Over a Cuppa: Twenty Three

Hi, Hey, Hello!

Thank you for joining me this weekend! I’m so happy to share a spot of time with you! How the heck are you?!

What can I get started for you? I’m brewing up some black tea with milk and honey (of course) but also have coffee or any herbal tea your heart could desire!

The sun is warm and the breeze is gentle today, so let’s have a seat on the front porch while we catch up.

Spring Greens

The Spring weather continues to give us whiplash with it’s lovely skies and warm-enough-to-pay-Uno outside temps followed by surprise rain storms and wicked winds. The critters are all happy enough for the sunshine on their backs and we humans are taking it all day by day while watching the ten-day forecast to determine when to put the garden and larger crops in.

In between finishing up the school (learning) semester with my daughter, attending all the friends performances, tending the budding farm, and trying to keep up with the dishes and laundry (is one ever truly “caught up” with dishes and laundry?), I’ve finished the first book in the Small Spaces quartet I mentioned in my April Turning Pages post and have added a few blocks to my corner to corner crochet WIP.

Time Machine

My amazing wife surprised me with the newest Tori Amos vinyl this week! Tori and her Little Earthquakes album were absolutely foundational to my teenage self and I’ve followed her career ever since.

When I pulled out the inserts and saw all the lyrics , I had a flashback to my teenage bedroom where I used to sit on the floor with the newest cassette and listen to every song while reading every lyric. It was such an important part of the experience for me and while I won’t be sitting on the floor of the bedroom with these lyrics, I will be doing something similar, probably from the comfort of my blue chair, as soon as I have a spot of quiet time to myself.

I was trying to explain to my 12-year-old how profound this simple vinyl is/why I’m so excited, and her clapback was to ask, quite sassily, if Tori has more Spotify streams than Tate McRae.

Errrrr…

Perspective is such an interesting thing, isn’t it?

How are things in your neck of the woods these days? Are you steadily making your way through your To-Do list(s)? Carving out time for joy and quiet moments? Finding a steady balance between the two?

That’s All Folx

Thanks for sharing a cuppa with me! I’m off to town again today to check out a fundraiser garage sale and do some property clean up on my daughter’s summer camp property.

I hope your weekend is full of joy and happiness!

Happy Mother’s Day to all who celebrate, knowing it can be a lovely day or a hard day (or a mix of both) for many. All the love and big hugs to you 🙂

As always, thanks to Natalie for continuing to host us for the #weekendcoffeeshare. She’s asking us to link up in the comments now after some struggles with the linky platform, so please read, scroll, and pop around and see what others have been up to!

Wishing you a lovely slide through the weekend and into next week!

Onward,

Melissa