Day Seven: Preserving beetroot

This morning I have been preserving beetroot.

My hands are pink and my kitchen smells vinegary, but I don't care. I can't seem to wipe the smile from my face. There is nothing more satisfying than home preserving.

Hmmm.... unless of course I had grown my own vegetables.



I am working on it.

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Day Six: Embroidery

Over the school holidays I had a chance to get started on Miss Moo Moo's 'tooth fairy' pillow.

I have finished the embroidery this afternoon with a just enough thread. It was touch and go there for a while. I had chosen this colour as the perfect match to the backing/pocket fabric. However I only had a small amount; it had come from a thrifted bag of collected thread.

Tomorrow I will sew it, stuff it and pop in the cupboard for when it is needed. Spunky Monkey's tooth pillow has been sitting in his cupboard for the last two years waiting... waiting....

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Day Five: Time out

Today, Miss Moo Moo went back to Kindy. It was the first time I had been alone for three and a half weeks. I hadn't realised this until I fell into a heap.

I had grand plans: bread making, jam making, preserving vegetables. Not to mention the much needed tidying (culling) of the toyroom. I even thought I would squeeze in a little bit of embroidery.





But I felt crappy and the weather was crappy. So after a bit of grocery shopping I came home, made some hot chocolate and curled up under the blankets to watch "Miss Potter"

I'm feeling much better now that I have had some me time, I even managed to cook a yummy casserole for dinner.

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Day Four: Fresh fruit

And it doesn't come any fresher that this.

Spunky Monkey picked a pineapple from our garden for afternoon tea today. The cut top from a market bought pineapple had been planted over two years ago.

With such a long time coming, we savoured every juicy morsel.

It's just a pity it was all gone in about 5 minutes.

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Day Three: This mornings breakfast table

It was hard to get back to into the swing of things this morning. Today it is back to school, but by the look of our breakfast table you would think that we were still on holidays. We did manage to get to school just as the bell rang. Maybe I shouldn't have cooked fried potatoes and eggs.

A recipe inspired by this book. I fried some of these leftover potatoes and poured over a couple of beaten eggs to cook. Sprinkle with salt - Yummy.

But school is back, I better get back to muesli, yoghurt and fruit for tomorrow mornings breakfast.

Do you have trouble shifting from holiday mode after the school holidays have ended? Maybe it's just me.

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Day Two: Making muffins

Everyday of this last week has been spent with our little cousins. Some who live close by, some who live far away and some who live very far away.



With so many hungry mouths to feed, the kids and I have been baking. A chocolate cake and batches of muffins: orange and chocolate muffins, strawberry muffins and this morning we baked our favourite blueberry muffins when more little friends came for morning tea.

As it was school holidays the kids were much more hands on than usual. I allocated more time for the task and turned a blind eye when more flour ended up on the floor than into the mixing bowl. It was messy, but, oh my, it was so much fun.

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Day one of Blogtoberfest

This year I have decided to join 'Blogtoberfest' and post everyday in October.

I intend to (hopefully) post a picture daily for the month. A snapshot of our every day.

I know that others are planning all kind of giveaways and excitement, but at the moment this is where I am at.

I am trying to shift the rhythm of our life to a slower pace. My plans for October are: some crafting, some 'from scratch' cooking and a bit of spring cleaning. Hopefully you will be happy to come along and see what I can achieve.

Today I share a picture of the anniversary flowers that are scenting our whole house right now.

I wish you could smell them too.

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I have also signed up my food blog "jelly peaches and ice-cream" to be part of blogtoberfest. This may be a little ambitious. What are the chances of me cooking something really yummy everyday in October and then getting around to posting the recipe? It's a good thing that Cathy is very lovely and a bit flexible in the rules.

I shall do my best.