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Weekends in the garden

Jason-hammering

The last few weekends have been lovely.

The air has warmed and the sunshine lures us into the garden. It’s lovely watching everything slowly coming back to life after Winter.

Jason-building

Boys-building

Jason has been busy. He has built me three big vegetable garden beds.

And this last weekend he built a compost in the corner of the backyard. Near the chickens and new vegetable beds.

He has also worked out a way to build without me holding the wood.

I’m a bit unreliable because my mind drifts and so does the wood. So we are both thankful for clamps!

Max-helping-build

Teddy-helping-build

Teddy had his own tools and follows Jason around as he works.

While Max comes and goes, as different things in the backyard catch his attention. He is a lad on the move that one!

And Ruby jumps on the trampoline, makes fairies houses and mudpies.

veggie-patch

veggies

With the new vegetable gardens built, I had the itch to fill them straight away.

So far I’ve planted spring onions, snow peas, lettuce, spinach, asparagus spears and artichoke.

And I have a big list of what will come next. Zucchinis, cucumber, capsicum, rhubarb to name a few. The children all have requests too, pumpkin, watermelon. All the big things.

We’ve also extended our strawberry patch along a rock wall and I am hoping some strawberries might even make it inside this year!

I’m thinking of adding one more blueberry bush near the other two. Then I will have a nice little blueberry corner.

Strawberries

Kelly-gardening

You can see more our garden here. And our chickens here.

??? And follow along on Facebook and Instagram to see snippets of our days ???

Blessings, Kelly

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Our soundtrack through the seasons

Pied piper

This is a sponsored post

The wheel of the year turns, and our soundtrack to this life, is the lovely voice of Annie Bryant.

Annie has captured the spirit of each season so beautifully that each season I find a new favourite song.

So I thought I’d take you through, one season at a time *smile*

And although I’m sharing about Annie’s songs, her stories are also well loved in our home, but I’ll have to share about those another day *wink*

We dance into Spring listening to Wake Up. The title song calls us forth from Winter with such joy.

While the opening to the beautiful and lilting song, The Wind brings to my mind Anne of Green Gables. It captivates me each time I hear it…

The wind must be powerful, the wind must be bold

To call in the wonderful, and blow away the cold

And I find myself singing and humming to myself, as a twirl through the house.

Then into the hot months of Summer, my mood is beautifully matched by Jump In.

It is the perfect soundtrack for a barbecue in the garden.

While The Gift celebrates the joy of giving, whether it be a smile or a hug…

From you I receive, to you I give

Together we share, by this we live

Such a lovely message.

Annie’s favourite season is Autumn, and you can hear her love for the season in Seek & Find.

I always find myself tapping my feet to the title song Seek & Find *grin*

Have a listen yourself:

Come Gather was our first Annie Bryant album. The messages from her Winter songs have become a part of our family cleaning rhythm.

From the song Come Gather and the lovely chorus

Come gather, come gather, there’s work to be done.

Make a bundle, take an armful, together its fun.

We have started our own family saying

We all work together to get the job done

Because we are family

Winter-Queen

And Come Gather has a rather special spot in my heart, because on a gloriously sunny Winter’s day, we heard Annie sing these wonderful songs while sitting in her storytent *grin*

What a wonderful morning it was. Annie piped the children into the tent and transported them to other places!

And talking about being transported, we will be driving for ten hours to a family wedding soon and I am packing Annie’s lovely albums to listen to along the way.

Annie singing

You can purchase Annie’s lovely albums at Tales & Songs. Each seasonal album is $18, or purchase the Seasonal Collection for $60! They are also available as digital downloads.

???  And connect with Annie on Facebook and Instagram ???

Blessings, Kelly

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