yay for Mondays

Jams and preserves, garlic chives drying to save for winter

 My heart is full. Life is wonderful and im thankful for all the good im blessed with. I had my first monday off and it was good but wierd.

I re arranged my draws and managed to empty a draw to use for my beeswax and candles. As you can imagine its a pretty good smelling draw. Full of sunshine for the cold days ahead 

I was a mixture of loving it and feeling guilty that I'd felt the need to take it off. I am glad that I did though and i feel like these past weeks I've had a new lease of life just knowing that calm and rest was in sight.

chamomile, calendular, mint from my garden. Next to my favourite vintage thermos that sits out by the kettle all the time. Just because I like to look at it:)

There were lots of things that I had to let go of because I just didn't have time and energy for them, the saddest was not having as much time to put into my veggie patch which is so important to me. Way too many times I planted seeds and they just got forgotten about.

Vegetable soup. Otherwise know as breakfast lunch and tea. Not quite but almost!

Anyhow, its going to be nice. Monday I began a big clean and sort of the house. After weeks of doing the bare minimum to keep the place liveable it needs it! Life is Joy and im thankful. I think youl probably hear from me a lot now that I have more time to breath and more time to think. Life is good

'Jesus cross buns'

 We made hot cross buns on Monday (the last day I had all the little boys before Easter)
Often when Cameron draws he draws 'Jesus crosses' and he also makes them with building blocks etc. so to him they were called Jesus cross buns:)

 They were much enjoyed by all and I look forward to making them next year and the next. Benny loved them too so he will be waiting for next Easter too.

 I love this wooden lattice and gate in our outdoor eating area. It seems almost unbelievable that the plant growing up it has been there less than a year. I planted it soon after we moved in and didn't know how it would go because its quite a shaded area but its really taken off. I look forward to it getting big bushy and unruly!

I'm a bit late to yarn along because yesterday I was too busy knitting and binding off (and entertaining small children and keeping free range chickens off the garden etc.) to take photos
I finished my grey cable hoodie! Its pretty hot today so this is the only pic I've taken. Hoping for some cooler weather over the weekend so that I can wear it. It still needs some buttons, I might make some wooden ones perhaps.
I keep forgetting to add the book I'm reading with yarn along! This week I've been reading-

Work and Play in Early Childhood - being that my town has no book shop I often order books over the net. This book was a lot shorter than I expected but was a nice little read all the same

What is in a Waldorf  Kindergarten- Ive only just started this but its nice so far and has beautiful and inspiring photos (I couldn't resist looking at all the pictures before beginning it)

Ive also been getting some audio books on my IPhone. This is a fabulous new find for me as I have always loved being read to and I can do all sorts of things while I listen. It makes cleaning up the kitchen much more fun:) Ive listened to Jane Eyre which I found fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed the language used and found it quite funny that I started thinking in sentences with large words quite naturally by the time I got a few hours into the story.