It's Still Life

1. More than just dense seeded rye bread with a smear of softened butter. More than just lunch. More than Denmark or Sweden. More than Wardruna. It’s an appetite for artistry. An open-face sandwich. This is Nordic.

2. Thankful for nature’s anomalies. A black iris blossom appeared from a non-dominate gene in the bulb. A gorgeous blossom amongst the soft lavender coloured ones.

3. A quick lunch on toast. Poached egg and avocado on toast. Yum. Lunch in 3 minutes. Thankful for a healthy lunch when I’m short of time.

4. Thankful for a morning coffee under the glass roof of the conservatory. I wrapped up in a lovely wool shawl, and enjoyed a cup of coffee — it is hard to beat.

5. Homemade seeded rye bread for open-face sandwiches. It’s difficult to find course-ground dark rye flour in the UK, and I’m always thankful when I find it online. It’s what makes Danish rye bread unique — its sour-sweet flavour — so I make it myself.

6. Friends to laugh with. Priceless.

And a drive on a sunny spring day.

7. Thankful for a wander around the garden centre.

I bought 8 bags of pebbles for the potted plants, which thankfully have kept the cats from pooping and peeing and digging in them.

8. For Denise’s Six Sentence Stories and the Liturgy-style mind-mapping I write to create the weekly episode.

I am thankful for the writing challenge.

9. Thankful that I live close (about 15 mins drive) to the sea. This photo was taken near West Dean’s old coastguard cottages a few years ago, and I used filters to sharpen the image.

10. Thankful for the ever miraculous patterns created by nature.