Sweet nothings

last three....

Gluten free lime traybake. 'Tis awesome. 

Was awesome.

I ate them after this picture. Meh; I'm the chef, I get too.

 

have short attention span...will take photos....

I'm so grateful for my iPhone. I'm never bored now :)

I'm not talking about games or apps or social media... I just take photos on it. From being stuck in traffic, to views thro the sunroof, and including lining up to pay in shops - theres a picture there somewhere. 

Like today, a rainy RAINY trip to town to get work clothes for Mr Britguy....not the most exciting thing to do. 

but its okay because I took photos ;) including Mr baby bearded dragon there, in the pet shop!

week in the life - the weekend

:)

fab five on friday

running late!!

whats fab right now?

1) Planning, talking, being all fired up,watching others catch your enthusiasm for something. That's really got me going nuts lately. In a good way :) ;)

2) Good coffee. yeah, good coffee is relative. If you like coffee, you might like one brand or you might not. Its an opinion. {Other than costa coffee's coffee - LOL that stuff is dishwater IMO ;)} I think its because I drink filter or Americano, lattes surely taste very similar because basically its milk!!!! Lately I have been very surprised where I find good coffee and where I dont....

3) Photography. Again. LOVE how this passion of mine is so multifaceted, you can never get bored.  Seeing what I like and what I don't. Watching the trends and being confident enough to say yes I like that, or no I don't. And not jumping on any bandwagons just because. Back to being content to use what I have got, and not going overboard on the needing new software/lenses/etc/etc. Because thats just soul destroying....

4) Good friends. I have some friends who never see a NO, they never see a dead end, or accept an 'I cant'. they help me find a way round, they encourage me to get going, to do whatever it is I want, and never stop saying that I'm fabulous enough, that I CAN. Its truly inspiring to be around them, to bounce off them, to absorb the goodness.

5) Lemon Verbena. Queen of the herbs, my absolute favourite smell. Its growing again in my garden and I think I might bring some indoors to soak up that lemon sherbet smell....

 

 

week in the life - friday

today my iPhone said to me - I cant take anymore pictures, I'm like, full up here.

Or words to that effect ;)

and it was right, the number of photos on my iPhone is rather large..
along with three photo albums of my photography work and my sync'd  photo library my camera roll stands at .... 1,691 photos. I need to edit!!!!

week in the life - Thursday

these days are coming thick and fast!! slow down week! 

week in the life - Wednesday

a little bit bittersweet...

So, he is back at Uni, after a sort of 48 hour stop over at home. 

And it takes a few hours or so to get used to having him back at home. He's involved, talkative, curious, opinionated. That's a lot to get used to.

Then he leaves  again. That's a lot to miss.

Sometimes I bemoan my lot, ask my friends why the one child of mine in this house, that doesnt drive me mad or frustrate me beyond reason, is the first to leave. 
One of my friends said, 'Because he was ready'

 

Week in the life...Tuesday

ten on tuesday 24th April

1) This tuesday nearly got by me without this post! I have been running about the last two days, I haven't really drawn breath since the weekend. Tuesday evening. wow. already?!

2) Nora-the-chicken isn't feeling very well. :( Chickens scare the heck out of me when they get sick, because they literally fake being well for as long as they can - so the flock doesn't turn on them for being weak. By the time you notice they arent well, they are often really really sick. Nora is not sick 'sick'  yet, thankfully. She is just not herself, and ...well, sad really. All I can do, after checking her over, and feeding her by hand is watch and wait. Aw, my poor baby....

3) the slugs/mice and horrendous freezing rain have hit my veggie patch hard... :( I've lost at least half of what I had already planted out. {The slugs in particular, are driving me MAD} Apparently now we are facing what they predict to be the coldest May for hundreds of years... um... please can that not be true... please. 

4) I think I personally jinxed the sunny weather we had just before Easter. I bought a pair of sandals and a summer skirt. The moment I did - thunder storms and hail. Literally the moment I did, within three hours of purchase... I'm sorry about that fellow Brits...
On that theory then, all I have to do is buy snow boots and the sun will come back?!

5)  Not-so-teen son is home for a few days. I'd show you his cheery smiley face.... er... but this is the only picture he would let me take...

That's not very nice of him is it? I think, seeing as he seems to have come home to eat and do his laundry, I may charge him a nice photo face for each load of laundry... ;) He'll love that ;)

6) He's been talking quite seriously about his future, which is always interesting to listen to. We've been having some good conversations about what we want in the form of new kitchen equipment - he cooks, like I do. He has also been tutting at my driving {!} and rolled his eyes during my funny jokes... hmm.. seems I have not lost the ability to be Embarrassing, slightly ditsy,  Mum. Useful for lifts, laundry and biscuits, but not so cool otherwise... !!!!

7) Daisy lost her bottom tooth yesterday. Well I say lost it, really she convinced Daddy to PULL it out. ack. The tooth fairy came - after checking with...er... Mrs Tooth Fairy, how much he should leave - he was thinking of leaving about £3.50!!!!!!!!, Luckily Mrs Tooth Fairy put him straight, and a single pound coin was left under Daisy's pillow. Which she was delighted to find in the morning. Then she lost it, found it, lost it, cried, found it, put it somewhere safe, lost it and threw a tantrum to end all tantrums - all before school. Such fun this age...

8) Mr Britguy gets slightly older at the end of this week. I have despaired in gift buying for him for many years now, so basically I don't sweat it anymore. If its truly awesome and just perfect for him - he will have already bought it. So, best go with some little things to unwrap and leave it at that. He's not really a birthday celebration kinda guy. I think Daisy is more excited about his day than he is. She has already asked me if there will be balloons and cake. Left to her we would be planning a disco with bouncy castle and 900 guests.... I am seriously concerned about her party and clothes obsession, already at six. We can only guess how she will be at sixteen. 

9) I couldn't sleep last night either. I was worrying about something, and then Mr Britguy was worrying about something {else} which cause a lot of tossing and turning. I gave up about 4.45am. Killer about now, 9pm, when it hits me...

10)  And I leave you with my picture of the day, Yey- the red leaves are back :)