Delayed Gratification / Turn the TV off

I saw this on the net somewhere - can't actually remember where - Is this a cool idea or what.

Hello to all

I just wanted to share a new blog that I am putting together. It is evolving slowly. I had an idea to start up a local community group. Just a bunch of friendly people who want to learn and share. It is still all just getting the idea going but I will use this blog to post recipes and such as well as pearls of wisdom. I don't want meetings as such with people in charge. I just want to share. Lets say you want to learn to bake a loaf of bread. Then my daughter can teach you that. If you want to make an awesome tomatoe relish then I can show you that. Sewing, cooking, craft, homecare, gardening. Whatever. Below is the link to the post I put on yesterday.

What I am discovering as this evolves is that there is a real gap in many young peoples lives. They want to set up home properly, they want to be proud of their home and homemaking efforts but they simply do not know where to start. I do not have all of the answers but I can point them in the right direction to start exploring themselves.

How cool it is for me to see a young woman start to think of her home as something to be proud of and that it is a worthy role. All very exciting.

Delayed Gratification


Now I have posted the link below to another blog I have started to follow because I can soooo relate to what is written. I invite you to take a look. I have linked to the latest post that I found very interesting. You may also.

Easiest Way To Save Money

Cheers,
Wendy

I Finally Eat My Pineapple - A Walk Through My Garden

Daisy's

Lavender

Like little stars.

King Parrots in my front arden. I was sitting in my office and managed to get some reat shots of my little visitors. Such brilliant red and green colours.

Isn't this just so beautiful. Delicate. Gorgeous.

Black Eyed Susan all along my front fence

Red Geranium

More Daisy's in my rock garden

Parsley on my kitchen bench

My shallots are flowering - it looks like seeds - does anyone know if I can collect these seeds and grow more shallots from them?

Rosemary

The rosemary has a little blue flower on it as well.

The coriander has gone to seed. Can anyone tell me please when I pick them. Should I pick them while they are still green or should I wait for them to go brown?

More coriander flowering and going to seed.

My pineapple is HUGE and has started to change colour. It is turning orange from the bottom up. It is so heavy that is is on a lean on the plant. I have had to cage it so the possums do not get it before I do. I have to go away for a few days and I am concerned that it will ripen in the next few days while away so I think I will pick this and let it finish ripening inside my home.

Flowering native shrub. I think it might be a type of wattle. I don't know. All I know is that these little shrubs are all around the place and the yellow is so brilliant. Gorgeous.

I pick the pineapple in the early morning. Still in PJ's.

Such a huge pineapple. Everyone is looking forward to a slice.

And it tastes SOOOO GOOD. perfect, juicy, summery and I now have another plant starting to flower. Next season I will get two pineapples and the year after I have about 6 that will all get fruit on at about the same time. That's when I will learn all about preserving them.