on whimsical and childlike.

hi!

how's this week in february?

things are good on my side.

i've been thinking about the little things,

about how i love that 
the good things are nestled in the details.

a perfectly cooked egg,
a cup of coffee brewed just right,
a french canelé baked in the traditional style,
the dark and almost black of its edges.
the soft and airy of its centre. 



the satisfaction of cooking for friends.
the excitement of telling a secret.
and the anticipation of stepping off a plane.




the amazing feeling of a good nights sleep.
and equally so, the feeling of waking happy.






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the realization that you really are, a child at heart

because, the way the arms of the world tick, 
still amaze you.

  truth is,

i still think it's magic when it snows.

it never tires on me,

first or fifty-first. never ever.

the flawless bits of shiny cold,

the flutter of the winter air.

it all brings the little out in me.

that small kid with 
bendy pigtails and wiggly teeth.

i remember my first snowfall at ten

and riding a horse for the first time on my own.

i remember the glimmer of my horse's eye,

and the whimsy in her gate.

i remember the nights the tooth fairy came.

and i remember asking for licorice 
at the corner shop.

i remember the time i first saw a seed sprout.

and the first time i saw a chick peck 
its small beak through the porcelain of its shell.

i remember the first time i learned you could add dye

to the water of a vase of flowers
and have the light yellow of daffodils
turn just slightly stripey pink.






i remember the first time i saw a birth.
the tiny head of a calf struggling to enter the world.
determined and energetic.
and walking just a few seconds later.

my memories,
whimsical and childlike.
bits of feeling

stuck in the details.


















let's chat again soon.
happy wednesday all.
xox, n.












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snow and all, i'm waiting on spring.


this looks excellent to me. in fact i've ordered two. 
one for me and one for my deserving dad. (via)
i love a proper story about people doing the things they love.






and i made the flags,
but jen made the ribbony bits. 
thanks jen, i love the coffee filter flutter.




and a new recipe soon,
the twenty second day of february
to be exact.
the buttons are back here.