Tea In The Garden

Come in, come in!

Sit with me in the garden and chat a while.

I have stories galore..

Of fun and laughs, nyummy foods, adventures and excitements!

I'll make you some tea, or coffee if you prefer.

Let's find some sweet and savoury treats in the kitchen and bring them to our little table in the back garden.

Spring has burst all around.

Plants of all kinds are reaching for the wispy clouds drifting by.

The birds dart from tree to tree, chasing each other through the leaves, singing their songs.. or yelling at each other, hehe.

My kitty-puss has come to see who is visiting, normally shy but today she must be a bit dazed by the sun and lets you give her ear a rub before she stretches out under the shade of our table.

The bees are too busy for relaxing and chatting.

They know the poppies will not be around much longer.

Lets keep out of their way, enjoy our yummy refreshments and let the tales begin!

I have more pictures to share!

I have been so busy, just like the bees in the poppies.

My heart is so full of spring magic, I have been painting nothing but butterflies!

With sparkle of course, and stars to take you away, dreaming.

My good friend has the butterfly bug in her heart too, and asked me to do something special for a Christmas gift for her friend.

I had the most fun using my new and updated art supplies.

Jewel~tone colours leap from the page.

I love the sentiment and what each piece represents. 

Its such an honour to be able to do requests like these. 

So thank you, my friends, who believe in my scribbles an support my hearts dreams.

There are delicious yarn threads on the go too!

I've told my boys I would make them each a crocheted blanket.

Son1 has only just decided on a design.

Son2 has asked for a simple camouflage coloured blanket but do you think I can find any of the right type of wool? Uh~uh. So the search continues!

And Son3 drew up his own design, a zigzag rainbow blanket. We worked out a few things, bought the yarn pack, arranged the colour order (omitting the pinks) and Im off again, weaving threads.

I didn't get much of a start going because Boof woke up the morning after the boys went to the city to spend time with their dad and said, "lets go for a holiday and have a look at the jewellers"!

A spontaneous trip? I'M IN!!

A spontaneous trip to have a look for an engagement/commitment ring? IS THIS REAL??

We have always talked and joked about a ring.

We are happy to not get married but I guess I wanted to feel the official commitment.

I tell ya, clothes were thrown in a case and we were out the door in no time at all!

We stayed in a beautiful little flat in a family friends backyard.

It was heaven to sit on that porch overlooking their vegie garden, listening to the birds and warming in the sun.

We visited the local brewery and ate the most delicious pizza!

I soaked up oodles of inspiration from Boof's parents garden.

We even saw a wild turtle!

On my Dad's birthday as a tribute, I donated blood for my first time.

The staff were so lovely and it went very well.

They knew Boof was waiting in the car for me so gave me extra snacks to share with him when I left.

We also went back to the jewellers and decided on a ring, I'll share a picture when it has been made and I recieve it.

I know its not a traditional engagement but romance isn't really Boof's style, and I'm okay with that.

So its official, Boof and I are best friends forever!!!

This beautiful garden is at the primary school across the road from where we stayed.

We had an amazing cooked breakfast at Boof's Mum and Dad's.

Vegan pancakes, fried mushrooms and tomatoes.

It was sooooo good!

Then back in the car for the 5 hour drive home.

I don't like goodbyes and I love that town so much, but I was very much missing my pooch and kitty~puss.

It has been a whirlwind of magical excitement over the last week but I am glad to be home, in my own space, surrounded by my little bits of happy.

I can't wait for the boys to get home tomorrow night.

I hope you enjoyed your tea and treats in the garden.

Did you notice the rose blossoms and dahlias starting to emerge?

Thank you for listening to the tales of my adventures and sharing my excitement.

Come back soooon so we can do it again 🤍🤍🤍

Busy Little Bee

Is it just me or is September a pretty hectic time of the year?

There doesn't seem to be much more on the schedule than usual but everything is a kind of maelstrom.

Hmm, maybe just me.

The weekend is again upon us, hooray! For the last two weekends I have put my energy into the garden, being a busy little bee, raking, mowing, edging, pruning, planting and all other yard maintenance business.

The poppy's have rocketed up and blasting flowers all over!

I neeeeed to focus on the inside of my little house this weekend though.

I have been buying books from op shops like there's no tomorrow and have piles and piles all over the house, which I LOVE, but clutter is NOT good for me.

So today I will do some organising and hopefully squeeze in some time to plant some broad bean seeds.

They will go not far from my lone surviving sweet pea vine.

I got a very exciting parcel in the mail last week.

I ummed and ahhed for months.

I watched countless tutorials and read so many reviews, then finally decided to invest.

I treated myself to a tin of Derwent Inktense blocks!!

Oh ma goodnesssss!!

They are so amazing to work with.

I am so pleased I took the plunge.

I have 2 tins of their pencils but the blocks make certain projects and segments so much easier and better quality.

LOVE!

I promptly made a colour swatch chart for guidance as the colours are completely different once activated (wet). 

Above is dry...

And this is activated!

So vibrant and... inktense!

I'm currently working on a project a friend requested using my new tools and loving it so far.

Another friend gifted me a beautiful wooden easel to encourage me with my creative release so I did this feather zentangle up to thank her. Feathers are very symbolic to her and she has 3 sons, so it fits.

Complete with my signature sparkly clouds.

And this one I did for another friend who has also been super supportive of my art venture. The triple moon symbolises the maiden, mother and crone. The 4 feathers represents her children.

Everything has been getting sparkly clouds!

I am feeling more like myself than I have in a long time.

I have rediscovered my passions for art, gardening, jigsaw puzzles and crochet.

And speaking of crochet, I had two delicious yarn packs arrive in the mail this week.

One is the dahlia blanket I made earlier in the year, I'll keep this one though.

The colours just make everything feel so happy and warm.

And the other is a pack to create a rainbow zigzag ripple blanket designed by and for Son3.

I have a seat cover to finish before I start them though, pics will follow.

Now to get all this done I need to start by getting up out of bed.

But its so nice watching the sky brighten up with the sun rising, the different shades of green leaves floating back and forth on the breeze, and listening to the birds.

Ok, ok, I'm getting up ;)

The weekend awaits!

🤍🤍🤍