salads

we had a family bbq on friday & i enjoyed spending the day making salads & alternatives to sausages for the bbq - i mean i don't mind a barbie but surely we don't have to only eat snags? more photos of poppies but this one is proudly growing in our garden.

pink roses

i have a back load of photos as our computer is broken! harsh news.

weeds

i made these almond fingers today, the recipe is again from 'ladies, a plate' such a great book with such great results - which is entirely a credit to the well researched & selected recipes.
i'm not sure what this yellow weed is, i'm thinking maybe something beginning with 'c' & maybe something that farmer's feed their cows but i can't be sure.

peonies

sunday. it is addictive taking photos of moving things, goldfish for example.

honeysuckle huts

we had a productive family day today, mostly spent on the property. eliza painted her seats for her 'nature' clubhouse & we planted a circle of cosmos around it, the honeysuckle should enclose the space within a few months - we are both pretty happy with progress there. louis & i have reignited their mid lawn gardens from a few seasons ago, he chose sunflowers & carrot seeds so we shall watch & wait in anticipation there. tom finished painting our fence & celeste toodled around being funny, i feel very satisfied with progress today. :)

guilty

wow another post so soon. unusual! these were flowers from my sister for our mother today. the masked parade is on tonight & for the first time since we've lived in nelson we're not there, i'm trying not to feel too guilt ridden but it's hard. tom has gone out to a work function & i just didn't have the stamina to get all of the remainder of our family out of the general house zone. hmmm the old parental guilt factor, never too far from the mind i'm afraid.

goldilocks

i was really attracted to the cover of this version of goldilocks & the 3 bears when i first saw it. of course - small bear with a tear in his eye, perfect! we had it out from the library recently & i was very interested to find celeste really enjoyed it & requested it heaps. she has decided she is growing her hair influenced by goldie, naturally(unexpectedly for us though as she is our sort of half brother/half sister/tomboy child). my god i am loving daylight savings, actually on that note i had a wee talk with mum the other day & she had heard someone on national radio talking about happiness, they'd said happiness is 'savoring moments' so that is what i mean to continue to do & it has not been hard lately with this gorgeous weather.