I’ve had another of those strange things that I’ve said accidentally but realised the fullness of its truth only later.

Sometime over the last few days, DM has come into the kitchen while I’ve been working and chastised me for working too hard. He said “you’ve got to be careful and look after yourself”. I replied “I’m not very good at looking after myself, I’m much better at looking after other people.”

Yikes – another of those moments when the truth hits you in the face and you suddenly realise your own mistakes.

Once again, I’ve spent the entire day tiling, this time with an early start because I was pulled out of bed to do a little “mercy dash” by a friend – more of that later. When I arrived home, I started working almost immediately, which was an hour or more earlier than I’d normally get going.

I’ve finally finished the tiling today so took a stroll around our field with my camera late this afternoon and this shot makes me feel good. It’s basically nature protecting a young bracken shoot by curling its fledgling leaves around its sensitive core – just in case we have a late frost or some other disaster befalls it before it can establish and grow.

My moment of truth from earlier this week made me feel this is a good little reminder of what I should do for myself more often. I should MAKE time to go to the hairdressers, MAKE time to sit in a chair in the garden with a cup of tea, MAKE time to look around me more…..in other words, MAKE time for me. Protect my own heart/core/inner being/whatever you like to call it.