Abundant life

 Just some things from the last few days. 

My mum has been visiting this week - she's heading home tomorrow morning - so we've had a nice couple of days. She's not feeling super well at the moment and has a lot of pain so we've had a forced slower pace, which is nice. This morning we are hoping to head to the beach, and then to the fair for an hour after lunch. 

The girls are really enjoying a little bit of summery weather now and have spent all of their time making up games in the garden. I'd all but given up on summer and have been preparing myself to roll into autumn and winter, so these few sunny days have been a pleasant surprise. 

Once the girls are back in school the work of clearing up the garden and getting the house straight will begin, and I'm looking forward to having the time to do that. I would also like to start making our winter woolies and Christmas presents now (or once these stripey cardigans are finished)

I don't want to be a sourdough bore, but my bread is getting better and better! This one got a little singed because I left the oven on a bit high, but it has been rising so well and has such a good sour taste and smell. Until now we have been paying £5 a loaf for our sourdough which is out of the question now, so this is brill. 

Just a snap of the garden at it's wildest point. It'll start to fade now and within a month I'll have probably pulled all of this up or chopped it back.

Pears! These are the first few that I have picked and am leaving to ripen this week - if they are ready I'll pick some more next week. This is the first time we have had pears from our tree - except for one last year, which we picked a bit too late, and was soft. We were given this tree as a housewarming gift in 2017 when we moved to Cwmgors.