Hi everyone, and happy Sunday from chilly Sydney. (You’ve signed up for a weekly fun newsletter from Catherine Greer…author and Aussie-Canadian.) The Canadian part means that today I’m cooking a beautiful family dinner for Canadian Thanksgiving, complete with a huge turkey and pumpkin pie. 🇨🇦 Here’s a secret: steamed Aussie Kent pumpkin makes a better pie than Canadian pumpkins.
When I zipped up to my local shops for pumpkin, I saw this florist shop dog having a little rest on the owner’s flower cart.
That pup made me think of this:
How often do we not even notice what’s already there, right in front of us?
For example:
Beneath the clutter of our homes, there’s a beautiful clean space waiting to emerge…if we take the time to organise.
With a little nightly lotion from our bathroom cabinets, our legs and feet are so much healthier.
Freshly washing and styling our hair looks fantastic and makes us feel better.
Oh, the kitchen junk drawer! Where we store our wrapping paper. Our shoes. The coat closet. And on and on…
The common denominator is not buying something new or doing something huge, it’s using what we have and noticing what needs doing.
And it’s the little things, right?
Lately I’ve been trying to take better care of myself, and that also means tidying up and refining. If you’ve been in my home (and ohhhh, I wish you could all come over for coffee and cake!), you’ll know I’m tidy. But lately I have this urge to take better care.
Use what I have.
Spend a moment at night to lotion up.
During the day, pause to organise something.
Getting in control of the outer clutter really does give us some instant calm. That’s my aim for the moment, and it feels fantastic.
Enjoy your Sunday. HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my fellow-Canadians.
Love, Catherine x
P.S. The fun stuff!
If you know, you know — once the HSC study is done today, I’ll set our Thanksgiving table, place settings staged above! If your teens are sitting the HSC exams this week, good luck! Birds of paradise are from my garden.
I’ve been using this simple facial moisturiser and it’s fantastic.
Aussies, another gorgeous pair of linen pants are here, but size down. White, black and a cute light green, and so affordable.
I’ve been wanting to make fresh mozzarella forever. Looks so easy! We already have everything we need.