A Magic Moment.

This morning as I walked onto the deck on my way to the clothes line (yes the sun was shining.....woo hoo) a rainbow lorikeet landed not 6 feet away. I stopped in my tracks so as to not scare it and it gave a little tweet and waddled toward me, chattering away, seemingly unafraid. Sadly the dog spotted it through the window, barked and scared it off. But that brief moment was such an unexpected gift. 
     

How many wonderful things there are to be grateful for in this world?! How many unexpected gifts however brief?!

Today I'm glad about : lunch with my dear friend Heather. She's funny and caring, honest and wise and my life is better for knowing her.

                                 : the sun shining so I got all my washing dry. (gotta lurve that sun!!!!!!!!)

                                 : talking to my husband and each of my 3 children. There are not enough words to say how much I love and admire them.

                                 

                                 : flannelette sheets. :)

Actually the list is pretty well endless, now I think about it. An attitude of gratitude is a handy thing to have.

And an occasional magic moment with a rainbow lorikeet helps too. 

And Again.

And still it rains; with an occasional little peep through by the sun (VERY occasional!) I have to go into town today for a hair appointment and am not looking forward to it at all. The council has been doing road works all over the place and with the torrential rain there are holes everywhere!

A little taste of sunshine this morning.

So pottering about in the kitchen and checking the girls haven't drowned in the coop; that's about the sum total of my days at the moment. Feet up in front of a fire of a night. Very quiet here in Eden. :)

 PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES.

90 g butter

1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter

1 1/2 cups brown sugar, lightly packed

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

2 eggs

2 cups S.R. flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

Grease a muffin tray and set oven at 190c. Beat butter and peanut butter together, then gradually add sugar and beat until light. Stir in the vanilla, then the eggs one at a time. Sift the flour with the salt and add alternately with the milk. Spoon into the tins, filling half full, and bake for 20minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Makes about 24.

WET, WET,WET.

Oh well ,what the heck, lets have some more rain. We've had enough of the mild, warm winter days. NOT!!!!

Standard uniform on the east coast.

Its a horrible night; cold, windy and wet but we're tucked up inside with the fire going. I was complaining about how it seems to be getting colder instead of warming up. Mark says his dad always use to say "When the days lengthen, the cold strengthens."  I've never heard that saying but it certainly seems to be true at the moment.