Weekend Gifts and Gratitudes

So many gifts recieved this weekend.....

On Friday I recieved an alien and a pen. Gifts from a three year old.

On Friday also, arrived a parcel.....

A parcel from Australia

.....containing four tiny and beautiful canvases, created by Kat  from "I saw you dancing".

Four, most wonderful little prayers sent across the ocean and fluttering right into my heart.

How grateful I am that I found Kat here in blogland, her words and her presence in my life are a gift in themselves. So grateful that she continues to blog, to write, to create magic and love with her story.

I think these little prayers are my first, ever, gift from a blogger friend. Thank you Kat. I just love them.

Clarity and lightness.

My favourite of the Canvases.

Courage dear heart.

An important reminder for me.

Saturday was Bonfire Night, which brought back some wonderful childhood memories of sitting close by the coal fire we had at home and staring into the flames...imagining......dragons, black caves and shape shifting, nameless creatures......

Remember, remember the 5th November

Experimenting with my Camera - AEDM - Day 5

The memories that stirred, while I stood watching the fire, led to my playing with words and memories to cobble together a rough draft for a poem. My effort for Day 6 of AEDM - safe inside my journal.

On Sunday I spent a good few hours out in the sunshine, digging in the dirt. The gifts of nature all around, delight in the smell of the soil, the sound and sight of sparrows and blackbirds visiting the plot, sharing the workload with Mr Stayingawake.

Playing with my camera again - close up and personal with a slug.

Preparing the plot for winter. 6.11.11

Grateful for a bag full of herbs, the last harvest from the plot; and for all the food we have been lucky enough to grow and eat, over the past few months. It's good to share it too! So grateful most of all this weekend, for Mr Stayingawake and his endless patience and thoughtfulness, his humour and his love.