Some simple happy things from last week. Joining in with Gillian. I am late. I seem to be late a lot lately.
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- Open window
- Sea glass
- These guys
- Flowers from the garden
It's all I can do to stop having all the windows open twenty four seven. It's one of the first things I do in the morning. I love opening up the house to the fresh air. I like to think that as it's coming off the sea, it's cleaner somehow. I don't know if that's actually fact, but it does feel lovely having a gentle breeze waft through the house. The curtains billowing just add to it for me.
This is my little sea glass collection so far this year. I mostly collect it when I'm at the harbour. The other beaches in St Ives don't seem to have much washed ashore. Or maybe I'm not looking properly. It's mostly green and white. There's the odd brown and bright blue piece. It's a very absorbing pastime.
I think I've always taken for granted what a tight knit group my little family* is. That's not to say we don't have our fair share of woe. We bickering and fight. I can be moody and snap at the littlest thing. The boys can test may patience to the limit. Marc sometimes gets on my nerves (as I do his, I have no doubt of that). We aren't The Walton's by any stretch of the imagination. But we are close, and that is a source of real happiness.
I love being able to bring flowers in from the garden. I've been saving any nicely shaped glass jars and bottles for this purpose. I will move my flowers around the house as it suits. I'll put them in the kitchen as I potter and do. They will sit on my bedside table this evening as I read. A portable happy.
Leanne xx
*The picture is missing Sam. He is stretching his boundaries away from us and the home, which is as it should be. I know that. He would rather be with friends and his girl(s) than with us. It could be another happy of mine, because I'm thrilled that his life is getting bigger. But it's rather bittersweet, I'm afraid. My eldest is definitely growing up and away from us. I think I'm being very brave about it actually (sniff).
Sounds like a well-adjusted, happy family. I know what you mean about kids getting older and becoming more independent...we are in a similar phase ourselves, our eldest goes to France for a year this Autumn... x
ReplyDeleteHi Leanne. This is a lovely post, I really enjoyed both pictures and text. I am an open window kind of person, too. I enjoy the wind blowing through the house from front to back, clearing the stale air and my mind. I can understand the bitter-sweetness of Sam's life getting bigger, we are starting to have little moments of outgrowing the core family with our Sam, baby steps but still, it is happening. It is definitely ok to shed some tears! You are missing from the family picture, too. And yet, you are the core who holds all the strings and guides, directs and loves them all, and records sweet moments in time. Such an important role. Christina xx
ReplyDeleteBless you. How funny that I didn't see myself as missing! Perhaps I should have some pictures taken with my brood.
DeleteChristina that is so absolutely lovely!!
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DeleteYou're a wonderful mom and you're doing such a good job with all three of your boys. That Sam feels comfortable spreading his wings and moving into the world more by himself is a testament to your good parenting; he has confidence in himself because he knows he always has a safe place to land. That's how I see it, anyway.
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely to see your happies, your sea glass collection is beautiful and so simple, but beautiful all sitting there together. You are obviously a great family! xx
ReplyDeleteI love this weeks happy pictures.have you read anything from this prophet... Says it all really. But it is so Ok to sniff and sob.
ReplyDeleteJust now I keep hearing echoes in my head of words from The Prophet - Kahil Gibran: Your children are not your children ........ They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you .... You may house their bodies but not their souls, ......... You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent etc etc.
Lovely happy pictures Leanne.
ReplyDeleteYou've summed it up so well, it's a magic time of year when you can air the house and even sleep with the window open. I think a good dose of fresh air helps to make us all calmer, and more relaxed too, so glad that all is well. Antonia x
ReplyDeleteLovely happy things Leanne. I like the sea air too, it always seems cleaner to me, and free of pollen as well which is good in these days of hay fever. You are being brave about Sam growing up. It's something I'll have to do one day too no doubt, and I'm sure I won't be brave at all. How lovely to have such a close knit family. I do hope I'm always close to the boys, although there are no guarantees. CJ xx
ReplyDeleteWonderful happies Leanne. I love the sea glass, such pretty colours. I found a little blue piece this week, first time in ages! xx
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I love to have all the windows and doors open, it makes me ridiculously happy. Fresh air in the house feels so good.
ReplyDeleteYou do know you're an amazing mum, right? I hope you do. Your Sam is growing up and away, which is right and how it should be, but I totally get how bittersweet it is. I will be a sobbing, gibbering wreck when my two reach that age. I plan to lock them in the house, so they can never leave, obviously. xx
Ha ha! Sam is six foot three and quick as a cat. Verbally as well as physically. I have no chance!
DeleteLeanne xx
Lovely photos...I love having the windows open too - a simple pleasure! Love the sea glass too.
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