(Irish Peace Knot)
Boxing Day. St. Stephen’s Day. Mummers’ Day. Wren Day.
What a lovely time my daughter and I are having. Lazy days in front of the fire. Reading, chatting, reading chatting. Occasional knitting (me. Then on to the shore in this mild weather for a long walk. She collecting small shells, me collecting small flat stones for a patio I’m planning. A patio surrounded with a driftwood fence and the recycled cans I’m going to paint and screw to the driftwood and fill with herbs and flowers.
I made a moose stew on the wood stove yesterday. Beyond fabulous.
Today it was rice pasta and shrimp and French beans in a garlic asiago sauce. Bliss on a plate.
No TV, no radio on. Just the crackle of the flames, the odd sigh from the dog and our voices murmuring back and forth. We plan to take in “A Feast of Cohen” tomorrow – an annual show in St. John’s featuring many local stars and the words and music of Our Man Leonard. My niece is coming down (I make it sound easy but the poor wee thing has to drive 300 km) and joining us for this girls’ night out. That is if I can get tickets when the box office opens tomorrow at noon. No web booking. And that’s OK. This is just about our pace at the moment.
With hopes that all of you out there are full of peace as well.
It starts within. It spreads without.
Have a wondeful New Year
ReplyDeleteIsn't it good to relax and do things at a natural pace and take a break from the everyday frenzy?
ReplyDeleteI like your plan for a "recycled" garden. Makes me wonder what I can do likewise in our own garden.
Sounds positively heavenly.
ReplyDeleteI don't fancy the moose stew, WWW - but the rest sounds heavenly!
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I would love to see your recycled garden. Will you post pictures of it when it's done please? How was your night out?
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