Morning all, I'm sure these weeks are speeding up, let's pretend it's 24 hours ago time to clock the silver linings and positive moments for
So last weekend we had quite a relaxed weekend, I couldn't believe we were in the eighth month of the year already but August has arrived and the weather has remained with very little in the way of rain up to now.
On Saturday we decided to revamp the door wreath again, I've now got a good collection of artificial flowers, so as well as the new sunflower additions I managed to locate the purple roses amongst my own stash and this was the finished product.
I also added some ribbons to the bottom
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and it is a lovely sight to come home to, very much a joint effort as the wires are taxing on my hands, but hubby was there to assist and we had it done in super quick time.
I've also been reading some very different reads that I've found on my travels or picked up second hand.
This was one that hubby read that he found interesting, so I had a read, it proved an enlightening read, I've enjoyed clocking the seasons this year and really noticing the differences in our world outside so that definitely resonated but other elements, not so much, but hubby expected that.
This was one I picked up in a National Trust second hand bookshop a few years ago, it is a children's book and I have to say I purely bought it for the way it looked, however, thought I'd give it a whirl as a lighter read and it really is a splendid story, so very detailed, I can imagine the author mapping the story for the set of 7 books that she has written for the series and yes having read book 1 I went off in search of the remaining 6, which weren't quite as cheap as the original.
Then this absolute gem of a book, short stories and another by Gervase Phinn and written with such wonderful humour.
I've read 62 books this year so far and still counting, I read 77 last year so not sure if I will read more or less than that, but I'm just enjoying reading which I think is the main thing if I'm honest.
Hubby also had a baking day, he made the 50/50 granary rolls which were light and fluffy as always and a first for him a proper loaf in his new loaf tin which creates bread fit for a toaster (totalling square), which again was a roaring success. I'm very lucky to have a hubby who enjoys embracing a non-UPF diet in the way he does including baking our own bread.
and with the warm whether we've been enjoying some beautiful salads, this a watermelon and radish salad with rice noodles was mighty tasty.
The rest of the week has tripped along, work was busy as always but I'm feeling better prepared for the audit which is good.
I also enjoyed a wonderful catch up with my sister and niece with hubby at Ikea which was delightful.
I hope you've had a wonderful week.
Hugs
