Bottled Rainbows: domesticity

"The world of domesticity is a microcosm with its own, inescapable 'diurnal round,' and a great part of the gentle art of domesticity is an acceptance and then a valuing of repetition."

                                           Jane Brocket, "The Gentle art of Domesticity"

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  wheelbarrow trips to load and transfer wood mulch to the fledgling vegetable garden, under threat of weed.  Nursing hopes of afternoon sewing.

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batches of green smoothie blended for dinner (banana, Swiss chard, strawberries, ice, pineapple juice).  With amazement - we really eat this?  And glee - we do!

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trips to the grocery store for ingredients to make...

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suddenly desired carrot cake.  Hastily iced so that the children could enjoy some before bed.  With sprinkles on theirs.  Because I'm so generous (wink).

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bottled rainbows blocks now stitched. Pleased to meet you miss Cerise.  My you look so nice with yellow.  I shall make the yellow block next!

Repetition, always. 

In quilting, in cooking, in cleaning, in laughing, in sunrise and sunset - in weekends!

I wish you could have seen what happened after I paused to take glamor shots of the humble carrot cake before dishing it up for the kids.  Feeling like quite the domestic goddess, I sliced into the cake, which promptly slid in every direction.  Ahhh, that is why one should always let the cake completely cool! 

Nothing that a few long toothpicks and some time in the fridge couldn't cure, but so funny coming after the photography session. 

And now, I'm off to get some cake!

This post is part of a series Bottled Rainbows {ticker tape quilt along}. You can join in anytime. We're going at a leisurely pace and using up our scraps! Please see this page for links to all posts.