Stopping and smelling the flowers…

If the last few months have taught me anything, its to stop and smell the flowers. On which note, has anyone noticed how amazing it is outside?

Instead of moaning on Twitter about the intolerable heat, I have spent the last few days letting my body relax in the warmth and soak up some Vitamin D.

I’ve been: watching the wild flowers in the meadow by our house; listening to the crickets that remind me of childhood holidays in France; eating every meal outside; watering the garden each evening and noticing new things flowering and fruit setting; catching the waft of warm herbs through the kitchen window; drinking in the sweet smell of the back of my toddler neck as he flops on me in the shade, a mixture of suncream and warm skin… It’s amazing when you stop for a while and actually switch on, what happiness you can find in the little things.

Like making an evening dip in the sea part of your everyday routine:

In the past four days I have left my hair full of sea-salt, not worn a scrap of make-up, lived permanently in some kind of swimwear and swam in the sea everyday. I can safely say ‘it has made me happy’, but then moving back to Devon was all about days like these…

Normal service will resume shortly, just get me wallow in the surf a little longer…