Or calm and peaceful. All of the above this year! We are in full Christmas mode here and excited to visit with family that we don’t see nearly enough. Just a quick little peek at our home all dressed up for the holidays! Merry Christmas! Peace and love to you and your family.…
scarecrows are happiest in the fall!
October 15, 2018If you’ve followed along recently, you may have read that mums are out for me this year- if not, you can read it here, but everything else is definitely in! Especially happy scarecrows… No particular reason, just turned out that way. I am also trying a tablescape this year and finding it to be more difficult than it looks in all the pretty Pinterest photos. I kept adding and removing, adding and removing. The different fall themed decor pieces seemed…
snow!
December 31, 2017Do you love the snow? Or maybe you’re the type that gets filled with dread when those first flakes start coming down. I think it all depends on the circumstances…will I need to be on the roads or can I just stay home and appreciate the beauty. Better yet, is there a good place to go sledding nearby?! And don’t forget about snowball fights. Our first real snowfall of the year came yesterday. I use the term “real” loosely, as…
within & without
April 3, 2017From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Book 4): “People try to get away from it all – to the country, to the beach, to the mountains. You always wish that you could too. Which is idiotic: you can get away from it anytime you like. By going within. Nowhere you can go is more peaceful – more free of interruptions – than your own soul.” We may indeed find peace within our souls, but I am not really sure that I agree…
things
March 6, 2017“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” Tao Te Ching verse 44, as translated by Stephen Mitchell I love this and I would love to report that I know this to be true firsthand. But, that would be misleading. There always seems to be something more that I simply must have or must do, to keep life interesting. I am working diligently to…
