a spirit of simplicity

My sweet man  husband of mine love of mine friend of mine

t ~~~~~~~ But I am like a green olive tree  in the house of God Psalm 52:8 This was the verse of the day in my bible reading plan on the birthday of my step-daughter. She died on 28 February, 2016. She would have been 23 this month. t Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them for to such belong the children of God..... Scripture and a snapshot spiritual Sundays

 the weather has cooled off a bit - temperatures are in the lower 80 which is about 15 degrees  lower than they have been and the humidity is about normal again. Evenings are cooler and I've been having apples and cheeses  as a light dinner when I get home from work The tansy is blooming in the fields. I love it's little yellow buttons it looks so pretty next to the Queen Anne's Lace. I went to the Salem Jazz and Soul Fest on Saturday with my mum and sister. My brother is a co-founder of the event.  We ran into some cousins from my father's side of the family while we were there. We hadn't seen them in years and years!    Sunday my eldest daughter and I went to Theatre in the Open to see a very intimate production of King Lear in the park.   I snapped a picture of my daughter while she wasn't looking. She's so beautiful and smart.  Friday fave fives Willy Nilly

My daughter, Hannah, and I went to the Theatre in the open on Sunday evening. The walk through the wood was lined with flags We spread out on the hillside with rather an intimate audience. King Lear Sadly, things did not end well for the ladies Goneril or Regan... or almost any one else as it turns out.... The evening breeze picked up through the branches and rustled the leaves at the most opportune moments in the production... almost as if Shakespeare himself were there directing the elements.

into the garden..... where the wild is tendered and the tender is wild where did you find your wild this week? Go outside.

of a sunny afternoon in August we ventured into Marblehead and walked the old fort

the good  One evening about ten years ago, my brother and some friends were sitting at a bar in Salem, MA lamenting the fact that there were no good music festivals there. So....they started the Salem Jazz and Soul Fest. Ten years later he is now one of the co-founders and the executive director. They have donated over 50,000 dollars to the North Shore public schools music programs! the fun My sister was here over the weekend and we brought her dog, Sadie, to Dog beach! Although we had a doggie frisbee and a tennis ball, Sadie preferred to wade into the water, find a clam shell, drag it back in with her feet, duck completely under water, and then pick it up  and run into shore with it! So silly!! the random  Yesterday while I was there with my mum and sister,  we bumped into some of our Claflin cousins! We hadn't seen some of them in over 20 years! Turns out one of them was

Psalm 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! t ~ ~ ~ My brother is a founder and creator of  the Salem Jazz and Soul Fest in Salem, MA. Every summer they put on a series of free concerts  culminating on the third weekend in August in Salem Willows from 11:00 to 7:00 on both Saturday and Sunday! They work with  Berkley school of music in Boston and have many really great bands from all over the country. Salem Willows is a huge park which sticks out into the Atlantic ocean so the stage is surrounded by beautiful majestic scenery. But, the most important part.... All monies raised go to the Salem public schools music department! They have raised thousands of dollars in the ten seasons they have been doing this! It's very exciting!  Scripture and a snapshot spiritual Sundays Sundays at home

My mum had an impromptu lobster dinner the other night Joe and I, my brother and his girlfriend, and my mum It was delicious!! Before we went to my mum's house  we went to one of the rocky beaches in Marblehead. Screeching Lady's Cove.... so named because a very long time ago a woman who had been captured by pirates escaped one night when the pirates put ashore and after drinking and pillaging the village of Marblehead they came back and found her on the beach and killed her to this day on stormy nights she can be heard screaming HERE is a link to the story There were a great many hermit crabs.... I didn't get a photo of any of them, but I did capture the hunt. I was standing knee deep in the water when I took this picture of the lighthouse across the harbor. It happened that there were a great many boats in the water that afternoon. There may have been a race going on...I'm not sure

KJV Psalm 39:12 t ~~~ Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. ... Jesus sought me when a stranger Wandering from the fold of God ... O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be! Let thy grace now, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above. ... Come thou fount of every blessing tune my heart to sing thy grace COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING Scripture and a snapshot spiritual Sundays word of God speak song for a Saturday

the good  tickseed at the community gardens the fun My husband was singing zippity-do-da as he came up the stairs after work today.... the random love is all around no need to fake it ...who can take the world on a smile who can take a nothing day and certainly make it all seem worth while   The good, the random, the fun sharing his beauty Monday musings Monday mellow yellow  

early morning sunlight I bought the chair for twenty-five cents at a tag sale my sister and I stopped at after visiting our mum one afternoon. I love to imagine it as part of a matching set around an old wooden table somebody's grandmother spreading cherry preserves on a piece of homemade toast and hanging her apron over one of the posts. At my house it captures the early morning sunlight jars full of green and blue sea-glass on the windowsills frisbees brought in from the evening prior and an old crazy quilt I keep meaning to finish.... It's one of my favorite pieces of furniture in the house and it's just a little thing

walking dog beach in foggy light have you walked the wild of late? go outside and play

a mother's hands are rarely still 

the good My beautiful daughter Bonnie watering her tomatoes and growing her baby the fun Protection #1 the hand tub muster team that my son-in-law pumps with they took first place in Salem, MA on Saturday! Quite a crew! the random lazy summer afternoons that linger into evenings bugs hatching in the last of the sunlight as you walk through the golden-yellow light toward home.... The good, the random, the fun sharing his beauty Monday musings Monday mellow yellow making your home sing

my momma tried to instill good sense in me irascible as she was    Lord knows I took a toll on her but mmm mmm mmm momma I just can't contain the thrill that man has over me He's standing  just outside my bedroom window and he ain't singing nothing but sin my body trills with the timber of his song grass crunching under my feet as I step toward him   I lay down naked in the moonlit mint and let him play

the good  My sister, unexpectedly,  came to visit this past weekend.  She and I and our mother spent time together. We went out for dinner on the deck of a local place. And then we walked over to the State Street wharf where a nice gentleman offered to take our picture. the fun I recently purchased a fit-bit and I've been having a lot of fun with it.  I like that I can wear it at work because I do quite a bit of walking at work. Toddlers move...a lot! the random My beautiful daughter is expecting my first grandchild at the beginning of October! Only two more months to go....I am so excited to meet that little guy! The good, the random, the fun