a spirit of simplicity

the good boys in the hood the random macro flowers the fun Joey and I went to the Marblehead/Swampscott football game on Thanksgiving morning. I grew up in Marblehead so we routed for the home team. I live in Nahant now though, and Nahant kids go to highschool in Swampscott so we didn't route too loudly. Marblehead won though.....we creamed them 51 to nothing! Happy Thanksgiving The Glover regiment was the Marblehead regiment during the Revolutionary war. There is a reenactment team that walks the Thanksgiving game and shoots their muskets when ever Marblehead scores. There was a lot of shooting going on. there is even a little yellow on the vest of the linesman/official... whatever he's called Mosaic Monday The good, the random, the fun sharing his beauty Monday musings Monday mellow yellow making your home sing I love macro macro monday 2 nature footstep c

HOPE Joey tells me that there are no more monarch butterflies and that what we see are painted lady butterflies which look almost exactly the same since I can't tell the difference I am holding out hope that somewhere in the world there are monarchs flying about the milk weed I hope for a world torn apart I hope for a small babies lost heartbeat I hope for my beautiful daughters I hope for all the children of the world and for all us

visions of sugarplums...  the Christmas trees for the PTO fundraiser   arrived this morning We stood on the window shelf and watched the big truck pull into the lowlands parking lot The PTO parents and neighbors all came out of their houses  to help unload the trees and lean them up on the stand All the residents of our rather tiny island will be  picking out a tree to grace their homes with this season

it is not a little thing to be with the ones you love Here we are as in olden days Happy golden days of yore faithful friends who are dear to us gather near to us once more through the years we all will be together if the fates allow.... ~ At the edges of our celebrations are the memories  of those who are no longer with us. I can see them in the way a young girl's eyes twinkle or the expression on your cousin's face  that looks just like a grandfather... or a special taste to the gravy or apricot squares mince pie with hard sauce watching Christmas Vacation late night when almost everyone has gone home ~~~ Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas is my favorite Christmas song because it acknowledges the heartbreak and sadness that we share sometimes it remembers that we may not always be together but that the most important thing is that we have one another now I am listening to

I am asking if you could please limit yourselves to one link otherwise things get a bit redundant. I will be deleting posts that do not follow along with this thank you won't you come with me and see the beauty of Tuesday Afternoon Your post can be about anything  that feeds your spirit and the family friendly nature of  a spirit of simplicity    Please link to your post and not your entire blog Please comment on at least, the post before you Please post a link back to A Spirit of Simplicity so that others may join   If you choose to follow me I will follow you back I always return comments Peace and Love wordless Wednesday Watery songlines  An InLinkz Link-up

the good Bonnie and Dan will be moving into their first home together I think they will be happy there the random sometimes there is sadness peaks and valleys the fun Crocker Park ninja's coming soon to a park near you   The good, the random, the fun sharing his beauty Monday musings

there is sadness here these past few days My beautiful daughter miscarried at 9 weeks. We are all brokenhearted.  I just haven't had much to say of late.

Where ever I go I always sing a song of home The sounds of the bells at Abbot Hall ring out on the hour  and settle softly over the grasses and rocky scrambles  at Crocker Park they've done so since long before anyone here can remember Do you wonder if there are places that miss your footfall when you are not there? My feet trod at Crocker like  my heart beats within me I carry it with me like a song Share your cup Thursday Little things Thursday

this is a man who  pulled his piano on the back of his bike into Paris so that he could play John Lennon's song  "Imagine" in honor of the victims of the bombing in Paris Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one  I am so thankful for the heroes of this world   An InLinkz Link-up

The good my home town Crocker park the capacity of the human heart The fun Ninja boys....coming soon to a park near you The random The good, the random, the fun   Monday musings

there are times when all we can do is reflect the light even if it is only a candle in the darkness until the morning comes I wake this morning with such a heavy heart    for the people of France and for the world PEACE t ~~~ ~~~~ Let your light so shine before men,  that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 Scripture and a snapshot spiritual Sundays Sundays at home  

in midst of the dune grass along the path to dog beach a juniper tree stands straight up I've a super crush on it  visiting  at least every other day. ~ Spent time with a friend yesterday    ~ The weather's been grey and gloomy dark early and even some wind November weather for snuggling at home ~ We've have had the boys with us  lots of laughter in the house! ~ Here we relax at the beach sunsets and sunrises full of beauty 6 word Friday Friday fave fives Floral Friday fotos   faith and fellowship Friday my town shoot out skywatch friday  

the path through the wood is littered with toadstools perhaps a diminutive couple live in this one Phoebe and Bear when the nights get cooler they sojourn down a very tiny path  to have a bonfire with their neighbors in the early evening twilight. ~ Joey and I didn't happen to see any of that while we walked our path it wasn't quite twilight yet.... but we are quite sure that there are faeries in these toadstools We think that Bear might be a bit of a gnome, at least in shape, because that is a rather gnome shaped door in their toadstool home. I think we have not heard the last of them... we are looking forward to tales of their adventures in the tiny wood. 30 days of thankful -12,  I am thankful for paths through the wood and  little friends to share them with soulfood friday   Share your cup Thursday Little things Thursday

t ~~~ ~~~~ I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way.  O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.  ~ The ISV says: I will pay attention to living a life of integrity  when will I attain it? I will live with integrity of heart in my house Which, if we are being honest here, seems a little more likely for me. Behaving myself wisely in a perfect way is formidable  but paying attention to living a life of integrity gives me some room to correct myself when I mess up....and I do mess up.  I do believe that peace begins at home so walking within my house with a perfect heart and living with integrity of heart in my home... this is certainly what to strive for.  ~ I have put electric candles in our windows and I light seasonally scented candles so  that when Joe comes home from work or if we have friends or family over it looks welcoming and inviting in our home.  The

i love the browns and mauve colours of November almost muted now after October's fiery show won't you come with me and see the beauty of Tuesday Afternoon Your post can be about anything  that feeds your spirit and the family friendly nature of  a spirit of simplicity    Please link to your post and not your entire blog Please comment on at least, the post before you Please post a link back to A Spirit of Simplicity so that others may join   If you choose to follow me I will follow you back I always return comments

the good yellow berries in the wood the random  What the Salem water front will look like in a few weeks this picture is from a few years ago. the fun freestyle scrabble  with a vintage milk glass vase full of Chinese Lanterns in the morning sunlight ~ After the boys leave I often see new words that they wrote on the sly while they where here. Last week I noticed the word Poop spelled out using a P from another word....pretty funny if you ask me. Mosaic Monday The good, the random, the fun sharing his beauty Monday musings Monday mellow yellow making your home sing In a vase on Monday  macro monday 2 nature footstep catching light

boots missed this one.   inspirational I can't remember quite where I was inspired to make this little candleholder/menorah I still have to pick up some wood glue but I like it very much with the colored candles. artificial light negative space outside my window dune grass and bittersweet on the path to the beach across the street scavenger hunt sunday

Dull November brings the blast; Then the leaves are whirling past. -Sarah Coleridge t ~~~ ~~~~  and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful -Colossians 3:15 30 days of thankful 7 of 30 I am thankful for rediscovering this Sarah Coleridge poem Months. When my daughters were little we had a beautifully illustrated  picture book of this poem. It is a joy to read the poem once again. spiritual Sundays Sundays at home Still Saturdays Scripture and a snapshot

late afternoon sunlight graces the dining room I love the time change. I love the late afternoon sunlight it reminds me of the school bus dropping my children off from school.  They would take off their sweaters and tiny blue sneakers I would start dinner while they had a snack the sun would set while we ate at the kitchen table I love the idea of having everyone closing in as the day ends all your loved ones gathered at close of day. Splintered sunlight streaming through the windows and lighting on the pumpkins. ~ SOUL FOOD FRIDAY

We had my family over to celebrate my brother's birthday. We made plans to carve pumpkins as well since his birthday is just before Halloween. It was wonderful to have everyone together as we don't often get to do that.  ~ Thursday morning I met up with my very good friend Sue. We don't see one another as often as we used to. I have moved about an hour away and she is working a job where she frequently travels to the west coast. We had some breakfast at a favorite diner in the town I used to live in and we did a bit of shopping, mostly browsing. ~ The weather has been just beautiful. I know it won't be too much longer before it turns so  we are enjoying it as much as we can while it lasts. ~ Joe and I have been walking the beach before he leaves for work in the evenings. We can see the Boston skyline from the beach. ~ I saved the best for last Just before my family arrived, my daughter, Bonnie, told me she is expecting! Thi

very, very little things are coming our way in June I am going to be a grandmother!! ~ 30 days of thankful 5 of 30 I am so thankful for the opportunity to become a grandmother Share your cup Thursday Little things Thursday

30 days of Thankful day 4 of 30 ~  I am thankful for the beauty of the world around me  on this rather tiny island Q is for quiet seas   ABC Wednesday wordless Wednesday Watery songlines  Women with intention

there is only one of these chairs as I purchased it at a yard sale for $2.00. I imagine there was once a set around a big farmhouse kitchen table. Women sat down to rest with a cup of tea after making lunch for a crowd, grandmothers wiped flour off the seat after making a pie crust at Thanksgiving, or wiped tears from their eyes when sadness and grief came into the home, children sat and did homework, and the men came in to eat mashed potatoes and roasted chicken.... anyway, I love the way it looks at at the sunny window in my kitchen. Today it's grey and Canadian geese are hunkered down in the field across the way. My daughter made the indian dream catcher for me -the seaglass I pick up as I walk the beach. There's a sprig of rosemary I rooted from a bunch I bought at the community gardens,  the bittersweet is from the path to the beach and of course there are piles of books. ~ 30 days of thankful 3 of 30 I am than

the fun the only thing I really love about Halloween is the pumpkin carving. the good  a bowlful of dried hydrangea for in a vase on Monday the random  we have a bird feeder on our second floor porch which attracts a great many birds...mostly sparrows. the other morning I heard a thud against the window and went to make sure all the birds were all right. Upon opening the door I heard lots of twittering and a great many little sparrows flew out from behind a table all willy-nilly into the sky.  As I turned, wondering what in the world had them all so upset, a great huge hawk flew right past me and landed in the tree right next to me. He was almost close enough for me to reach out and touch as he flew by! I so wish I had my camera handy.... ~ day 2 of 30 I am thankful for the abundance of natural beauty all around me. During the times in my life when I have lived in more urban areas I have loved having the hus

Ephesians 3:14-9 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,  from whom every family in heaven and on  earth derives its name,  that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory,  to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,   so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith;   and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,  may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,  and to  know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge  that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. 1 ~ 30 I am so thankful for my beautiful daughters without whom I would be only a fraction of the person  I am today. spiritual Sundays Sundays at home Scripture and a snapshot Blessing counters