take me here

Everyday, I'd love a day like today:

• early start, a few hours spent at my little shop, setting and sorting and then walking out to leave it to the girls for the day
• coming home to my family - tim laying new turf, tilly helping in her gumboots and fletcher running out on the deck when I arrived home, 'morning mumma'
• the temperature, just right with a slight breathe of wind
• a few hours spent at bunnings buying manure and other bits for the garden
• a stroll through the markets topping up on fresh fruit, veg and some pastries for afternoon tea
• back home to spend some quality time as a family in the garden with the dogs by our sides
  
• kids bouncing, laughing, tumbling, swinging, making up games and playing in the cubby for hours
• sitting in amongst the veggie patches enjoying a coffee in our bison latte bowls with our pastries from the markets.

Honestly. I. Love. Today. It was a really happy day and now I feel tired, really tired, but it's a soul reviving tiredness. Sweet dreams...............

hello pretty garden

I took a stroll around my garden today after a weekend of wild weather here in Canberra. I wanted to make sure there wasn't too much harsh damage done to my pretty little blossoms that have started to appear.

Wow, I felt like a child walking through a far away land. Not for one second did I feel like I was in a suburban back yard. Everything has grown so much and I found bits and bobs of all sorts, and they all took my breathe away. From the fruit tree blossom bulbs, to the massive amounts of new growth on our newly planted Daphne, to the little white snowdrop flowers. I have no idea where the snowdrops came from, but I am so happy they have come to live in our garden.

The pot I planted with bulbs has come to life and smells as sweet as sugar. Last week I spent a couple of mornings putting cow manure all around and I cannot believe how much our carpet roses have come to life since doing that. A little poo, goes a long way! We have our first purple flower on our new pots of rosemary and the verburnams are still in full flower. The mop tops will be a while off yet, but seeing them covered in buds gives me something to look forward to.

It's now time to weed, mulch and just soak it up. All the hard work, finally comes together. There is still so much more to do, but what a lovely start to an exciting and flower filled spring.