Saturday 17 June 2017

Sweet & Simple Saturday

What do you have planned for your Saturday?  My plans are for a simple day here at home. I'm looking forward to pottering in the garden for there are seedlings to plant. Lettuce and baby carrot and some more broccoli. I intend on baking too using the juicy citrus that came from a generous friend's trees. I'm thinking orange cakelemon slice and this lovely lime dessert.  There will most definitely be time for reading, to finish off a "sweet" book that I borrowed from the local library.  I'm sure I can find a sunny corner on the verandah, where the boards are warm, to read in. Perhaps I'll doze ...

 Light reading, a little posy of cottage flowers and citrus from a lovely friend's garden.

I love how days like these unfold slowly, behind the blue gates of our place, unhurried and happy just to be here at home.

I hope you have a lovely Saturday too. 

Meg

10 comments:

  1. Sounds perfect to me!
    I'm torn between having all these things to do (some pleasure, some work) and not having an ounce of desire to do any of them!!! I think it's the extended wet weather we are having, it's causing a bit of cabin fever.

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    1. I prescribe a book, completely worthwhile on days like that! Doing something while lazing around:) Meg

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  2. That's a lot to fit into one day Meg! Thanks for the Lemon Slice idea. Our lemon trees are over loaded, so I'll give this a try.

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    1. The lemon slice is lovely, Sally, though I do halve the sugar in the base/crumble. Much too sweet otherwise. Meg:)

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  3. I've always wanted a verandah, not a common thing over here. Will have to make do with sitting under the oak tree instead.
    Have a lovely weekend

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    1. I think reading under an oak tree sounds just as lovely, Sue. Dappled shade and the sky above. Have a lovely weekend, too. Meg:)

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  4. Your plans sound lovely! I so miss having fresh citrus fruit growing out in the garden just waiting to be picked but it does not grow in this climate. I am thankful for the strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, rhubarb and cherries that do though. ;)

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    1. It has been a lovely Saturday, Debbie. I did get that book finished! It felt such a lovely blessing to be given a whole bag of lovely citrus fruits. They do grow well here but I haven't had much success with strawberries and of the two native raspberries I planted a while, one was dug out by a native scrub turkey and the other was looking great until I noticed that most leaves had become a critter's lunch recently. I guess it's all about growing what is best suited to the area where you live and enjoying that. Have a happy weekend. Meg:)

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  5. I love days like this too. A nice time to catch up with myself and gather my thoughts.

    xTania

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    1. It was a lovely day, I got my book finished and the seedlings planted. I'm still going on the juicing and baking to use up all that citrus. There's a lot of it! I do love lingering at home, pottering around. Meg:)

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