~ weekend snippets ~

 

We're still keeping our weekends low key.
A visit to Salamanca for apples, coffee, new plants for the garden and a chance meet-up with old friends.
Gardening, so many weeds to deal with.  Gorgeous roses to pick and delight in.  The chaotic beauty of the windflowers.
An afternoon tea with the friends who are family
Roast chicken and parsnips.
Amazing chalk art - we started drawing sea creatures as we talked about his excursion to the Marine Studies Centre this week but we ended up covering all the pavers with colourful art and he practised his letters over and over.
And candles for Earth Hour.

How was your weekend?
 ♥

{all on the iphone - I really must make time to get the real camera out before I forget how to use it}

Linking up with Em and others who share the snippets of their days. 

~weekending at home ~

Weekends {at the moment} are all about home.
Staying home, hanging out together,  saying "no" to others and "yes" to us.
Cooking, gardening, reading, watching movies, recuperating from the busy, busy weeks that have marked our return to school.

It's all going well - everyone is settling well and we're happy ... but its definitely full on.
Ballet, gym, tennis, piano for the girls
For my little boy its been even busier - so many new routines, so many people to watch, so many decisions about how to behave, to be in his new classroom, trying sooo hard to do it all right.

So we've been bunkering down at home on the weekends.  
Quarantining ourselves away from the rest of the world.  Embracing the quiet ... 
Loving the lack of pressure to be, to join, to talk...

5 hour slow cooked lamb was perfect to end this weekend with.
Home grown tomatoes and herbs, parsnips from the Doc's sister's farm and Tasmanian lamb.

{a paste of oregano, rosemary, salt, pepper, garlic and EVOO}

{just picked by little hands cherry tomatoes}

{paste rubbed into lamb and lamb roasted on top of onions and tomatoes}

 

{potatoes sliced thinly and half way down - and roasted slowly as well}

{5 hours later}

Melting soft lamb, oozy tomatoes and crunchy hassleback potatoes.  Made and served with love.

We're renewed, refreshed, ready for another week out there.
What did you have for Sunday dinner?
What's your schedule looking like? 

♥