BlogHide Resteemsjaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 5 hours agoA Gazillion Coffees... and a little bit of Floral Chaos!Saturday morning rolled in and I found myself staring at the tea-stained canvas lying on the table. I danced around it all day… coffee number one, coffee number two, my midday sourdough sandwich…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 2 days agoArt gives me Anxiety.Art gives me anxiety. How crazy is that?! Something I love doing so much - whether it is in traditional creation or digital illustration, the stage before starting literally consumes me with anxiety…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 4 days agoTwo Portions, One Girl, Zero Regrets: My "Jamie inspired" Steak Platter for Two!As I mentioned the other day, I have been watching all sorts of vlogs lately and one of them is Jamie Oliver. Anyone around here who knows me well, will know that a huge portion of my blogging…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 5 days agoA Gate, a Garage, and One Grumpy Fur Child! :)Today was just one of those days which kind of unfolded itself, regardless of my original intentions. Not to say I didn’t get to a lot of what I wanted, but my primary intention when getting up this…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 6 days ago"All the Feral Fawns" and I...Isnt it just totally weird and wonderful how a complete stranger from the other end of the world can resonate with you on so many levels. I am not generally one to watch a lot of television - it has…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 10 days agoGetting Dirty and Cleaning the Soul in the Garden!Lately, I’ve felt a really intense NEED to be in my garden. It’s not that I don't normally, because gardening has always had a special place in my life… but something has shifted inside me.…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 12 days agoTo new Chapters!I've been listening to a few vlogs lately, and there seems to be a repetitive “message” that is reaching out to me. I don’t know if it’s because I’m meant to hear it, because I want to hear it, or…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 15 days agoA Serendipitous Seedling :)One of the things I have been quite protective over since my moms passing was plants which were either hers, or ones which she planted or rooted for me. It is like keeping a little piece of her…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 19 days agoSlowing Down and Enjoying More..."Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go." ― Oriah Mountain Dreamer I’ve been wondering… what if we did…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 21 days agoThere is Beauty in BrokennessLife has an unavoidable way of teaching us lessons we never asked for and showing us things we should never have had to see. I have been broken down to nothing, shattered, and left to pick up the…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 22 days agoFruits of LoveWhen we first arrived here there it was pretty obvious that whoever started this garden was a keen gardening enthusiast as there were a lot of trees and bushes which were clearly planted with…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 23 days agoRoasties ready to roll...Well, the roasties are ready to roll! I used to make them all the time, and now? Not so much. I can’t say why exactly… maybe life just got in the way, or maybe I fell into one of those quiet cooking…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 24 days agoDiscovering Solitude.I’ve always known my parents as independent people. Yes, they were married for many years, but when I really think about it, they spent many more years living alone than they ever did together. And…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 28 days agoEbb and FlowGood Morning Lovelies 💛 Some days, I wake up feeling like I’m ready to conquer the world. Like I’ve got my ducks in a row (or at least, most of them), and life mostly makes sense… and then, on…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 29 days agoLetting Go of the UnnecessaryLast nights sunset Good morning, beautiful people. Monday has arrived and I woke up this morning with this thought reeling in my mind… how much of my energy gets wasted on (people) and things…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • 29 days agoMaking space for the little things that matter.It’s been a pretty great weekend!! Not a massively eventful, noteworthy or life changing kind of weekend, but a decent one. A better one. Honestly that’s enough and more than I had anticipated…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • last monthWe live, We Learn, We Grow.It is crazy how quickly all the things we have achieved with our life - and time - seem to fade from memory and disintegrate into vanishing sand, as things move forward and we choose different…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • last monthPosh Pup, a Plumbago and a Sticky SituationI have two of the most beautiful plumbagos in my garden… lush, happy, and absolutely thriving… and lucky for me, I never even had to plant them. Much like many of the wonderful things the original…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • last monthGetting Steamy!You know, baking sourdough is such an incredible journey which has so many twists and turns along the way… like, if you've ever baked a loaf of sourdough and ended up with a crust that’s more like a…jaynie (75)in hive-185836 • last monthOut or Up.Here I go, out to sea again, the sunshine fills my hair and dreams hang in the air. Gulls in the sky and in my blue eyes, you know it feels unfair - there’s magic everywhere. Look at me standing…
