The Good Life
We spent most of the day at a friend’s house. H and I sat outside and chatted, and barely saw the children at all 
Meanwhile they played and dressed up (George makes a very friendly Darth Vader ;-)), climbed on and off the trampoline and the hammock, and generally had fun. H gave me a tour of her vegetable patch: she has carrots, potatoes, onions, herbs, broccoli, cauliflower, berries, tomatoes, courgettes, several kinds of lettuce… it goes on and on and on. I am in awe of her 
She told me she’d never grown anything before, but I don’t believe a word of it - it’s all much too impressive! She served me a delicious sandwich for lunch, made with just-picked-a-minute-ago lettuce and nasturtiums and home-sprouted sprouts, and had the nerve to apologise for the bread not being homemade Not only does she usually bake her own bread, but - get this - she mills her own wheat for the flour. Next time someone tells me I’m an earth-mother, I will be pointing them in H’s direction!
She sent me home with bags of wheat and rye, which I’m going to chuck in the food processor tomorrow to see how it manages to mill them, so that I can edge slightly closer to self-sufficient status 
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Oh yeah, I like that earth mother comment. I’m gonna tell the kids I’m an earth mother and see whether they agree. he he. It was good to have you guys round today. The kids were so quiet and peaceful and it was nice to have a chat. I burnt my shoulders and cleavage in the sunshine though! Silly me. Luke and Jack seemed to get on quite well, although when tucking Luke into bed this evening he insisted that he didn’t like Jack, he only liked the little girl! We must do it again sooner rather than later.
Hazel