playing in mud puddles

Wishing you..

Oh... this is hard!

Golly - keeping up with pledges is hard work! 

Someone told me recently that the average stay at home mum is on social media 3 hours per day!!!

How is that possible?!! (it must be a lie?)

We are about to begin a manic whirlwind of crazy days which will last about ten days - this will include lots of driving children places, watching children participate in various events at various places, birthdays, holidays, work days,visiting special friends days, study days, school days, car days, train days, aeroplane days, taxi days... crazy days.... fun days.....

fortunate days....

Bless.

Walking around Brisbane

Have a nice day!

Froggie went a courtin'..

Hanging out with the chicken's straw...

Wishing you rainbows...

Happy Weekend!

Pre-school disco

 

Pre-school disco was tonight. Outfit chosen completely by pre-schooler...

 We went to the shops before. We had to walk slow "so I can save my legs for the disco, mum"...

Sweet Potatoes continued

I'm currently in the middle of Heather Bruggeman's 30 Day Vegan workshop. Perfect for sweet potato treasures, don't you think? 

She recently posted a video of cooking roasted sweet potatoes. She said they are so good, "people will be talking about them". That's a big thing to say about roasted sweet potatoes. After all, they're just roasted sweet potatoes, right? (that's what the inner sceptic in me thought )

With sweet potato discoveries last night, I thought, perfect timing to have a go. So I did...

...and you know what? They were realy really good. The simple dressing of olive oil, orange juice and coriander (aka cilantro) is the secret. Holy guacamole - or rather, holy sweet potatoes! Nice combo. Even our very passionately anti sweet potatoers approved (and that's saying something)..

Also included, an almost 5 year old decided we MUST have one more photo. "Mum! Let's put in a fork and make it look like a REAL MEAL!" And so he did....

Yum scrum...

Garden treasure!

Now this is really exciting! 

We decided to have a poke about the place today...

Lots and lots of leaves, but where do they lead?

Oh my goodness! 

Treasure!

Getting it out was a bit tricky... gentle pulls... clearing the earth... and...

Success! Woo hoo!

A friend just told me that you can chop up the leaves and cook them up in a stir fry, curry or soup! Yum and very nutritious.

Perfecto! And you know what else? It was so FUN and EXCITING getting them out - a real treasure hunt. Found gold (even if it's orange)!

Hope you find gold (however it may present itself) in your day today!

(part 2, day 2) Colours

Do excuse my titles in parentheses. Remember, I'm trying to stay focused and motivated. It's not that hard!, you say. Not that hard for some, I say.

I find myself inspired by so many things. Thanks to my trusty iphone I no longer have to feel the frustration of either a) forgetting my camera or b) finding my camera has no battery charge.

This has found me with lots of random photos that I've taken. So, I thought I'd start sharing some here.

I loved the colours of this great bookshop in the West End in Brisbane (good food, good books and a hysterical take on Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar  called The Very Hungry Bum  - tee hee).

I'm often thinking about what colour to paint our house. There's currently alot of beige. Fine for most, but I'm not really an "alot of beige" type...

(part 2) Family

We live continents away from our extended family. Among other things, this means we're raising our children without the support of family in the traditional sense (this also means that we've been out on about 2 dates in the past 12 years). This has it's positives and negatives. But, ultimately, it's all that we know. I've been fine with it until the past about 12 months - since then I get, occassionally, that longing... yearning for lineage.

And then, I have beautiful reminders.

Moments like this...

... afternoons surrounded by old friends.

Friends who have seen my highs and lows.. and love me in spite of it all.

Friends whose laughter and tears are all part of each other.

Intertwined and connected through time - simultaneously, where time is both finite and limitless. 

Friends. 

These are the moments I savour.

This too, is family.