Spontaneous

spontaneous

adjective

1. 1.

   performed or occurring as a result of a sudden impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus.

   
   

   I used to be like that once. Gradually spontaneity tends to slip away as you become a 'responsible' adult with children to consider. But I haven't lost the ability. It was still there tucked away waiting to be set free.

We have lived in this house for over 30 years more or less.  For all those years I have stuck to painting the walls  neutral and adding colour with all the bits and pieces in the house. Practical and boring.  Every Spring I drag out the ladder and buckets and give the walls a good scrub. Wood fires tend to make everything just a bit grotty.

After the Market on Saturday morning I got stuck into washing the kitchen ceiling and walls. It took hours and I stood back to admire my nice clean kitchen .....and couldn't see any difference in most of them!!

OK, so maybe I could just paint the bits of walls nearer the stove, tidy them up a bit and make a feature wall? I found a tin of paint in the shed I had bought for something and never used so I painted the bits of wall nearest the stove and it made such a difference. Mmmmm  well maybe I would just paint one more.? 

Well one wall led to another which led to a quick dash into town for another tin of paint (hopefully I could get the same colour) and  at 3.30 Sunday afternoon I once again stood back to admire my nice clean kitchen and was amazed.  I was a bit nervous when Ross came in the door and saw it for the first time, no need for worry though because he thinks I should continue on and do the rest of the house the same colour. 

Not for a day or two I think. Need to hit the books for the next couple of days but Thursday we have no power from 9 - 4 so who knows what I may get up to.

Been a while, hasn't it?

Its been a month since I managed to get myself organised to get something on to my blog. Like my friend Pam said on a recent post : "I figure one really does need to have something mildly interesting to report on ........"

Some of the Blogs I visit are very prolific and most days have something posted to them but that isn't me. No pondering on the state of the world at large or in my community, the most interesting thing that goes through my brain at the moment is related to what we are going to eat for dinner or, "Do I debit or credit an asset account when I do that?"  

I have got the vegie garden almost in and spend quite a bit of time covering and uncovering because we are still having the odd frost now and then. I had to get things in the ground though because punnets of seedlings start to get a little restless if left too long. They just run out of room!!!

The Bookkeeping course is coming along but there are days when I just throw my hands in the air and walk away. Not sure if it is actually the course or just sitting on my bum at the computer for hours on end. Probably a reason why my blog has been neglected as well.I spend a lot of time in the garden tidying and mowing.  I think it is my excuse to get up from the computer and move around a little bit. I had a whole day out in the paddock getting wood last weekend. My neighbour very generously gave me a huge limb which is now sitting in my woodshed ready for next winter.

The grand kids are here for a couple of weeks as well while my daughter is off gallivanting around New Zealand again. This time there are three of them driving around and planning their own tour. Last I heard she was sleeping in a forest retreat and going on a helicopter flight. It's such a hard life for the young these days.

Poe is my daughter's new baby, a tiny little black bundle of sweetness.  Poe is having a lovely adventure exploring everything and making friends with all who cross her path. She is still a little unsure about the dogs and gives them a quiet hello and moves on very quickly.

And of course Atticus is back. I couldn't get a decent photo today because he had been waiting for Fred, then Poe to finish eating so he could have a turn. I did remind him that there were two other bowls of pellets but for some reason they all like to eat from this one.
Yesterday it was 30 degrees and extremely humid. I started my spring cleaning by washing the ceiling and walls in the bathroom. I always start on the smallest room and work my way up and thank god I did!
Today it is cool, overcast and much better weather for manual labor if I muster the energy to do any more. Having a combustion stove and wood heater means everything gets very grotty over the winter.
Well I had better get off this thing and get organized. You know how I said it has been a month since I was here last,  it is the Farmers Market again this morning and I think I will go for a wander and see what I can find there today. Maybe more bread or some more plants for the garden??

LATER.....

So I've been for a wander around the Market and have come home with Spinach and Feta bread and some lovely rhubarb. Mum used to give us stewed rhubarb and custard for dessert when we were little and I am remembering how much I liked it although I'm not making the custard. 

Bread and the garden.

It is a perfect Spring morning here. I had planned on getting up  and getting organised so I could get to the farmers market early. I was on a mission. A later start than planned because of a lovely early morning phone call with my sister, I still got there and found what I had headed there for.
Bread, lovely homemade bread to go with the Tapenade I had bought earlier in the week. You really do need the right bread for it you know.
She didn't have the Olive bread she makes but I did get a feta loaf and a sun dried tomato and feta loaf which is just as good.
I am thankful I didn't have too much money on me as there were a couple of plant stalls and even though there was heaps I could have come home with I was restrained by the wallet. So only two pots ended up being mine.

I am a little bit in love with geraniums at the moment although I have to keep them in pots and bring them under the veranda over the winter, otherwise the frosts here destroy them. The one I bought today is a double pale pink one. Very pretty. The other plant is to go in the new bed up the side. ( I will show photos when it starts to look respectable)

Have this lot to put in some time over the weekend as well. There are only 11 punnets and some of them are vegetables although with more frosts expected, the vegies may need to go in pots for a while. I already have a couple of tomato plants growing beautifully in pots under cover.

And yes there is plenty of room because I have filled the tandem trailer with all my pruning and weeding this week.  The big achievement is that I hooked it on to the car and drove it up the front yard then backed the mongrel thing. I knew I could do it but the males in this house were very surprised that I could manage it. 

I have found it extremely hard to knuckle down and study with the weather being so amazing. The five minute break can turn into an hour if I'm not careful cause I will think, "I'll just work on this little bit for a minute then go back to the books."  I'm not sure who I'm trying to fool when I think that but I have managed to keep on track with the study and get the garden under control.