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eating date scones and...

its the end of another monday already. im sure it was monday just yesterday? the days have been like that.. and i have no photos and have put my camera somewhere...who knows where...
its been funcrazybusy..heres a bit of today:
today got woken at 7am by Veda saying her cousin was on the phone and wants to come over. I ignore her until she starts shaking me awake...i then say/groan im asleep and roll over and hide under blankets..
9am cousin rings back.... ok ok ...come after lunch.
in the mean time i research on the net... with perfect(not) timing my overlocker has decided shes done enough. d e a d. aha. so yes i research how much its going to cost to get one that works...because mine doesnt and i really need it right now and sewing machine fixit man advised it was time i start spending money on it or get a new one. i feel a little guilty about doing this...but i traded it in and got a shiny- new - works - so -smoothly and perfectly overlocker this afternoon after dropping off cousin playmate. i justified it in my head in so many different ways....hopefully they will do some good with my old one.
this is jumble isnt it. sorry..too tired to make sense. and im annoyed because id rather be sewing than sitting here in bed. too tired.
which brings me to tomorrow..
kids are going to grandparents house for the day.
me coming back home to MAKE something with the piles i have on the table. mountains actually.
i printed with some old screens today. that was fun.
and i went to buy some gocco screens online and couldnt believe the price of them has doubled in a year.
so now ive ordered mesh and im going to make them out of cereal type boxes like i saw on some blog that im too tired to go find the name of. and they will be much prettier and three times cheaper. like i need more things to be making. as if the list is not long enough......
somehow i managed to make tea tonight....while winking at my overlocker sitting over on the table looking at me. tomorrow we have a date. either that or i come back home to bed. see the dilemna.
the kids saved a bird from the mouth of their sweet innocent little Coco cat today. the brat. i think it was her first bird catch... the bird is now in our animal hospital...the budgies empty cage..with native flowers bird seed and water. shes sitting on the perch with what looks like a broken wing. what to do.......... tomorrow we will put her in the bush somewhere far away from the brat cat. im hoping shes not dead already...even though the kids have buried a few dead pets before :-( once Sindri buried a huntsman..as in spider.. i killed. sweet boy . vicious mumma. ;-)
in the shed we have a willy wagtail nest with mumma wagtail sitting in it. no babies yet. but so very cute. she wasnt happy i was taking photos of her in the nest today. i couldnt get a non -blurred shot...i was a little scared of her..and proud of her protecting her nest.
maybe i left the camera in the shed?
goodnight :-)

spring holidays :: wednesday

there seems to be only two positions on their dials. so very happy playing together. or ready to eat each other like wild lion cubs. im slightly exhausted and needing to drink a glass of red wine at 5pm ;-)
tomorrow we m u s t leave the house/farm.
(hopefully i will sneak in some fabric shopping)
because a girl can never have enough.
i want plain colours + plain linen = happy me
im going to the daylesford makers market. jeepers. that gives me how many days to get my shit together? 67? i love it.

spring holidays :: monday

sunny days are here.
strawberries are growing.
3 0ut of 5 raspberries are growing.
blueberry is flowering but is bonsai size. thinking we may get 5 blueberries.
went to the park with kids and my mum.
i was in bad mood should have stayed home.
in the afternoon fixed my bad mood by talking to a nice boy and fixing a problem for farmer boy at the same time.
now im happy but doubting whether i really did fix the problem or did i just imagine it.
because if i did....i am awesome.
tonight thinking i will get takeaway thai because im happy.
and farmer boy will be outside until the moon is shining, making hay bales... or really they are little rectangles of cut grass wrapped up to make little sileage parcels. sound delicious dont they.
so the farm will soon go from being green to being the colour of straw. i like green.
two days before school holidays start. the kids stayed home today and are now pleading for the holidays to begin now.
im undecided. am i ready for them? they have so much energy. and its crazy energy.
we will go see ponyo on saturday. i hope we love it.
and then i will wear my yellow silk dress that i am scared to death is going to be eaten by wardrobe dwelling creatures...fat little caterpillars ewwww..... to an engagement party on saturday night.
i really like being able to have all the windows open in our house to let the spring air in.
and i called telstra to come fix our phone line. its near impossible to have conversations on it. and i need to have conversations.

peace sisters

today i had a taste of what it may be like next year when Amelie joins her brother and sister at school. 6 hours alone. i closed my eyes to all that surrounded me and tried to print something from the archives in my brain where most of my ideas sit. for a long time. until they dissolve.

and disappear.

so anyway .. i printed for awhile. feeling mostly frustrated. because im a crap printer. and because a gocco has its limitations. thoughts of ink and spindles nice long print tables sprung to mind as i muddled my way around the tiny bench. i think i like the random, dodgy , old looking print...or maybe i just think that because i cant do the metres of perfectly placed and printed prints, with a little gocco, in my little house.

anyway... blah blah... so i cracked it in the end and packed it all away... thinking im going to get someone else to print for me.

and then the phone rang. hello amanda? do you still do henna? um....no i dont sorry.

many years ago i listed myself on the net somewhere as a henna do-er...you know...pretty patterns with beautiful henna , temporary tattooing, mehndi?.. and whilst i l o v e henna and still do it often on myself or my family or friends....i havent done it for strangers for a long time. but maybe that call was the universe speaking (god i sound like my sister) maybe thats what i can do next year when i have more time. i can be the henna lady. farmer boy suggested i find myself a nice bollywood inspired name. heheee.............now that could be fun.

love

he is so charming and looks so much like his mum .

they came to visit but if it was at all possible i wish they could stay here forever. we could be one big family.

once upon a time i liked to draw with pastels.

waffling....

all the creating was happening at the kitchen bench this morning ( and after school) with farmer boys birthday present...a waffle maker. y u m. veda has declared herself the best waffle maker ever. she has perfected the batter after two attempts. we ignored the recipe book that came with the machine, since it was asking us to separate eggs and whisk egg whites stiff. not our cooking style sorry.

im feeling a little off today so i havent made the lasagne farmer boy was probably hoping for....but i can handle a poor attempt at mexican...how about some nachos, rice, corn cobs and then maybe some icecream cake with fruit salad? that should do the trick.

and in other news....our kitchen is being scented with a new jasmine plant in a pink pot sitting on our windowsill. im addicted to flowers. if thats possible.

creative spaces more creative than my waffle over here

more blossom love.

a few days ago we did press some flowers from the garden. i managed to squash a fat daffodil into the press....its still wet...needs more squashing. but goodness me...look at the beautiful pressed plum blossom.

finding the happy.

our creative space

under this mess of creativity is where we are supposed to eat tea...... luckily the kitchen bench works just as well.
tonight there was a spontaneous badge making session for the kids.
theres lots of seeds waiting patiently in their packets for spring to be truly here...and then they can be planted. theres seeds to grow watermelon , evening primrose, feverfew, giant sunflower, cucumber.....and more i cant remember. im still sore from planting 25 strawberry plants 5 raspberry canes and a blueberry bush yesterday. so unfit i am.
the iron is there up the end of the table....just in case i get the urge- which only comes a few times a year...or if im printing. or maybe sewing.
and my gocco friend also waits patiently for the inspiration to come and then she is pulled into action. i love her.
and then theres a whole lot of textas. im a texta / pencil / paper / addict.
oh and a nice finishing touch... a willy wagtail nest sitting on the edge of a giant maltesers bucket. and yes...i probably ate at least half of the maltesers. bad. bad. bad. and delicious.
theres also playdough, containers of rice for polly pocket to play in and i just found our flower press.....perfect timing....i wonder if i can press a fat daffodil?
more creative spaces here :-)

letting go.....

i have left it for as long as possible...but today i finally handed in the school enrolment form for my Amelie. gulp. she may be ready but i am not. today i was reading soulemama which lead me to yarnharlot who wrote a really cool post about being a mum.

our blossom tree is spreading its beauty even further. . it looks like there has been a wedding in the garden.. the blossom confetti is so pretty.
and the scent of the blossom so sweet.

i wish the tree would stay just as it is now. so perfect