~ ten on ten - August 2015 ~

7.16 am breakfast

7.26 am the first abandoned tea of the day

8.04 am the only tidy corner of the house

9.25 am contemplation - I chose the weights class instead

10.59 in her spot for the day

11.14 am when you remove the junk basket from the bench

12.35 pm the best $20 he spends all week

2.02 pm  tidying up - it never ends

2.42 before they come home from school

2.43 pm momentarily tidy

3.32 pm snail mail from the Scilly Isles

3.36 pm on the way to the shops

3.45 pm on the way home from the shops

4.45 pm dinner prep (my favourite lentil soup)

A Monday mostly spent at home this month - tidying, cooking, looking after a sick child.  I did lift some weight and I can already feel it in my legs.
Monday is my get everything done for the week day - its not usually a day when I stop to look around.
It's nearly always worth pausing though.. don't you find that?

~ snow day ~

 

I have such fond memories of the last time snow fell to sea-level in Hobart - we had a day off school and the most wonderful adventures.

Today my children had their own snow day.  We woke to squeals of "there's real snow outside!!"  We watched the cats encounter their very first snow.  We caught snowflakes on our tongues. We took the day off school.  We drank way too much hot chocolate. We threw snowballs and made a very wonky, very small snow man.  

It was magical.

~ 10 on 10 - May 2015 ~

 

 

 

It was Mother's Day today - what a lovely day to document with a #tenonten series of photos.

The day started perfectly - family cuddles in bed,  beautiful cards (they always make me teary) and a new little toy to play with (featured in the list later).  I'm so very grateful to be a mum - its exactly who and what I'm meant to be doing right now and it brings me so much joy.

We were running late for the Mother's Day Classic (a walk to raise money for breast cancer awareness and research) that we participate in most years and so I had my breakfast up (less messy) and enjoyed the pretty pink carnations I'd helped choose yesterday (current flower crush - not trendy at all)

My card from Jack called me the best "huger" ever which is so funny as he always used to spell hug as huge anyway.

We wore pink shoes (and scarves) and collected lots of medals on our walk.

We joined my mum and some family friends for lunch.  I made a huge pot of my favourite lentil soup - this was the raita that goes on top.

I found the first tiny grape hyacinth for the season in the garden today - far too early.

The Question a Day book has been sadly neglected lately - we're trying to catch up a bit

The Instax printer was my present today - I love it.

The autumn leaves are so pretty - a big reminder to look up as well as down.

The seeds we planted a month ago today are going well 

Journalling at the end of the day - I'm being good with this.

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How do you document your days?
Do you keep a journal?

~ 10 on 10 - April 2015 ~

Ten on ten.
A collection of images (at least 10) to document my day on the 10th of the month.
The ordinary, the fascinating, the every day.
This was a Friday in the school holidays.

8.26 - on the way to the cafe for coffee after gym

8.45 am - latte at Ginger Brown

9.24 am  snail mail ready to post

9.34 am on the way back from the post office

9.43 walking in our autumn neighbourhood

11.05 am teaching herself guitar

12.18 pm planting some seeds for our herb garden

12.52 pm not all the pots got used for seeds ... meet Bill

1.52 pm  Not Easter chocolate

2.22 pm serious construction work

2.56 pm it's Friday - there's always time for faffing on Fridays

3.15 pm afternoon tea - spicy rhubarb cake

3.15 pm on the other side of the afterrnon tea table - domino racing

3.22pm afternoon autumn light

4.01pm our lives on the fridge

4.47pm texting in the afternoon light