Friday, 3 August 2012
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Lammas (Loaf Mass)
It's the start of the harvest season in our calendar. We started the day listening to Lisa Thiel then once the morning jobs were done we took our pup & the dog the in-laws are looking after for a long walk to the woods.
A picked a perfect spot for a snack break
Trying out my new Lunchbot
Our happy puppy
A natural maypole
So much green
Practising her tree climbing skills
While A was taking a well needed nap, I prepared some dough (including kneading by hand, something I haven't done for a while)
A shaping & decorating her bread
My bread rolls with Spirals and pentagrams
The table set for our Lammas feast
We finished the day with the Lammas chapter of Luna Moon Hare before bed.
Trying out my new Lunchbot
Our happy puppy
A natural maypole
So much green
Practising her tree climbing skills
While A was taking a well needed nap, I prepared some dough (including kneading by hand, something I haven't done for a while)
My bread rolls with Spirals and pentagrams
The table set for our Lammas feast
We finished the day with the Lammas chapter of Luna Moon Hare before bed.
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Anything Soup
A damp day demanded soup.
She loves to help with chopping
There's always time to play with the vegetables. Apparently this is A & Daddy
Yum
She loves to help with chopping
There's always time to play with the vegetables. Apparently this is A & Daddy
Surprise Party & Birthday Meal
Both of J's parents turned 60 this month so after much planning, preparation & secrecy it was finally time for the big surprise. We weren't able to tell the nephews or A, because they wouldn't have been able to keep a secret.
Oh the lies we had to tell, to get phone numbers, to explain why we couldn't go out that lunchtime, to get them to come to our house at EXACTLY 5pm!!
J & his sister had managed to pull together a pretty awesome combination of people and as worried as I was, they didn't actually suspect a thing
The guests of honour arriving... the surprise moment!!
J cooking up a storm on the BBQ
Impromptu Jam #1
Impromptu Jam #2
Birthday Cake (They'd already both had a heavily iced one, so I went for a simple sugar free banana cake)
The Cousins, who can never all look in the same direction at the same time
(This is always the way & I took 5 photos at this point to try and get a good one. Maybe I should 'shop them together)
On Sunday we went out for the planned part of their birthday. A carvery meal at The Old Reindeer. I had so. much. food. It is really hard not to at a carvery.
Like Father, Like Son
(I believe this is the "She's got that bl**dy camera out again" look)
Playing with Dolly while waiting for desert
My cheesecake *swoons*
All in all a busy but wonderfully memorable weekend.
Oh the lies we had to tell, to get phone numbers, to explain why we couldn't go out that lunchtime, to get them to come to our house at EXACTLY 5pm!!
J & his sister had managed to pull together a pretty awesome combination of people and as worried as I was, they didn't actually suspect a thing
J cooking up a storm on the BBQ
Impromptu Jam #1
Impromptu Jam #2
Birthday Cake (They'd already both had a heavily iced one, so I went for a simple sugar free banana cake)
The Cousins, who can never all look in the same direction at the same time
(This is always the way & I took 5 photos at this point to try and get a good one. Maybe I should 'shop them together)
On Sunday we went out for the planned part of their birthday. A carvery meal at The Old Reindeer. I had so. much. food. It is really hard not to at a carvery.
(I believe this is the "She's got that bl**dy camera out again" look)
Playing with Dolly while waiting for desert
My cheesecake *swoons*
All in all a busy but wonderfully memorable weekend.
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Eat, Pray, Love
I got Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert on audio book about a month ago, I have been dipping in & out of it (mostly when I have been walking the dog solo, or tiding up in the evenings.) It is a wonderful, wonderful book
This is a quote that I really need to take to heart.
"There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert
This is a quote that I really need to take to heart.
"There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert
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