{"id":1791,"date":"2011-04-08T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2011-04-08T15:00:52","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T15:00:52","slug":"drawing-breath-and-pottering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/?p=1791","title":{"rendered":"Drawing breath and pottering…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This week was such a busy one. I seemed to be chasing my tail everyday. There was a lot of work and friends to see, but a two day migraine rather put a damper on things and made me realize that I was DOING TOO MUCH. That’s so often the way isn’t it. The body just says ‘no way, Jose’ and that’s it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it was on reflection a good and productive week and I’ve enjoyed some lovely times with friends old and new.<\/p>\n

Now the weekend has come around and I see how much I really need to potter and draw breath. I need to just get things under control again. The weather should be wonderful so I’ve made a start on some planting in the garden and I’m planning a lot more over the next couple of days. I went back down to the lovely new garden centre this morning and bought their special offer – a whole selection of Duftpflanzen<\/em> (aromatic plants) in pinks and blues to revitalize my aromatic garden, which has gradually become less aromatic as the years have gone by. I also finally, finally found a firebush – something I’ve been looking for for years – so I’m thrilled with that.<\/p>\n

There’s something so calming and reflective about pottering – in the house and out – and I can’t wait.<\/p>\n

I may even finally get some sewing done too. There’s been a bit of a drought around here recently and my fingers are itching!<\/p>\n

Have a nice weekend – and take some time to smell the spring flowers – I will be!<\/p>\n

Helen<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week was such a busy one. I seemed to be chasing my tail everyday. There was a lot of work and friends to see, but a two day migraine rather put a damper on things and made me realize that I was DOING TOO MUCH. That’s so often the way isn’t it. The body […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQtrc-sT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1791"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1794,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791\/revisions\/1794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}