- a slow start to the day, with no alarm clocks and no appointments
- good coffee
- with cereal, orange juice and an apple - very healthy!
- hot water for a refreshing shower
- time to relax with books of recipes and knitting patterns
- sunshine and a breeze to dry washing outside
- browsing by myself around the shops in Cockermouth, and bumping into friends and family
- a sunny walk around the village when I got back
- living in a beautiful part of the country / world
- lots and lots of daffodils
- I love their cheery yellowness, in crowded clusters along the roadsides and in our garden
- they shout hope and sunshine after a long winter
- baking goodies for church tomorrow
- I've made Mary Berry's chocolate brownies (one of my favourite recipes) and Digger biscuits (my first go with these thin crisp coconut biccies)
- the first evening meal in our summer house...
- it was just warm enough to stay outside for a relaxed meal of bread, hummus, carrots and peppers, with a glass of red wine
- what a treat!
- and then a pretty sunset to end the outside-ness:
- a heated blanket (it's not summer yet!)
