Weekend finds

Well, I know its Monday, but we're luxuriating here with a four day weekend. Bliss!! We've had perfect conditions for garage sailing of late and managed to find a number of things we'd been needing... and otherwise...

Extended holidays...

I've been very quiet, I know. We've had a couple of weeks full of visitors and house guests bringing loads of love and laughter. First a visit from my Mum who had a well deserved holiday with us... It was so lovely to spend time with her... Then a visit from some lovely friends we host on their annual visits to these parts. A full house, lots of fun and lots of happy memories... now to work on smuggling my sister over for a visit....So what have we been up to? A little reading, a little swimming, a little dancing, a little wandering, a little cooking... We are lucky to have three or four beautiful, wild beaches at our doorstep, so there have been plenty of beach visits. I even mustered the courage to take a dip in Tasmanian waters! Refreshing would be an understatement!!


An owlet lost a tooth in amongst it all! Much to her delight...


We've been looking lots at all things related to water this summer and spending time just breathing it all in...


So this week feels like we are back to reality. No more expected guests, just lots of things to begin. We're booking classes and getting organised for our unschooling year. We've been living without sugar since the new year and feeling better for it. Lots of new recipes learned... I'm working out a little plan for my crafty business this year too... and feeling the creative urge return!




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Best thing about long summer days...

A wander around the garden after the owlets are asleep... a cool breeze on a warm night, the smell of water on soil as the garden breathes a sigh of relief, as do I after a long, hot, busy day... and finally getting to the ripe apricots first...

The new toy...

So my laptop is on its last legs... it seems my days of nomadic blogging are numbered... We found ourselves looking at shiny new imacs and managed to leave the shop with one tucked under Huz's arm and a maxed out credit card in my wallet... and so we have entered the world of mac and we like it. Unfortunately, as demonstrated in the pic, there's not much room for mama amid all the fun... hence the lack of posts of late... so I'm waiting for the novelty to wear off.

Summer...

Picking flowers, fruity juice dribbling down arms and chins, warm skin, sandy toes, sleeping under sheets... We're loving this summer so much. the garden is giving us food for meals most days, if we can beat the owlets to it!! Huz is back to work tomorrow and we have resolved, as we do every year, to keep the summer holiday vibe going for as long as possible...

On being awesome...

So I've done the research, thought about how I was going to approach it and here's how I intend to go about fulfilling my New Years Resolution...

Enjoy each moment...
Be silly whenever possible...(see above)...
Laugh lots...
Nurture myself...
Nuture my loved ones...
Make the world a lovelier place anyway I can...

So far so good. Lots of healthy food, lots of sleeping, taking things slowly... Life is pretty awesome...

We've taken a leaf out of Amanda's book (quite literally, its in the Creative Family) and chosen a gift to the earth. This year we are doing what we can to help the animals. We'll be making our garden a garden for wildlife, helping weed and clean wildlife habitats in our local area (we have threatened penguins and bandicoots in our local area), donating food to the cat shelter, making pouches for wildlife carers looking after orphaned wildlife... Big owlet wants us to be wildlife carers someday, so we're learning about that too.

Happy New Year!

How was yours?

We drove to a local hill and ate ice cream, while watching the 9.30pm fireworks and a spectacular thunderstorm roll in. The huge golden moon, a blue moon, shimmered on the river while we ooh-d and ahh-d at the show. Nature won hands down. Then we ran for it as the rain poured and two little owlets made their way sleepily to bed.

Hope your new year is just beautiful. x