Lackadaisically Speaking...

Or not!

No lackadaisy going on here I assure you

..more like bumpsadaisy because really all I can say is

..this week has been Pants!! 

(as in, not so great)

I do love words don't you!?

And I love Sophie of Fading Grace for giving me at least half of my knew found vocabulary of late. 

 I do, however, really, really like my newly found scales.
Might clean up the brass face this week...what do you think?

 Why is living with other people such a challenge?!
Which leads me to one of my best words ever "chimdunichick".
 I think I may tell you more about my best word quite soon.
How sweet it was when I went to pick up some more walnuts from my friend Ruth (I'm the one with the stall out just now) to find that she had picked me this glorious bunch of winter narcissus..& snowdrops.

  Most of these are "stars" & they smell heavenly.

 Then, when I popped in to Savemart early in the week I nearly burst in to tears, when way down the back (2nd hand clothing warehouse) I glanced up & saw my favourite Sanderson of all time peeking out the side of some ugly stuff.

 Isn't that funny, but I felt overwhelmingly loved at that moment as I clutched the single bedspread tightly to me. I couldn't believe my eyes when I found the $5 price tag.

 Kale used to be the naffest thing you could grow after marigolds & nasturtiums but I think it's brilliant stuff to grow through the winter months. It looks so amazing in salads & stir fries..

 after all, it is just a brassica with pizazz.

 Sometimes I struggle to grow pansies well but this little pot must be in just the right spot as it is truly flourishing & I can assure you it is freezing outside tonight!

 I am glad I'm getting braver as I get older otherwise I might have siddled out of this wonderful opportunity..

 and never encountered this precious little fantail.

 So I asked the man nicely & he let us go & pick some of what was left of his gold kiwifruit crop.

Sugar really bothers me.

 It's actually bothered me for years & years after what I read about it's appalling effects on the health of whole communities..societies that used to have excellent health & well-being until sugar settled itself in to the midst of everyone's affections.

Interestingly, the issue has come up again recently, with even more compelling research backing.

The dilemma for me most of all is that I love tea parties & the idea & loveliness of tea parties but I just can't do the cup cake thing...so much sugar, so why not simple things made pretty?

 There's something deeply comforting about gold & amber & yellow in the middle of winter.
Even if it's just water in a jug.

 I don't know if you've ever tried gold kiwifruit..but I adore them & I never, ever get sick of them &

 they're golden & sweet & not nearly as furry as the green ones.

Ruth gave me old fashioned persimmons to sell too, but funnily enough, NO one wanted to buy them.

They're weird things..they make your mouth all furry unless they are jelly ripe & even then...like I said weird.

The birds, I notice, are having a fine old feast!

 I have just planted the David Austin rose Evelyn.
I think she is just magnificent & so sweetly fragrant too.

 As you know by now, I'm a Singer kind of girl so I figured that you might like some Singerly advice for this week. (Thanks Caroline for passing it on). Click to enlarge for better readability...I hope, or else put on your very best reading glasses, ok.

You have no idea just what a blessing you are to me!!!

 Much

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