Happiness

Emma Bridewater's Black Toast Box Tea 1/2 Mug from emmabridgewater.com

May I share with you Romantic Homes magazine? You might think I am trying to sell you something all the time. But in reality I just want to pass on the "little gold mines" I have discovered.

I can't seem to find that perfect scone recipe. Perhaps you know of one which turns out crusty on the outside and tender on the inside? A scone recipe which is good served with clotted cream? There are a dozen to one recipes in books and on web-sites, but I don't have time for testing each one like in a chemistry lab.

Lillibeth can you help?

My Room Language

"The Soul of the Rose"

"God Speed" and "The Accolade" by Edmund Blair Leighton. Prints from Art.com

"Coral Bells" wall color. What does this all mean? Your welcome to diagnose.

Becca's Room Language

"Sheepstor, Dartmoor, Devon,England" print from Art.com

Becca's art speaks of her love of traveling, but always on the pathway homeward. Her home is surely where sheep are grazing and sheafs of wheat glisten in the warm sun. Birds twittle and chirp near the window where she is sitting.

"Pastoral View of Danish Farmland" Photographic print from Art.com

Still dressed from her journey, she looks out upon "her land" and reflects upon her travels and wonders what part she should include in a letter to a close friend.

Mother's Room Language

"Boy and Rabbit" Giclee Print from allposters.com

Several evening ago, I stood in Mother's bedroom doorway as she sat up in bed reading. My eyes scanned the room to see the pictures on her walls: a young boy holding a rabbit, a child sitting up in bed looking out an open window at a bluebird sitting in a tree, a young girl sitting beside a window reading a book, several photographs framed and set on the dressing table of family members sitting. Everyone is sitting, Mother. Yes I believe you are right, Amy. So what does that tell you? It tells me that as a person you like to sit still, enjoy life and observe the nature around you. Well that is what I do. I sit for a living, I have been a caregiver.

May I encourage you to look around and notice your surroundings? What is inspiring or discouraging you? Are there photographs, or pictures that make your heart sing for joy? Do you feel that you have entered a retreat-your home? Do you feel inspired to great things and to think noble thoughts?

An Evening with the Harts

"Coca Cola" Wall Poster from Art.com

What a "lovelee" time spent this evening with our friends, the Harts. A single mother and her two children who have true hearts of hospitality. Mother Hart made a scrumptious hamburger vegetable soup, and green salad with blue corn chips on the side. Young Master Hart made Double Chocolate Chip Cookies. We enjoyed them with hot spiced tea with honey and creamer.

We sat on the floor working on our sewing projects after dinner. Miss Hart worked on her first embroidery project. Master Hart hit the halfway mark on his latch hook rug, a handsome blond horse behind a white fence. I cut out an apron from a plum floral printed skirt that I got for free and which was just a wee bit to small. Mother helped us keep on target as we worked like busy bees. Mother Hart showed us Coca Cola memorabilia that we hadn't seen. We enjoyed a great deal of laughter together.

Betty Gram's Birthday

Mum and I celebrated Betty Gram's 86th Birthday yesterday with a frozen Vanilla Cream pie and watching, "The Silver Chair", the Wonderworks edition. Betty Gram read the Chronicles of Narnia over the spring and summer and couldn't wait to see the original making of it. She would call it 'Nareniah', but now she knows it's just Narnia.

A Brand New Web-site

You might take a gander at a new web business my best friend Christina has developed. Her business is Homeward Bound and she is selling stylish long flowing denim skirts. I hope you enjoy!

Denim skirt photo from Homeward Bound