a spirit of simplicity

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Our worlds are getting both smaller and larger at the same time. Smaller in that we are stuck inside our own homes for the most part. Larger because we check on one another (digitally) day by day. Even though I am in the USA I am checking on you Italy And even though I am in New England, I am checking on you New York. I am keeping the world in my prayers these days. I hope you are all home and healthy and safe. ~ ~ ~ Our world Tuesday Community global

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I am mindful of the silence and the stillness in the air. Though I am sure that hospitals are grim and turbulent those of us who remain at home find ourselves in a world that is strange and secluded. A world that has changed so swiftly that we hardly know how to cope.  As for me there are tulips on the kitchen table in the grey light from oyster-coloured skies  I am basking in their simplicity in these extraordinary days.  ~ ~ ~ Make it pretty Monday Home and garden thursday

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The good The stay home mandate has given me a chance for walking (Alone and 6 feet away from anyone I come by) Everything is so quiet and peaceful.   The fun On Friday evening my mum, (who lives in the first floor flat just underneath us) my husband, and I had an outdoor video cocktail party with my daughter who lives about 45 minutes away We all laughed together and it was so fun to spend time with family.  The random My neighbor just on the corner has decorated her wooden fish with homemade masks. She has also left a basket of extra masks there for people who work in the medical field to take.  ~ ~ ~ The good, the random, the fun

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t So we do not lose heart For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,  as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.  For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.  2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ~ ~ ~ Scripture and a snapshot Sunday scripture blessings

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ It’s still cold out where I am.  Frost cold! But the trees are blooming and that is a very happy thing! I’ve been trying to get out for a walk at least once a day because I need to keep to some kind of a daily rhythm during all of this or I’ll slip into oblivion.  I’ve been paying attention to all the signs of spring as I walk. It cheers my soul. Have you been able to get outside at all? Perhaps you might like to join my little linky. Let’s try and share some of the natural world with our bloggers friends.  ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tucker’s schedule hasn’t changed much.... He moves from his napping spot at the bottom of the bed To his napping spot on the top of the chair... I’ve been spending more time at my desk in the small room we refer to as the conservatory.  I have had more time for mediation and prayer in the morning I have also had more time to look out of my kitchen window.... where  absolutely nothing is happening! I picked up some tulips at the market when I was there the other day. I also have had more time for tea of an afternoon.  ~ ~ ~ Friday fave fives

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Keep calm  And put  The kettle on. ~ ~ ~  Little things Thursday

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ As we move into this second week of social distancing I find a certain calmness in myself Which is in contrast to all that goes on around me. Death is a forgone conclusion for us all and very few will have much say how or when it occurs. We do however, have some control over how we choose to live. My desk is in the conservatory. Joe’s guitars are in there as well. Naturally,  there is a selection of houseplants too. It is also in the conservatory where I have been practicing daily meditation. It keeps me clear headed and pure hearted...if there are such things. It keeps me connected to a God that cares little for what I call him Or where I worship him. Please tuck in tight my friends. I pray for your safety and your health and for that of your loved ones. For the safety and health of the world. I pray that when this terrible virus has finally passed us over We can come out into the sunshine of a new morning And

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ My husband is an essential employee and is still going to work. I work in a private school and have been off of work for over a week now.  So...I’ve been driving him to the Wonderland T stop  and his co-worker has been picking him up there. That way he doesn’t have to take public transportation and I get to see a beautiful sunrise on my way home. I went to my daughter’s house last Tuesday. It was so fun to spend time with my grandchildren. I probably won’t go back to see them until this is over. Abigail is walking now...girls just wanna have fun.  I’ve been trying to get out for a walk at least once a day. The trees are blossoming, flowers are blooming... It seems as if the earth continues to turn even without us ~ ~ ~ The good, the random, the fun

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t So we do not lose heart.  Though our outer self is wasting away,  Our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing For us and eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, As we look not to the things that are seen But to the things that are unseen. For  the things that are seen are transient, But the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ~ ~ ~ Sunday scripture blessings Scripture and a snapshot

~ ~ ~ In Massachusetts the schools, both public and private,  have been closed since the 16th. I work in a private Montessori school so this has given me quite a bit of time off. I have tried to go for a long walk at least once a day. Yesterday I saw a tree just beginning to blossom out. Happy Spring! Tucker Huckleberry Finn’s schedule hasn’t been affected by the stay-home orders. Tuesday I took a ride to my daughter’s house.  I got to do some painting with my favourite littles! Wednesday they started running all public transportation on a Saturday schedule. My husband’s job is essential personnel and he takes the bus and subway to work. We have only one car... So...since the school I work at has been closed till 7 April  I have been driving him to the closest subway stop where his co-worker picks him up. I stopped at the beach on the way home one day to capture this beautiful sunrise.  I hope you all had a ver

~ ~ ~ Even the harbour is subdued. Waves lay quiet in fear of touching one another.  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Our world Tuesday Little things Thursday

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Keep a fire for the human race Let your prayers go drifting into space You never know what will be coming down Perhaps a better world is drawing near Just as easily it could all disappear Don’t let the uncertainty turn you around Go on and make a joyful sound Jackson Browne 1974 ~ ~ ~ Make it pretty Monday Home and garden Thursday

~ ~ ~  Apparently spring Crocus are not much for social distancing And are popping up in large groups all over town. An giant old Sycamore Maple in Fort Sewell was hit by lightening last summer. Just this week they took what was left of it down. It had stood at the edge of the Atlantic for around 150 years! All things must pass. I’m not sure when this bench at Crocker park was painted but it’s so fun. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The good, the random, the fun

~ ~ ~  t Do nothing out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others  as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but [also] everyone for those of others.  Philippians 2:3-4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sunday scripture blessings Scripture and a snapshot

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 🤍 When you’ve seen beyond yourself Then you may find peace of mind is waiting there And the time will come when you will see we’re all one And life flows on within you and without you. ~ George Harrison.

One of my favourite students and I are pretty cool at the playground.  ~ ~ ~ I will be 57 in less than a month. I’ve been letting my hair go grey  and I got it cut a month or so ago. I don’t know why we are always chasing youth. It’s not as if we have a chance of catching it.  I’m happy to enjoy where I am and count my blessings at having made it here.  ~ ~ ~  My step-son, Jack, has moved in with us. I’m not sure I’m ready for this... I’ve done it before... There’s always an adventure.  ~ ~ ~  My sister will be starting radiation again next week. It will be another 5 mega-doses. They found another spot on the other side of her iliac joint. Afterward she will have to go through chemo again.  This is a favourite picture of all of us.  We were enjoying the company of one another. My mum didn’t want to take her apron off for a picture  So I took out my collection and we all wore aprons!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Yesterday I walked up to Fort Sewell to meditate. It was so beautiful and peaceful to feel the warm sun and the ocean. This morning the temperatures are back to freezing and there is a gale wind. I think I will do my morning prayers indoors. ~ ~ ~  Little things Thursday