Our shelves are teeming with an abundance of organic staples, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, legumes and I bought some spelt as well to bake with for Shaun. If you have never tried baking with spelt give it a chance - whilst I didn't eat bread very often prior to being raw, occasionally I would buy a loaf of organic sourdough spelt and have it toasted and topped with butter, gooey yellow eggs, tomatoes, basil, freshly cracked pepper and grain mustard. The arrival of raw cacao meant it was time to try out Stacy's "Happy Shake"! In a blender I put 1/2 cup of the base liquid (I juiced up celery, cucumber, ginger, apple & lemon then added freshly brewed green tea & coconut water), 1tbsp coconut oil, 1tbsp raw cacao powder, 1tbsp vital greens, two big handfuls of baby spinach and silverbeet. You blend it all to a green sludge consistency - then add one cup of frozen mixed berries and banana, chia seeds and flaxseed meal and blend - top with goji berries - voila it's thick shake consistency but yumalicious and Über healthy! The verdict is in - it's awesome - you simply have to try it! So I've worked out a plan for this week - I have prepared enough base liquid for the week which I will freeze in ice cube trays so I'm ready to go in seconds! Sunday morning was glorious - a happy shake, some gardening sowing new seeds from Thursday evening's garden meet-up and some sunny seeds to sprout (first attempt at sprouting my most favourite sprouts in the world). We went hunting for mangos, but the trees ladden with fruit only a few weeks ago were all bare so we popped past the new produce pop-up out front of Precious Packages and picked up some plums! It was then time to celebrate our two year old nephews birthday. Uriah is the most beautiful,affectionate and placid boy and I call him my little Russian Tank! We spent a gorgeous few hours eating, playing and chatting (I did take my own lunch but my sister-in-law made some raw carob balls which I had a few too many of!). Even with the training wheels, the bike we gave Uriah will be one he grows into and today as I watched his older brother take it for a spin I noticed something interesting. He was flying around on the concrete without any problems and as he took it onto the grass, the bike ground to a halt as the training wheels dug in. Shaun was sitting beside me and casually said, "there'll be no holding those boys back when they get rid of those training wheels". As soon as he said it I knew there was a deeper message and it made me think, in life we have supports (training wheels) around us when we are new to a process, concept or relationship etc but how often do we prolong those supports, that are only meant for a season, and in fact hold ourselves back from really growing and learning to use our own emotional muscles to stay upright and create forward momentum. What was intended to be a support in fact becomes a hindrance because we don't acknowledge the right time to 'take off the training wheels'. Well I'll have to ponder that some more this week as the remainder of our afternoon was whisked away by a lovely social event, unperturbed by storm clouds which turned into nothing more than a sunshower cooling everything down. We enjoyed a genteel afternoon of social tennis followed by a light afternoon tea at the Junior Tennis Courts nestled amongst the picturesque gardens at the corner of Queens Park. Players sported some most dapper tennis attire, and we even had a vintage wooden racquet in fabulous condition turn up for a few sets. It certainly packed a sturdy blow and we all had a round or two with it.
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