The weekend is almost over and before a new week begins I am enjoying the last bits of today. The kids pottered about and played Monopoly. Our chook spent a happy day in the garden, ignoring our dog 'Sunshine' who really was keen to have a chat! The rabbit hutch has fresh hay, the budgie has fresh water and seed, and I made soup, and cleaned the pantry. Life is good and settling back to normal after the recent chaos of moving and book deadlines. I am beginning the journey of a new book soon which is exciting. I have given myself a few days of dawdling and catching up on things before I embark on the book and other projects waiting patiently.

During my dawdle time I have been playing on Pinterest. I thought I would use it for collecting reference for images in books but in actual fact I have been having a lovely time collecting children's books I read when I was little. I have a few special collections of books and other bits and pieces at the studio- among them is this beautiful swan which reminds me of 'The Ugly Duckling' story. I hope you had time to potter on the weekend too.