A Little Peace....

i love a good beauty treatment, a morning of shopping or coffee with a friend....

but what often revitalises and recharges me is an hour or two alone at home.

sometimes that really is all it takes....

i am based at home and my children are at school so you would think I have plenty of opportunity to sit and do nothing and possibly too much peace and quiet....

but it never works like that, i am out and about a lot and always busy....

since i was a small child, i have always enjoyed my own company....

i have friends who hate being alone and fill their homes with noise for company day....

i find it blissful :)

today my daughter is in Wales visiting family and my son is at tennis....

i know that i have about 4 hours at home alone - such a treat!

it would be easy to sit and play with my new iPad or add to my new Pinterest....

but i do have lots of things to do including emails, replies and planning some new blogging projects for the autumn and so i am using my time to work my way through them....

it's a gorgeous day though....

i am sitting at my kitchen table, it's beautifully quiet and the sun is shining....

add to that a bowl of fresh blackberries, a large mug of tea and the aroma of fresh laundry.....

and exhale :)

time like this is always to be appreciated and savoured....I have learned that....

Peace is what it's all about for me....this kind of day centres me and i know i know i need that....

i imagine yoga or pilates would give me a similar kind of feeling - wellbeing and calm -

i am planning to start classes in the autumn....any tips?

So, i must get to work.....

i have a date with a special little man at 4pm....

picnic, swimming and ice cream.....

it doesn't get much better than that!!

Happy Wednesday!!