little projects

The weekend marked the start of Luca's soccer season, as Julia continues her weekend sewing lessons. So we return to early and often chaotic mornings, despite my night before attempts to organize things. But once the rushing around is over we return home and usually won't go out again for the remainder of the weekend. Which tends to leave a nice chunk of time to start and sometimes finish those little projects. Brick borders for the Robinia's were completed, and I look forward to filling them with some flowers. Those old (free) barn bricks have come in so handy. A few magazines were culled over a coffee. The garden map with fruit tree varieties and dates has finally been completed.

A practical sewing project for myself has been started. We ate salad fresh from the garden and a soup from beef broth that simmered for two days. But I have to say that there is nothing as tasty or as satisfying as starting off the day with bacon and eggs (scrambled on the weekends instead of weekday fried). Even better with some extras like avocado, mushrooms and tomato.

Weekend food and weekend projects, things we often don't have time for during the week, and yet by slowing down on the weekend and pottering around, we often find the time to do these things we really want or need to do.