Winter has arrived with a sudden drop in temperatures, frosty mornings and a full program of farming, schooling and family commitments.  The days are short, the nights are long and quiet and it seems like a good time to take stock. Thanks Pip.

Making : endless meals

Cooking : sourdough pizza bases and old school
crunchy chocolate slice

Drinking : tea, followed by one coffee at 9am and then back to tea

Reading: Frankie Spaces and I even found a very creative ex-Broken Hill local amongst the pages

Trawling: the second hand shops for cheap but sturdy timber chairs

Looking: at new beds

Deciding: on a new bed

Wishing: my little pear tree had produced more than one pear this year.  There is always next year.

Enjoying: My Open Kitchen e-course

Waiting: for the school holidays

Liking: the jars full of seeds I have collected from my garden

Wondering: how to make the most of the limited family time we currently have

Loving: that my children already think like practical farmers

Pondering: launching back into selling my sourdough, one of these days

Listening: to my local ABC radio, always

Considering: where I might start with my caravan renovation

Buying: a beautiful set of old but perfect children’s alphabetical animal stamps

Watching: the frost quickly kill off my basil and zucchinis

Hoping: my daughter never loses her love of chasing cows and dogs and riding horses

Marvelling: at The Shady Farmer and his clever use of Instagram, amongst other things. I love this man

Cringing: at the news, it is a crazy, frightening world out there

Needing: more scissors, sticky tape and glue in the house, where does it all go?

Questioning: small people about the above

Smelling: quinces, so many quinces

Wearing: snow socks and many layers

Noticing: the bubbles in my sourdough starter

Thinking: about something sweet I can bake quickly, before the weekend

Admiring: all the warm things from Icebreaker

Getting: ready for visitors on the long weekend

Bookmarking: Australian made ceramics on Etsy, it is a slippery slope let me tell you

Opening: doors and windows briefly

Closing: them again when the cold afternoon air moves in

Feeling: grateful for the opportunities that working with Graziher has presented

Hearing: a small motorbike buzzing and the occasional dog barking

Celebrating: two special family birthdays in June, our boy George and my mum

Pretending: not to notice that my windows need cleaning

Embracing: my woolly scarves that I had almost forgotten about over the summer

I hope this weekend you are lighting a fire in the paddock or reading something beautiful.

Happy Friday friends x