If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.
– Eckhart Tolle
+ easter
+ started by watching the secret life of walter mitty. one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time
+ early morning coffee and ringawera hot cross buns in bed
+ then a surprise birthday breakfast for a friend at charlie farleys
+ before collecting C&D from the ferry… who’ve come to stay in our caravan for the long weekend
+ lunch in the sun at mudbrick bistro
+ easy dinner and conversation
+ Saturday morning picnic on our bed, discussing yurts and recipes for crickets
+ a walk to the Ostend market
+ then a visit to a pop-up shop
+ picking up N&M from the ferry
+ platter-style lunch and an afternoon of talking and laughing on the deck
+ an hilarious, and highly explosive, experiment involving a soda stream and a bottle of chardonnay
+ dancing to sola rosa
+ faux flamenco with D and a challenge to learn it properly before the next time we meet
+ sunday morning lie in
+ reubens for breakfast with home-made sauerkraut
+ staring out at the rain
+ companionable silences
+ the hum of the dryer, the fridge, the oven
+ and an emulsion lift demonstration for C
+ lying in the sun on the deck watching the clouds float by
+ before retreating inside when the rain started again
+ D showing me how to separate honey from wax
+ marinating oyster mushrooms
+ trying a recipe from kinfolk table
+ chicken tacos (loving Nic’s tacos) for dinner
+ then all four of us piling on the sofa to watch a movie
+ brunch at the oyster inn before dropping C&D at the ferry
+ slow-cooked lamb for dinner
That advice from a tree…. I love it! Your weekends always look so incredibly wonderful. :)
Can’t wait to come and stay
Sounds like you had a fab time.
We did! And I am looking forward to having you here (we both are).
i LOVE that Tolle quote! yay for first guests and the good times (and good eats) that ensued!
I have had that quote sitting in front of me for a while. This seemed like the perfect place to showcase it. Thankful for all of it xox
Love this! Amazing to see how much that island lights you up :)
Walter Mitty is in my top 10 xx
It’s not without its fair share of frustrations, although yes, we are very happy here
x
Love it. Love. it.
Your photos capture the spirit of your weekend.
I had such a great post planned, but my host is down. Boo.
xo
Thanks love, sorry about your tech issues. Hopefully all sorted now xxx