our last day on the farm or was it days?
entailed lots of outdoorsey horsey time
and lots of quiet knitting sitting with my mama
{see how fancy she knits}
i said to her
“when I grow up I might knit fancy socks too…”
she replied in the vein of
“when do you know you are grown up?”
“when i knit fancy socks of course”
on the winding deck on the eastern house side you can chase the sun all morning long… and maybe have a spontaneous yoga session…
after babies sleep we went to a friends stables and Lily got to groom, ride and feed a placid freckled nana horse…
I got distracted by the divine golden blooming wattles… mmmm… i wish i was a bee
then after lunch off down the field to see aunty’s horsies
we all sat about and watched her give her horse Bowen and then work with another naughty pony which did not want to be caught
photographed cute baby instead of horses
no big trees to climb here yet, so miss monkey goes up other obstacles…
they are growing though… i remember a certain cold day with a very little Lily,
hands cold in the earth and mud planting some of the sheoaks and melaleuca ‘s at the bottom of this little forest
and now a date with the long oatey grass and my little ones
i was captivated by the sound of the wind in the long grass, i felt very still amidst the sea of green, the scent of sweet oats, children’s giggles and calls and falls,
memories of making grass houses just like this with my best friend of childhood, rolling about flattening rooms, making oaty meals, looking at the sky and feeling hidden and safe
i was trully enraptured by grasses again, this was the golden glow of my day, here simply laying in the grass, a truly happy simple moment to savour
it certainly sweetened me amidst all the weeping and longing of leaving…
then i managed to convince Lily to shoot me
in my newly hemmed more complicated than it could have been pocketed mama cheerful springtime skirt
really digging the clash of blue prints and red boots…
what do you wear on the farm?
goodbye to this part of our travels
filled with sweetness and mama love and family closeness
thankyou all of you who enrich my life and cradle me in the family nest, help me, encourage me, tease me, put up with me, hug me and love me
RosaLindenTree 