Schools around us seem to be dragging on and on and on this year… but there is a definite feeling of summer in the air, beach traffic and late afternoon swims have arrived in full force and we find ourselves retreating to our favourite spots that are far from the madding crowd…

Lovely Links from This Week
- I loved these Inspiring Tools for a Nature Artist and a Cartographer on Blogs She Wrote.
- This looks like fun: Wycliffe’s twelve days of Christmas around the world…
- My friend Marcia, from the Organising Queen has some sage advice on how to Create the Perfect Christmas for You…
- My fave read of the week: Author Kate Swaffer on living beyond dementia diagnosis…
- Babyccino’s downloadable activity advent. Prettiness… perfectly lovely as you would expect!!!
- I totally love the spirit in this post: The Kids Made their own Advent Calendars on Ikatbag…
- And here is food for thought: What’s it like to go without complaining for a Month!!!
- I have been saving these up, I think our christmas tree is going to need some unicorns and nobody does it better than the artful parent!!!

A Blast From the Past:
- 2008: Spicy Christmas Cookies in Se7en Steps…
- 2009: Se7en Create an Advent Village Calendar…
- 2010: Se7en Summer T-Shirts, Bleach Shirts…
- 2011: Se7en’s Easy Advent Calendar…
- 2012: Se7en’s Complete Christmas Collection and Gift Guide…
- 2013: Slowly Getting into Christmas Gear…
- 2014: Se7en+1 Gifts Kids Can Make for their Siblings…
- 2015: Se7en+1 Learn About Food Foraging Amongst the Fynbos…
That’s us… Hope you are all have a fabulous week!!!
Thank you for linking to my post. Now wasn’t that better than giving up the swimming to go write? 🙂
Also, thanks for the reminder to make your spicy cookies – D loved them when we baked them last year!
Oh Marcia, you are always full of brilliant ideas… Hope you have a wonderful day!!!
I’m going through what I call year end tiredness and many people seem to be in the same boat. It’s been a long year even though it also seems like it was January the other day
Hope you are done with school soon so the hood can enjoy lazy days