Rolling Down The Hill

Well rolling down the hill is just what life feels like right now…and it’s getting faster, sometimes scarier and hopefully with much laughter and love along the way.

Work continues to dominate, though in fact I now only do three days a week however these have been coupled with a few bouts of extra training as I have started my new role within the NHS plus our personal business paperwork so there has been much to keep me out of mischief.

Happily our honeysuckle repeat flowered so what I feared was a case of missing the boat in fact has become more opportunity to make honeysuckle cordial which I must say last Winter was the only thing that managed to quell hubbys cough! Quite a relief for both of us as it was disturbing both of our sleep.

I am looking forward in a few weeks to having a week off too, though I shall be happy to be home and begin the task of cosying up…you know what I mean…kind of an Autumn clean, thicker throws, fresh washed windows, de-cobwebbing the beams, and this cottage has rather a lot of both webs and beams at the moment!

Our day dawned wet this morning and was much slower to improve than anticipated, however now the sun is shining, though it looks rather blustery. Good enough for the entire washing line to be used up and I must  away up the garden path shortly to pick the next load of peas, beans and tomatoes. Of course after that comes the processing of said harvest! But that will be another story.

And I forgot to mention the carrots…we weren’t even sure they could have been of this Earth!

Blessings, J. x

The Air

Saturday…

And so once more the skies have changed to their post Summer Solstice hues…the feel is different…Autumn is but a few breaths away. Even shadows appear slightly changed.

Last evening my energy levels crashed to zero as soon as I made it through our cottage door. I just lay on the sofa for a good hour or more, and barely had the energy to drink a cup of tea. It has been an exceptionally busy week with training on top of my normal workload. It will be worth it , but my, the combination of the heat of the week, learning and physical work certainly depleted my store of energy. Hence today having been a very steady one. There is washing on the line, dishes are done and downstairs has been hoovered…but that is it. A simple stir fry for tea is the plan, I really haven’t felt this tired for a very long time. Some Olympic action has been on the telly and wow how do those dressage horses do what they do.They were so beautiful to watch.

Someone in the village is sawing wood, a sound I associate with the changing seasons and much loved from my childhood, and adulthood come to that!

The grandchildren next door have been interested in WW2 rationing for some time…we gave them a simplified reason why this was necessary, appropriate for their age and they each have a ration book and have to get things marked off from Mummy’s kitchen. An orange or banana is allowed but only one piece of fruit not from our locality allowed per day. They normally hoover up the fruit bowl so Mummy has purchased a large pack of British apples to supplement their appetites. God willing they never have to experience anything like this out of necessity. However we all feel it is a really good exercise in realising what foods are not from our country and so take more resources to reach us. I’m considering that Grandma and Grumpy should do something similar soon.

Sunday…

A trip out today with picnic lunch and browse around a very large car boot sale at Stratton…followed by a memorable family birthday party. I found a couple of pieces to squirrel away for later in the year and hubby was happy finding a few tool bits and pieces.

Monday…

Basically get ready for the working week!

Blessings, J. X