May is tentatively drawing to a close and although it has four great days to go, I am siting down to write today because Sunday has marginally more time for such things at my house than other days do.

This weekend I had a blissfully perfect half day spent in my garden and hanging out with my family at home. We cooked corn over an open fire and I experimented with a new recipe inspired by an armful of produce passed over our back fence from our neighbours garden.

I also enjoyed binge watching the hilarious “Joy of Techs” with my hubby which was just a little bit hilarious.

Here are a few other things I have been doing.

Making

I am still playing with making videos for some of my recipes and I do find this a rewarding creative experience. I have also been told that “video” is the future or something like that so I thought I would jump in.

To that end I now have a wildly unsuccessful Youtube channel with upwards of 6 views on some of my clips.

Yep, it’s all happening.

Reading

I am reading a lot of gardening books and a lot of cook books and not much else. Because. Work.

But I have returned to the library and it is indeed one of my favourite places to hang out and sometimes I go and wander through just pulling books down and flipping pages and I feel like I’m doing something wonderful and luxurious and this is my life now. Sorry.

I also read Amazinger Face by Zoe Forster-Blake.

There were so many new things to learn and how have I got this far in life without an illuminator I will never know.

It also prompted me to “deal with” a nasty blackhead on my face and oh my, never do such a thing, it was the worst volcano style disaster since the last actual volcano.

Apologies to everyone who saw me during “blackhead-gate.” Your eyes will be scarred.

Beauty advise really is complicated, don’t you think?

Planting

So many things.

Winter greens, from my neighbour and my own garlic and spring onion grown from produce in my kitchen (so experimental).

But mainly, more indoor pots. I love them and they are beautiful and I want to fill every corner but I won’t. I promise.

Cooking

Maggie’s Pumpkin Risotto because Queen Maggie is the theme to this months online cooking club.

Did anyone else join in?

Send me your links or your photos or just add them to the Facebook post.

One day I might even create a special Cooking Club Facebook group but at this stage it would be as wildly popular as my Youtube channel so ain’t no one got the constitution for that kind of loneliness.

So if you are creating a kitchen themed altar to Queen Maggie in your house this month then let me know.

Go on.

Drinking

The Juice Lab Gimme Green fruit juice because I have been sick for weeks and the weirdly vibrant green colour brings me hope.

Celebrating

Mother’s Day of course.

Here is me being a Mum and also being with my Mum, many moons ago on a boat in the Netherlands.

I was so young. Sigh.

I have written about my pretty cool Mum before. Look here if you feel you might be interested.

Otherwise, big blessings to all the Mum’s who read because being a Mum is hard. Very hard. And almost no one says thank you. Ever. And sometimes you cry behind your sunglasses but mostly you are multi-tasking legends with super powers of sucking it up and smiling through weirdness. So go you good things, go.

Liking

The Yarra River in all its mysterious brown-ness.

My parents both grow up beside the Yarra and so it feels a little bit like my home. It also houses platypuses and excellent swishing noises and much therapeutic gain is to be had by walking along it.

I feel pretty happy to be living so close to its banks.

Trying

Trying to soldier on despite a long complicated list of different lurgies that have been visiting me.

Visiting

The brand new Miss Pings Thai Eatery at Doncaster for its opening night.

There was ping-pong and tasty food and my lovely friend Crumbs of a Foodie was in attendance so I even had a friend at the rather cool party.

Excellent!

 

Feeling

Grateful that I love my job and a little tired as I keep trying to turn up even when I’m not well. Anyone relate to this unique pain?

Excited about the long service leave plans we have just started making.

Lovey-dovey toward my kids who are my light and delight.

So that is it. May. In a nutshell.

But wait, there is more. Some general Eat My Street news to warm your cold cold toes.

Eat My Street News

New affiliate.

I have a couple of new affiliates in the shape of

Goodness Me Box and 

Modi Bodi

Both are great products in my opinion, and if you are interested in purchasing from them then click on my links and you are off with a big thank you from me for the support.

I also had a most excellent ticket give-away this month and there is a new one coming next month so like my Facebook page or sign up to keep up to date.

Lastly, thanking you all for reading.

Thanks for journeying with me and for your support and for continuing the conversation.

Love youse all.

Dani xx

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