ cooks made for a fun Sunday morning. Even Dr B got into the spirit of planting! (at this rate perhaps we’ll eat our bounty next year!).

Don’t let anyone tell you work isn’t fun when you have a photoshoot booked with Caroline True (http://www.carolinetruephotography.com). We spent the day enjoying Brighton, The Lanes and just being silly on Brighton Pier! A day of laughing, posing, singing to 70’s music & just hanging around the city. Too fab, too fun to call it work!

What will June bring? We’ve already started!

Till next month, Embrace Life!