Day 19 :: Monday
Day nineteen of beautiful May and I wish the hours would stretch and slow everything down just a smidge. With only twelve days left of my favourite month this year, there is no time to waste and I want to breathe in and enjoy every moment. I think I do pretty well with my days on the whole as I'm very into mindfulness and being present in the moment, but still I feel the racing of time.
I was thinking about my calendars earlier on today, I have two artist calendars on the go that I absolutely love, and thought I'd share May's images with you. The one above was a gift to me from my lovely friend Emma, and it features twelve flower paintings by artist Vanessa Bowman who's work I have loved for a long time. I have this calendar hanging in my dining room and often find myself gazing at the flowers, her patterny style and use of colour really makes me happy.
I also have a slimline calendar hanging in the hallway which is my writing-on calendar where I attempt to keep a track of birthdays, appointments, holidays etc. I buy myself this one every year and it features paintings by artist Jo Grundy. Her work is very evocative of seasonal country living and her colours often seem to be in tune with my own monthly observations.
May = golden yellows and bright greens :: yes, absolutely.
Today has been a day where I got to 6pm and had absolutely nothing visually inspiring to share with you, other than my calendars. J and I spent the morning at a bathroom showroom place trying to get to grips with the phenomenal number of choices that need to be made when renovating this small, well used room in the house. We are excited to be thinking about a new bathroom as our current one is really not faring too well, but my goodness, the decision fatigue is major.
I did make a veeeeeery good family meal this evening though, and that has been the extent of today's creativity. It was a recipe I adapted and cobbled together from various ideas I found online (a chicken/rice bowl with a homemade satay sauce) and it was honestly the yummiest thing, I can't stop thinking about how good it was.
After dinner I felt the need to get out of the house and took myself down into the meadow for a stroll. The golden light was wonderful (as it has been for weeks now) and I enjoyed being out and about and emptying my mind as I walked. I needed to dislodge the thermostatic mixer taps and general bathroom overwhelm from my brain, empty it all out into the buttercup meadow so that I stand a half decent chance of getting some sleep tonight.
I walked a bit further than usual, heading into the wild part of the park where there is a long hedgerow of mature elder trees. As I was thinking about it being Day 19 earlier, it occurred to me that June will be here in twelve days, and June means elderflower cordial season will be upon us. As you can see above, the flower buds are looking great, which makes me excited for the floral froth to come.
I'm sorry today's dairy entry has been a bit dull, the whole bathroom thing has taken a lot of my mental energy today and hasn't left me much to play with.
Tomorrow I'm going to write up the Flowerpress mandala pattern to share with you which I hope you'll find inspiring. Ahhh, I need to remember where I put that piece of scribbly paper with the numbers written on it.....where can it be? And why am I like this? Why can't I use a notebook like a normal profesh designer type person? Ditsy is the word that springs to mind.
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