I needed to leave work early today because one of my boys was hurt at school.
He plonked himself on the couch to rest with the comfort of new~but~old movies.
'Oldies' like Cool Runnings, The Goonies and Stand By Me, that my boys watched for the first time over the weekend.
So while he rested and in between checking on him I snuck a bit of sunshine in the vege garden.
The dahlias have started to bloom.
Yay for colour!!
Fresh carrots for a carrot cake.
It's still in the oven so no pics yet, and it's not for us so I wont get a bite, boo!
I'll have to make another ;)
It's so exciting to me to walk around the garden and see all the new things that are happening.
New growth, new flowers, new fruits.
Zucchini babies and tomato bunches..
We have a heap of matoes in, roma, mortgage lifters, beefsteak, cherry romas and a favourite from last season, backyard Italian. Cant wait to dig into them!
The nectarine was loaded with baby fruits but I think they might've fallen off in some strong winds, unless I just wasn't looking properly. The almonds are slowly ripening up.
Elvis' onions are enormous!
This is our first successful onion crop and I have no idea when or how to harvest, or what to do with them after to cure or dry them. Help?!
I started a little herb patch this year rather than just the odd plant amongst the veggies.
Every time I grow coriander it bolts so quickly but this time I managed to steal enough for a big pot of carrot and coriander soup and a handful for a salad before it began flowering.
This has been the best chives I've grown too!
Not straggly and thin like all my other attempts. I wonder what I've done differently!
Parsley, basil and oregano are always winners and there's a little sage plant on it's way to greatness just out of frame.
Ahh these two broody cranksters!
They were a new addition to this whirl-wind of a home about 6ish months ago and they have such funny personalities that they fit right in.
Their names are Road-Runner and Sriracha. Most appropriate.
Their squawk sounds like a trumpet, and holy bajeebus they are LOUD!
They started laying a couple of months back, giving us the most teeny tiny eggs, so cute!
But now their maternal instincts have kicked in and they wont leave their nest.
These eggs were laid from the other chooks.
We live in a residential area so can't have a rooster ~ not that I think I'd enjoy one of those big meanies around *insert shudder from traumatic childhood memory of a rooster attack*!
So my little chookababies, these eggs are coming with me to the kitchen and you can please go get a drink of water instead of roasting yourselves in the nesting box!
Last stop on the way back into the house..
Checking the little red wagon of strawberry plants for any fruit.
Just the one.. I've had my eye on this guy for days waiting for a taste.
It was so warm and sweet!
Dee~lish!
Every day when Elvis finishes work he rings and asks if we needs anything from the shop on his way home. I'll give him the usual, milk, bread, and always at the end of the list is flowers. I am always at him to treat me to a bunch of flowers. He never has though. Well not for a loooong time anyhoo. I usually get told to grow my own (but when I try to grow my own he complains that you can't eat them, sigh!)
Last night when Elvis got home he gave me a little surprise. He picked this from the small rose bush growing at his work. Naw what a nice guy!
He picked a large sprig (read that as branch if you like) of honeysuckle from our front archway last week and I told him that was actually more special to me than buying a bunch from the shop.
He drives me to the brink of crazy so much but he balances himself out with little sweetnesses like this.
He made me so cross a few weeks ago but bought me two mangoes as an 'I'm sorry' gift.
He's not much good with words and can be a real grump, but he can be a real softy at times too. Just don't tell him I said so ;)
I had an awful day yesterday.
I felt so lonely and like I have nothing to look forward to.
All my frustrations caught up with me and I cried and sulked and grumped.
My poor family :(
I got through my Monday (usually a big trigger for my anxiety) and spent some time in my garden. I baked. I watched my son play his second ever basketball game. I felt more at ease and relaxed for having the afternoon off, even though it was not a relaxing reason.
Some days I really miss being a stay at home mum.
I feel like it's where I belong and where I am happiest.
I love cooking and cleaning for my family, even though I whinge and whine about it now that I am working. It's just super hard working and then having to try squeeze in all that stuff when I get home.
But I am so grateful for my job.
For a long while I was only doing relief work and had no stability, no certainty. I stressed about money so much (gosh, I still do!) but now I know I have a job next week, and the one after, and next year...
I love that I am setting a good example for my boys. They see me working hard to make sure they don't go without anything, and sometimes manage to save a bit of money to make improvements on the house.
I hope they see it and want to do the same when they get older.
They are good boys, I'm sure they will.
Well that was an enormous post!
I must've needed the outlet.
I hope you liked walking through my garden with me.
Let me know what you are growing :)
Toodles!
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Oh ~ this was the sunset out my kitchen window a few nights ago, no filter. The clouds looked like fairy floss and the fluro pink was such a beautiful contrast against the blue!
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