sustainable living may

Well. Another month and another sustainable living post. I think I'm going to start writing these posts right throughout the month because when it comes to the crunch, I'm a bit lost as to what I've been doing all month!! I don't take a pic of everything I do after all!

Never mind, I have remembered a few occasions, some food and some things to be grateful for....so I could just have enough for some interesting reading ;o)

nourish: we've been in this lovely house almost a month now and have settled into something of a rhythm. This means that I have been able to spend time getting our meals into how we would like them to be - healthy and (mostly) plant based. I have to tell you that it's quite a novelty just preparing for two and very easy indeed! When I say 'mostly' plant based thats because Stuy vacillates between vegan, sometimes vegetarian and occasionally carnivorous...sigh. I'm fine with that though because he has always been the BEST person to cook for and will eat absolutely everything I put in front of him!  So he happily eats plant based with me though sometimes adds cheese haha!! 

Anyway this month I've started up my old juicer and we've been having a mid morning green juice in the sporadic sunshine. Those are my daily ingredients in the photo and sometimes (if it's a tad too 'green') we add a dash of coconut water for a bit of sweetness. I'm also still baking bread most days but have been gifting it to my children - Stuy and I do love it when it's so nice and fresh, but I try to mostly stay away from gluten. 

lessen: I'm not even sure what to write about here but I suppose I have been lessening some of my 'stuff'. And I have a lot of it to lessen! I'm hoping by the end of next month I'll have made a start!! 

grow: there's no growing anything out here on the property. The wallaby and possum population are out of control and will eat anything thats green! I don't mind too much since its winter so nothing much grows here anyway, however I do miss having some fresh greens for salads. My solution? Starting my sprouter up again! I've bought alfalfa and fenugreek seeds, as well as some celery seeds which I've never sprouted before. And I'm waiting for the health food shop to order some broccoli sprout seeds because they are full of anti-oxidants and super healthy! 

thankful: this is where I try to tell myself that autumn and winter are glorious seasons ;o) Well, ok autumn isn't too bad because there is a certain beauty in all the golden toned leaves that carpet the lawns and parks. And it does help when one is dressed to match haha!!! But winter is next and I have yet to find anything great about winter that overrides the relentless cold and dreariness. 

So here's to being thankful for bright crunchy leaves, wood smoke, walks in the park in nearby towns and hot comforting soups by the fire. 

create: according to the photo's on my computer, I've achieved at least three creative things in May! Firstly there was the stitching job on my jeans. I bought these with some very trendy holes in the knees....my teen daughter was suitably impressed and declared me to be 'on fleek' ;o) Indeed over summer I felt quite with it.....however, when the cooler weather descended upon us, my knees and I decided that we'd had enough of being trendy (and cold) and I spent a little time filling those ragged holes in with needle and thread. I think it's called visible mending and I'm quite happy with the result. So are my knees.

I also unboxed the old woollen blanket that I'd earmarked for hottie covers and did whip up a quick one for myself. Oh it makes such a difference getting into bed when theres a warm spot at the end of it! I know thats there's such things as electric blankets but we've never been fans of them (I'm just not sure I want to sleep on an electricity field!) so I make do with a hottie. 

And then theres the two dish cloths I crocheted. The exceedingly bright orange cotton yarn came from the op-shop and matches the orange in the kitchen cupboards quite well I think. It is also giving off a continuous amount of bright orange dye that doesn't seem to be abating after a week of washing up! Perhaps that's why those two balls of yarn were at the op-shop!!

fun: and last but certainly not least, we have the fun times! There was a delightful day out with my love to a neighbouring town; there have been numerous dinners with with children and grandchildren; there was a memorable and much needed evening with a few girlfriends that didn't end until 4am (who knew we could still manage to party till the wee hours)!!! Stuy had a birthday and we had a lovely lunch picnic on the top of our hill. Really, when I think about it, there was a lot of fun and goings on in May! Which is a Good Thing after the last few months, don't you think?

And there goes May. I hope you've enjoyed having a teeny peek at my month. Have a read of Sustainable Mums month as well - she has lots of interesting thoughts and things going on.

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