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@creativelysquared @cardly_net #cs_specialdelivery When I had to choose my elective subjects for high school (many many moons ago), I wanted to pick one “easy” one that will help to ease the study load so I can focus on working on the other majors. I ended up picking Home Economics. 🍎 . Ooooh, I hear some of you wise souls having a quiet chuckle to yourself now. You know what I didn’t know then. Home Economics is tough. It is very tough. 🍎 . Learning how to make flaky pastry in order to create croissants, choux dough to make eclairs, hollandaise sauce and ooooh, my ultimate nemesis, Bombe Alaska, right from scratch. I would have wept in class from frustration if my hands and nails weren’t encased with raw buttery pastry all the time. So much for easy. 🍎 . But. It turned out to be the class I had the most fun. It was the one class that nurtured and inspired all of us to create. I always looked forward to receiving my weekly task sheet. Create a thanksgiving dinner for a million vegan gluten free diabetics using only apples. Well. It might as well be. The tasks were always so obscure for me! But what fun we all had! There were no wrong answers. Everything was open to your personal interpretation of the scope. 🍎 . It’s been over 20 years since those classes but I still practice everything I learnt. I learned the joy that comes from cooking for yourself and those you love. I learned that no matter how limited your resources are, you can never run out of creativity 🍎 . I learned too that the secret ingredient in the perfect apple pie short crust pastry is freshly ground nutmeg. 🍎 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #aquietstyle #hygge #minimalmood #minimalmovement #ofsimplethings #creativelifehappylife #craftsposure #thehappynow #calledtobecreative #madetocreate #theweekoninstagram #verilymoment #seekthesimplicity #theartofslowliving #wearethemakers #whomademyclothes #myeverydaymagic #inmystudio #curated_nature #morningslikethese #theeverydayproject #chasinglight #inspiredbynature #natureinside #seasonspoetry #embracingtheseasons #whpcolorpop #creativityfound #styleonstillness #underthefloralspell (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)