Delicious fruity porridge prepared by John and a BIG cup of tea brought in by Thomas.
The gifts are delightful...many cards..made at school and scouts...Foot balm and Bath milk made at school (I was in on the "surprise" as I helped the class do this on Thursday), a Downton Abbey book and soap and special tea from Lucy.
Phone calls and messages received from the girls during the day were lovely.
We had a slow morning...me enjoying a read of my Downton book..the boys Harry Potter.. I did a bit of sewing...but need more material to continue...
The weather was very changeable again today....Was lovely...depending on which way you looked
The market Bread guy turns up later so John ducks out font to buy a sourdough breadstick to go with our soup and a fruit loaf as well..
Its pretty cold out..but if rugged up its lovely...(especially if you have a warm home to go to.)
We set out about midday to visit a couple of permaculture gardens that are open today...sadly the first one is not open due to unforeseen circumstances...so we go up to Wattle Grove and do a bit more work up there for about an hour or so..
There are snow-capped mountains in the distance...and when the wind blows..you can feel it..
We really enjoy ourselves..
John drops Tom and I home and goes to the 2nd garden. (he said it was ok but a bit overgrown and hippy-ish...not how he'd do it)
We have a lovely afternoon of reading and knitting...an early shower and then have our yummy vege soup and bread..
Really enjoyable listening..
Monday and its not exactly warming up too much.
The morning isn't too cold as I do my walk ..but it doesn't get any warmer as the day progresses.
A number of customers drop in ...mainly after lunch...and browse and buy books.
A Mother's day parcel arrives from Hannah...Downton Abbey Series 2...what a treat
Tom is keen to get to scouts as usual.
I walk him down as John is doing some potentising.
I prepare Beef Stroganoff for dinner and get a bread on the rise..
Tuesday and its a grey start.
The sun makes a few brief appearances throughout the day..but not for long
We have orders to keep us busy...and we fill the shampoo and conditioner bottles and label up for the shop shelf...
There is a nice drift of customers...some just browsing and others in for specific medicines...
I venture out about 1-ish to have a Bowen treatment...a new and interesting experience...to try and address a painful ankle issue and ongoing occasional back discomfort. It is very deep tissue 'massage'.. sort of...quite painful at times...but Nolan assured me that is due to the muscle tension in those areas..Thought I'd give it a try.
Nolan Alderfox (the therapist) is our neighbour up on the hill...he and wife Julie and daughter Ula live off the grid in a very sheltered shady spot...but they have a fabulous vege garden..
Tom arrives in after ballgames.
We have early dinner as I have a School Board AGM and general Meeting to attend. A long night as the meeting goes from 6.30 and doesn't finish til 10pm..but much is talked about and resolved and sub-committees formed. I will be working with a group to try and address Canteen issues..currently running at a loss...will be interesting.
Dearest John is waiting up for me when I get in...(well he fell asleep waiting..on the lounge)..so lovely.
Wednesday and again it is grey on my walk...but not cold. 10 degrees.
We are aiming for 16 degrees today.
I go over to kitchen class but am not needed today. Roy explains that there is very little to harvest from the garden so he has had to be more creative with the program, as his budget is low. Today he has a local guest speaker talking to the class about her raw food vegan diet...Interesting!! I decide to head back to the shop as John may need my help with orders. The talk would have been fascinating though...
John and I notice how cold it is in the medicine room compared to the rest of the building. We are thinking of solutions to make it a more comfortable work space as we spend alot of time in this back room.
We work on orders and product research for ingredients for a cream that is sought after.
We have various groups of customers through the shop.. a nice day.
Mid-afternoon we notice some action up the street in front of the new shop 'Cygnet Garden Larder'...due to open on Friday.
I wander up and join a group of locals as we watch the new sign going up.
Tom arrives in and has had a good day..Second day of NAPLAN tests today. He did reading and comprehension..seemed ok with it.
We had planned to dash to Kingston after work to pick up some books we have ordered...but the day is grey and as the evening descends...we change our minds as a cosy night at home is more appealing.
The boys enjoy Harry Potter and later I do a few "Downton" episodes...lovely.
Thursday and the moon is still visible on my morning walk.
I go over with Tom in the morning to see if there will be activities to help with today. Kim said she would love me to assist the children with typing up their marine reports...
John and I get busy with a stream of orders and John makes a Rose Cream that has to be filled..
Its pretty full-on.
The day is bright and sunny during the day...so the flat is nice and warm.
I dash across at 1.40pm and help in the classroom til bell time, then back to shop to pick up on a few more orders.
Anne, Gemma and Noah come over for afternoon tea. They enjoy the marble cake that Tom helped me make this last night.
Its nice to catch up with Anne..she heads to China next week in connection with the charity she runs..saving Pandas from Bile farms....
I toss up whether to Zumba tonight as I'm a bit headachey...but bite the bullet and go.
Its actually a bit easier as I feel like I'm keeping up a little better...still can't do those bellydance moves though!!
More Downton then bed!!
Friday and its Walk to School Day... St James has 3 points on the edge of town that the children can walk from. The out of towners will be dropped off by their bus drivers. Tom chooses the Sailing Club..so all 3 of us walk down at about 8am to meet the teacher and children there. John and I watch Tom run the last couple of 100 mtrs to meet the group then we turn around and head back. (We don't want to cramp Tom's style by walking 'with' the group)
We get into the day's work...labelling and packing Rose creams.
Orders and customers keep us busy throughout the day.
I unpack some lovely new puzzles I ordered..
Tim the sign writer is working across the road putting up another School House Cafe sign.
He calls in as he is keen to come and put up our Dead Cat somewhere!! That will be interesting.
The new shop in Garden Larder opens today..I buy some lovely oranges and some fresh veges!!...such an improvement on the IGA offerings... The Larder also has some interesting kitchen gadgets etc..
Tom arrives in from school with his class photos...
He and John harvest and process Horseradish from our back garden...as we have had an order for a potentised Cochlearia (horseradish). We will leave the tincture to sit a few days then John will potentise.
Its quite a cool evening. We decide to have dinner at the Red Velvet and enjoy it very much...especially the short wander home again.
Tom is not feeling so well with a head cold coming on..so we tuck him in after a Eucalyptus/Plantago Chest rub...
I settle in to watch the final " Miss Fisher Murder Mystery"...
Saturday and we have a slow start (for us) and head into Hobart after a few chores.
We have a busy morning...
First to a heating shop to look at another small heater to install in work room area...we find a suitable size and arrange to have the installer come down and do a quote for us..
Then across the road we investigate options to start a lease of a Subaru to replace the Prius which is finishing lease soon. We walk away with plans of a Forester to be ordered for us. It will be a real bonus to have an off road vehicle for harvest trips and just getting up and back to our land.. (The Prius was great for Sydney traffic conditions..but not ideal for Tassie conditions)
John goes hunting for some Paw paw..and finds some at an organic market stall in Salamanca. He is planning to ferment it and make a tincture to add to a planned new wound cream we want to make.
We do some birthday shopping in town then swing past Kingston to pick up some Cygnet history books for our shop.
Glad to be home, I dash up to the Larder to buy some veges for dinner..
Then we crash and snooze followed by afternoon tea and a read of the paper.
I get on with dinner and some chores while John does some research for a wound cream he is making.
After dinner John and I wander over to the Town Hall to see how the Peregrine School Bush Dance is going. (Tom is not keen to come as he is tired and coldy..so opts to read by the fire)
The Bush Dance seems to be mainly a Peregrine School social event...It seems to have a nice feel to it. We don't stay long as Tom is home alone. We enjoy the music wafting in as we read in our cosy lounge room.
Another full week......
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