saturday: easy mornings

A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, heart warming moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

cheeky monkeys

There has been a lot of toy making going on over here. And it's been most fun to know that my newest creations are going home to soft, little, babies who belong to very close friends of mine.

It's a tremendously heartwarming experience for me -and my nostalgia- to watch my friends become parents and take the step into life which we only ever talked about during nights of fondue and girl dates.

And though I still have to wait before I can meet the next sweet, delicious, baby in line, I was delighted to get to meet little Simon (born in March) and give him some stripey, yellow, monkey love as a welcome to the world. I hear he loves to nibble on its ears and have arm wrestles, already. He has been appropriately dubbed "Cheeky." I love it.

This is one of the many reasons why I just love making toys!

pea is for parsimonious

It looks like my hopes for a bigger harvest this year may not have turned out as planned. With a mix between dry weather, some semi-unhappy soil, and a flash storm that ripped through -out of nowhere- I may end up with possibly the same amount if not less peas than what I had last year. I haven't given up hope yet, as the heavy sunshine that we've had has helped my happy vines grow much taller than what I have seen before.

With plenty of little, white, blossoms to show me that I will have at least a reasonable bowl full of sweet and deliciousy goodness at the end of the season, I find it almost laughable when the act of giddy greed gets turned upside down, as it is quite rare for me to spoil myself so rottenly. Oh well, all hope is not lost... There is always next year! *and some peas are better than none!

go banana

I enjoyed the freckles on my banana this morning.

saturday: sunny sunshine

A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, heart warming moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.