A cause worth fighting for...

Today I heard news of a person who has been disowned by his family because of his faith. Tomorrow he will fight for his right to stay in a place where he is loved and respected. He will not be fighting alone, he is surrounded by the loving friends who have helped him to build his new life, the friends who place their faith in God in protect him, whatever his fate may be.

I am not a particularly religious person, but I am loving.

If his God is out there, I hope my love and the love of others are proof enough that this man deserves to live out his days in a safe, loving environment where he can be respected and happy.

Spare a thought for him this week if you can

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Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so...

For the past few weeks I haven't had a minute to myself. Every spare moment has been filled with lesson planning, report writing, sorting out playground tiffs and trying (or rather failing) to keep the flat in an acceptable state. Despite having no time to do any cooking, or even to grab a sandwich for lunch most days, there are a lot of dishes around... 

...Worse still, in the most severe of times when all I can fit in is a cup of tea, I will invariably discover that all the mugs and teaspoons are gone...

The last week in particular I've felt more like a mother than a girlfriend. I wont dare to admit to how many loads of laundry I had to do the other day I could almost hear the polar bears crying out in despair...  

I've been so busy taking care of everyone else and the flat that yesterday, I managed to wash, dry and pack a 4 day rucksack for a certain someone else (who had more or less forgotten about their trip), before realising that I had no clean clothes for myself!

So now, with no formal lessons tomorrow to plan for, only myself to take care of, and a tremendous 5 day weekend on it's way (thank you Victoria Day!) I can finally relax...

What will you do with yourself?? I hear you say... Why, knit of course! I did a few more twists on my Begonia DNA scarf (only 11 more to go, and 6 weeks to do it in) before deciding to treat myself to some lovely yarn that looks like this:

from which I want to make a set of crocheted cushion covers. The picture is from the wonderfully cheap website that I bought it from so it isn't the best... But the yarn is Louisa Harding Kashmir DK in (clockwise from top left) Olive, Burgundy, Plum and Rosebud. I already have some cushions in these colours so it should fit in nicely on my sofa.

=)

Next Thursday I have my observed lesson which is fairly nail biting stuff, luckily I have those immortal words in large, friendly letters to keep me company.

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Fantastical Botanical Exploration!

Oh the last few weeks have been so busy... Lot's of university deadlines, my first school placement (one week down, 3 to go!) and lots of preparation for summer jobs and maybe a visit home if I'm lucky! So I decided to skive for a few hours, and meet my best friend where he's working at the minute, the Botanic Gardens!

A few more daffodils first, they are so relentlessly cheery, I wish I could be that colourful...

...and some Fritillaries to match...

...a whole mini green house of colour, too bright for my poor little camera to cope with...

...we went to the Glass houses next, to look at some slightly more exotic plants...

...and found to our surprise and delight, that due to important maintenance work...

...it is free to visit the Glass Houses at the moment!...

...I am growing some of these Begonias from a cutting, but they'll take a long time to look this nice...

...I really like this metal frog, it looks so real...

...I think I'd like some of these epiphytes in my bathroom, so I could pretend I was under a jungle waterfall and not a shower head... Though I'm not sure my flatmates would agree...

Visiting the Botanics never gets boring, everything is different each time I go there and there is so much of it to see! I'm so lucky to have this on my doorstep.

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