11am........

11am........
I'm so glad you popped in, I'll put the kettle on and you grab yourself a chair - a good a time as any to stop for a brew. Enjoy...
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts

Friday, 30 December 2011

2♥ - 2011

Friday -  a brief but busy week. Glad it is over.


Just 2 days left and one of those is almost finished!



2011 - almost over, where to start?
Lots of beginnings and some endings. Good stuff and good friends, sad moments and a huge OUCH! New kittens and lots and lots of crafting :)





I have a lot to be thankful for.

Tuesday, 6 April 2010

06.04.10 - my sort of normal

There are things that occur (on a regular basis) that appear quite normal in our household but I feel that in any one else's eyes look just plain rediculous.
  • Youngest crawling around in his PJs claiming he is a hedgehog whilst squeaking to the tune of 'Stars and Stripes'
  • Me, armed with a torch and wellies heading off to the chook pen to put Tatty-bird to bed. She stays out long after the others have snuggled down and tries to perch on the fence, I call to her and she croons back, shuffles over and allows me to pick her up and tuck her up with the rest of the hens
  • Himself coming to collect me at the end of the day on his bike and bringing mine at the same time whilst a precious cargo of our hen's eggs are tucked safely into his panniers (oh dear - that sounds a bit odd in itself! I mean his bike's panniers!)
  • Knowing which door the cat will use - despite there being 3 doors out of the house, she only uses the one - why?
  • Opening the doors to hear the rain when all our neighbours shut them tightly. Where I come from - rain is a gift.
  • Eldest proclaiming himself a vegetarian despite his obvious dislike for anything remotely vegetable-like.......
  • Naming inanimate objects and giving them characters and traits - Evelyn, now there's a good example, but the list goes on - Garden tools called Keith Moon and Timmy Mallet or Eldest's GPS is affectionately known as Rupert, even the car has a name.....
  • Regular hunting for the remote controls for the digibox or TV (usually last seen in the hands of Eldest)
  • Finding the missing socks whilst looking for said lost remote control..........
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Latest update of: 52 things I have never cooked before .......

19. Old Nicks Ginger and Apple cake and yes it really does have coriander and cumin in!
20. Sweet Potato and Lentil curry - delish!! I had made a fair bit, so next day, I whizzzzzed it up and added to more vegetables and made an extremely tasty soup
21. Orange Muesli muffins - these improved with keeping and are definitely going to be made again





Another sign that spring is here.


Wednesday, 13 January 2010

13.01.11

Today? well today didn't quite go to plan.

Brief synopses.......

Roads icy.
Snowing.
Then fine rain.
More snow.

Himself sets off to work. (first attempt)
I start to take boys to school. (first attempt)
Himself returns - deeming roads too icy for me.
I am ok with that.
Himself takes both boys to school.  (second attempt)
I walk into the house - realise the dog is
in the back of the landrover,
on her way....
to school ....
with himself.....

Text himself to let him know.
I start chipping and chiseling away the ice,
so I can reach the chickens without slipping (again).

I slip.

Later - much later, himself returns with the dog.

Himself sets off to work (second attempt)
School rings - they are going to close.

'Can youngest be collected please'

Text himself (who has only just got to work)
Himself sets off to school (third attempt).
Later much later himself returns with one son.
Himself sets off to work (third attempt)


....keep up... keep up - are you with me on this one?

I temporarily re-home one son
with a friend who is forcibly off work
due to car sliding then crashing into back of another.

I set off to work.

I slip.

Himself finishes work (has he been there much today?)
collects eldest boy from school.
collects youngest boy from car-less friend.

My work shuts early unexpectedly - blaming the weather.
I come home.
I slip.

Find all three chiseling their way through the ice.

SO! as an antidote to all the excess of ice and slipping and trips to school and to work
I made home made falafal with a green salad and a good dollop of 'Lindsay's garlic dressing'.


Aaaaah - bliss.
Now - as I sit and crochet and slurp from a mug of tea,
this day seems just another story woven into the fabric of my life.

I smile.
And himself ? - well he's ok now he's eaten.




Snow slump and frozen melt water looking more beautiful than any Swarovski crystal

Friday, 1 January 2010

01.01.10

Happy New Year!


A new beginning, a new start, a new day.
What will the new year bring?
I can't wait to find out!
How about you?

Life is for living
There is so much to see
to do
to love
to experience
to look forward to doing
so....................
what are you waiting for?!

Woohoo - bring it on!



First egg of the year




A large harvestman spider - trying to come into the kitchen
(tap on the picture to see greater detail)




An 'ice bowl' made overnight in the chook's water bowl.
Himself takes a fresh bucket of warm water each morning to the birds
and brings back a new ice bowl.
One of the hens stands in the warm water for her first morning drink.
Yum......

Thursday, 22 October 2009

22.10.09

A celebration of life
A marking of a death
A meeting of the families from far and wide
A chance to catch up
A Quaker funeral - with quiet words of love and memories and stories
A few discreet tears
A sharing of tissues
A mutual handshake to commune accordance to life, to love and family.
A wake that remembered her gentle look on life,
 her love of the countryside, her family, her cooking,
her enjoyment of music, her love of the arts, her open door.

Then a drive along her favourite lane,
to take pictures of places that will always hold her memory and whisper her name.



















Wednesday, 21 October 2009


21.10.09

Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass,
it's about learning to dance in the rain.

Monday, 21 September 2009


20.09.09

Still in a daze from a wonderful celebration of our love and life together, we sat outside in the sun; nursing a coffee and watching without seeing the world go by. When I noticed something land silently on his shoulder.
A closer look revealed a minute feather.
We were in awe of something so perfect and complete.

Wednesday, 16 September 2009


11.09.09



11.09.09
Twenty years. 20 years.
“One life time with you is not enough. “
That’s what he said to me a few years back, it made me cry then and even now, when I press play back in my memory, I feel a lurching twinge of unconditional love for him.





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