From the kitchen this morning we could see the bees on the Poppies. I took the photo on a very long zoom.
On our walk around the Flat Lode Trail, we saw lots of these little puffy blue flowers. Can anyone id them?
Action for Happiness July poster is aimed at us taking care of ourselves in this uncertain and worrying world.
The Big Lunch at the local allotments was lovely, lots of neighbours and a delicious spread including some scrumptious miniature pasties.
The Poppies were striking and the Artichokes massive.
Here is the Action for Happiness calendar for June.
Joyful June
Our Dearest friend, Kath, for whom this blog is written and who died far too early, had, with her husband, a house in Meysaac, France. Following the rather lovely French tradition, explained below, she used to give me a little bunch of Lily of the Valley each year on May 1st or, if we weren’t together, she would send a card. In her memory, several years ago, I planted Lily of the Valley in the wall garden at the back. This is the first year they have produced more than a few blooms.
Lily of the Valley
According to French tradition, give those you love a little bouquet of Lily-of-the-Valley (Muguet), to wish them happiness and good luck in celebration of the arrival of spring because on May 1st, 1561, King Charles IX of France received a lily of the valley (or Muguets in French) as a lucky charm, and thereafter decided to offer one each year to the ladies of the court. Dear Readers, please accept this little flower in the spirit of La Fête du Muguet.
Action for Happiness have issued their calendar for May. Here, I share it with you. 
Winnie the Pooh always gets it right!
Pooh’s wisdom
Great excitement today when my order of new glass and copper tape arrived!
Beautiful new glass
Action for Happiness have sent along April’s daily chart which I share here with you.
Active April
The super delicious Chocolate and Raspberry Tart was finished this evening.
Positivity rules, okay?
For New Year’s Day 2019
New Year resolutions
Happy New Year calendar
The winds have brought the start of Autumn leaves covering our lawn.
Garden strewn with Autumn leaves
This poem by Elizabeth Jennings seems just perfect for today.
Song at the Beginning of Autumn – Elizabeth Jennings
Now watch this autumn that arrives
In smells. All looks like summer still;
Colours are quite unchanged, the air
On green and white serenely thrives.
Heavy the trees with growth and full
The fields. Flowers flourish everywhere.Proust who collected time within
A child’s cake would understand
The ambiguity of this –
Summer still raging while a thin
Column of smoke stirs from the land
Proving that autumn gropes for us.But every season is a kind
Of rich nostalgia. We give names –
Autumn and summer, winter, spring –
As though to unfasten from the mind
Our moods and give them outward forms.
We want the certain, solid thing.But I am carried back against
My will into a childhood where
Autumn is bonfires, marble, smoke;
I lean against my window fenced
From evocations in the air.
When I said autumn, autumn broke
I have shared charts from Action for Happiness before. Here is October’s inspiration to lift us all in this troubled world. You may need to download it to read it clearly or you could get it direct from http://www.actionforhappiness.org/optimistic-october?mc_cid=ba6f11f2dd&mc_eid=e01a9569da
Optimistic October
We didn’t realise quite how big the Kalette plants would get when we planted them in the border! It’ll be fun eating them in due course.
Just one of the three enormous Kalette plants
I shared the August Happiness plan with you some weeks ago. Here is the September plan, this time for self-care, something many of us ignore.
self-care_september
I am taking a break from blogging for a few weeks. I have published almost every day for almost seven years and it will seem odd not to write every day but I WILL be back in this beautiful Blogging Community and all is well. 🙂
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