a fun day at the creek

Josh and I had a fun day yesterday, with some new friends, on their property, not far from our place. We spent some time at their creek. It was lovely, sitting with our feet dangling in the water, on a warm spring day. The creek was flowing and we could hear the relaxing sounds of water, trickling down the rocks. The boys had a swim, and had fun, skipping stones in the water. They climbed trees. They also enjoyed a sausage sizzle. It was a beautiful day, spending time with new friends and enjoying Mother Nature. 

xxoo Julie

Sunday

Calendula flower

Comfrey flowers

In amongst the vacuuming, floor washing, and studying today, I took some time to take a few photos around our home. 

The new little man in my life. He is here to remind me to take some time in my day to be still and quiet, to meditate, to give thanks, to be mindful.  The little book is to remind me to think positively. This makes such a difference in my day. I also like to look up a quote every now and again. 

I have little notes and signs up around our home of things I want to remember and concentrate on.

A beautiful candle that a lovely friend gave me. It sits on our kitchen window sill.

Another little note on the window sill. I think it is really important to be yourself, to listen to your heart, your soul, and to be the person you are meant to be. No one else can be that person, only you. I believe that every single person is here for a reason. No one else can fulfill that person's role except the person themself.

The candle and my rose quartz. This gem stone means love.

I love this pattern on the candle.

The beautiful rose quartz.

My mood board/inspiration board sits on the wall  beside the kitchen window. It reminds me of things I'm working towards and things I want to do more of.

Our coffee table that our boys made.

A great movie, even if you're not into surfing.

Gardening books

A magnet on our fridge

A photo on our fridge. A few years ago we climbed Mount Kosiosko. (I think my spelling is wrong)

Some positive reinforcement from Louise Hay.

Which is in this lovely book.

Another great book.

Sorry these are sideways. The cover of one of my journals.

Linda Woodrow's Book. Linda wrote a comment on my gardening post a couple of days ago. I was so excited. 

Some study time with a pot of dandelion tea.

Remembering to focus.

My new Mala beads. This photo doesn't show the colour properly. They are my early Christmas present from  this gorgeous shop.

I've nearly finished module 26, only 14 to go!!

I'm rereading the pray section of this book.

The only problem is the first time I read it I highlighted sections. They are a little distracting the second time around.

This was my Sunday. What did you do?

A HUGE thank you to the people that wrote lovely, positive comments on my previous blog post. Your comments mean so much to me. THANK YOU!!!

Wishing you a wonderful, happy and healthy week. 

xxoo much love,  

Julie 

my words

Release

Love

Time

Happiness


Releasing the past, releasing expectations of me, being who I want to be, who I am meant to be.

Loving myself and the people around me, the people I choose to have in my life.

Spending time on the things that are important to me. Letting go of the rest.

These things bring me happiness. They fill me with joy.

These are my words, my mantra.

Living mindfully. Fulfilling my purpose. It's where I'm meant to be. It's all good.

Sending love and gratitude to you. Thank you for being here with me.

xxoo Julie 

saturday

My 14 year old is a bit into photography at the moment. I love it when I upload my photos onto the computer and there are some of his there. 

These ones were taken over the road from our house. 

These were taken on one of his walks.

Now for Saturday's post.....

I started the day with a bit of blog reading.

Loving Kim's new kitchen. I'm a bit envious actually. When we built our home we had a second hand kitchen put in and I've never liked it. I don't like the colours or the design. It annoys me a bit because I spend so much time in there.  I think I might open a new bank account and call it "The Kitchen Fund Account". I'll say to my boys "Imagine the food you'll get when I have a kitchen that I actually like?" A great plan, I think.

Click on the link above to have a better look. Kim is an Interior Designer and is super talented. She is an expert nest featherer. I can't wait to see the kitchen when it's finished. 

Writing in one of my journals. The one where I plan my day.

At the moment I'm beginning my day with hot water. I boil the jug and have it as hot as I have a cup of tea. I also put some in a thermos to sip on through the day. It's a great way to flush out the adrenal glands.

After breakfast I went out into the garden.

In this bin we have liquid fertiliser. Water plus weeds, horse manure, worm wee, a bit of chook poo. Whatever you have available. I'll also add some seaweed. We keep it in the vege patch yard so it's nice and handy. Jackie french has some great info on making your own brew. I'll do a post on it one day.

The 'brew', sorry if you're in the middle of breakfast. 

The compost bays that the boys set up. We're using the compost on the right at the moment. I can't believe all the worms in it.

The calendula plants we had in last spring have self seeded. This is our first flower for the season. I grow them for their beauty, to attract bees and I use the petals in my soap making.

The little patch I worked on today. It contains calendula, celery and lettuce. I am using the pots as snail and slug collectors. Each morning I go out and check them. There is usually a slug or two in them. I am going to buy some more pots to put around the garden. I love the look of them too.

Some calendula that has self seeded. I find it very difficult to thin them out. I might put the left overs in little pots to give away or scatter through the garden, both I think.

Then it's inside for a smoothie. Milk, cacao powder, honey and spinach. I saute the spinach in a bit of coconut oil before blending it. 

I bought the mini tramp back inside this morning. In my efforts to reduce clutter I put it out the back, but I found I was forgetting to use it. So it's back inside. Sometimes I don't feel like going for a walk, whereas I don't mind doing 5-10 mins on the tramp, here and there through the day. It's amazing how those 5-10 mins here and there all add up. I also find it gives me a burst of energy to then get a few tasks done. Love the endorphins too.

Some washing, there's always washing. Can you tell I live with three boys?

I'm working on my first mood board, as an adult. When I was growing up I use to make posters with pictures on it that I liked. It made me feel good. I'm not too keen on cutting into those Country Style magazines. I've only picked a few of my older ones.

A glass of wine to go with a lovely task. Nice and relaxing on a Saturday afternoon.

This was followed by some study. I'm finding it a bit hard to keep the momentum going at the moment. I'm half way there though and I do love what I'm learning. A lecture by  Dr Mark Hyman today.

We've been letting our 'girls' out to wonder freely of an afternoon. They have a huge yard that they're always in, but the grass is a bit dry at the moment. We let them out so they can find a bit of green to peck at and some snails etc. They love it and we love having them wondering around the house.

I need to remember to put our kale seedlings up though or they would soon disappear.

And the rainbow chard too.

I found these beauties while I was out there.

Some celery waiting to be planted in the garden. 

I'm enjoying this rocket.

Some more beauties.

I hope your Saturday was a lovely one. What did you get up to?

xxoo Julie