Last night, at the close of a very productive day... there was this moment...
Dishes were washed. Benchtops were clean. Lunches were packed. Teeth were brushed. Uniforms were out ready for morning. Children were (finally) asleep.
Still.
Quiet.
I breathed deep. Thankful for the recharge in the space of this moment.
Ready for today...
One of the perks to living out where we do is the fresh fruit/food/flower stalls (the time of year determines what is available). Often a little box of goodies on the side of the road with an "honour box". The "honour box" allows you to take what you need and honour yourself and the community by paying what is due so that the farmers can go on about their daily responsibilities.
At the end of our shared driveway our neighbour sells her eggs for $3 dozen (what a deal! can you believe people can get FRESH FREE RANGE EGGS for $3 dozen ??!!!). Each morning she places a couple dozen into a box on her way to milk the cows at her family's dairy next door. She then collects the box in the arvo. Easy.
Well...not always. Evidentally, a couple of times people have taken liberties, aka taken eggs without paying (not even an IOU note!).
Really rotten, don't you think? Well, she did too and had enough....
You and I know you can't really call the police about having $6 worth of eggs stolen.
Rather than do nothing (as most would do), THIS was out in place of the eggs the other day...
And you know what?
I LOVE IT!
I love that she said enough is enough.
I love that those egg stealers had to drive past that sign for days (our road has a dead end, so anyone going past has to turn around and go past again to get out).
I love that she took action in her frustration. Didn't complain and whinge to others, but actually DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
Because, $3 dozen eggs isn't really about the money at the end of the day...
$3 dozen eggs is about retaining COMMUNITY in times when COMMUNITY is so desperately lacking and so quickly disappearing.
$3 dozen eggs is about SHARING and FEEDING and PROVIDING and VALUEING (because everyone can afford $3 dozen).
$3 dozen eggs is about keeping it LOCAL (which means FRESHER which means full of NUTRIENTS which means HEALTHIER).
and you know what.... after that sign was up for a few days, it came down. She put her eggs back out.
and you know what... all eggs have been paid for since.
and you know what... that makes me feel really good.
And you?
Here's to celebrating your community wherever you may live...
It's Monday morning... sweet monday... and it is sweet. However, is it wrong to have a SECOND cup of coffee before 8AM?
I think, on occassion, it's not wrong at all.
Learned this cool trick of putting a little bit of sugar ON TOP of the espresso before running it through. Tastes quite nice. You should have a try (plus, I secretly feel very barista-eee and cafe-cool when I do it).
Found these great containers to store my coffee and sugar in at Gail's vintage shop, Fox and Thomas. Makes the coffee ceremony that much more special.
Hoping your second cup of coffee is as good as your first!
Savoring a cleanish spot in the house - and the mish mosh mash of colour over those beige lounges makes me feel so....much more at home, in my home (which is always a good thing)
Hoping the mish mosh mash of Monday is going well for you...
Slowly making progress...
rediscovering all of these beautiful colours...
hopefully, with this space I'm finding...
I will feel space to create...
getting closer...
We used to live in a pretty big house.
Now, we live in a very small house.
We have a lot of stuff.
I am not a tidy person.
This is not a good combination.
BUT! A small moment of AMAZING has occurred...
This is the...bedroom of Grace / craft room of all / "QUICK! People are coming over. Chuck everything in THAT room" sort of room. It's very tiny. And you are currently seeing the floor.
This is so monumental that I had to take a photograph.
Thus, this week, we are making space....
Now, I just have to figure out what to do with all of this STUFF!
Sharing a special birthday present....
The children actually didn't believe me when I explained how to make a phone call on a dial phone!
When their friends come over they all ask me is they can ring someone and giggle with delight when "all the hard work" of dialing actually results in connecting with someone on the other end of the phone!
What a treasure!
It's fun to have something as practical as a telephone as a treat. I get a special little feeling of delicious delight every time I look at it...
What little everyday item in your home fills you with secret delight?
I'd like to introduce you to our big red chair. I've been trying to capture it just right and it's just not happening... I'm trying to capture the way this chair warms me on a cold winter's morning when I'd rather be cozied up in bed... how this chair is big enough to snuggle up with one, two, three and sometimes even four children while reading a book ... how this chair is improving reading skills in our home, especially when a big sister is reading to a younger sibling...how this chair is an excellent place to try out new circus skills (preferably headstands)... how this chair is a perfect launching pad with big wide arms, perfect for leaping off, in a cape, into other lands unknown to adults... how this chair never gets too hot to sit in, even on a hot summer's day...dad loves playing guitar in this chair, which often leads to in impromptu "jam" that makes my heart soar with that circle of familial energy, no matter what the ensuing musical combination sounds like...
This chair sits humbly alone, but this chair is togetherness.
Mondays are always easier to face with a pile of freshly laundered towels.
Happy Monday to you!
