a spirit of simplicity

 so gently swaying through the fairy land of love  

rainy day tea time scrabble It has been a rather gloomy spring here many grey and cool days  the first weekend of summer  was stormy so it was an indoor weekend perfect for games and tea of an afternoon friends sharing tea Tuesday cuppa teatime teacup tuesday corner view monochrome

loves me - loves me not.... it seems a little tough to tell lately   They'll know we are Christians by our love Seriously, not feeling the love lately If we could all just stop judging each other and hating each other and killing each other  in the name of religion that'd be great thanks so much ~ t songagraphy

the random yellow flowers in the rocky crevices along the shore at Canoe beach the fun frisbee in the park of an evening the good The last day of school was on Tuesday...bye-bye 2nd and 5th graders the good, the random, the fun mosaic monday mellow yellow monday

early morning is my favorite time of day so much peace and promise nature trying to hold back the wind the sky one big bright beautiful pink cloud just sitting there above our house this way is home hello photographer's choice I love this shot. It's an old one from a family vacation in Vermont. There was a fish under the dock... scavenger hunt Sunday

the stove in our kitchen  from whence all good things come t ~~~ there are no gorgeous back splashes at our house only the old horsehair plaster walls which are in a very sad state of disrepair  above the stove in our kitchen hangs art-work created by our family members and this is one of my favorite views ~~~~~~~ When we have company we sit at the round table in the dining room those who don't face a window with an ocean view face a mirror reflecting the view I choose the only seat in the room that doesn't have an outside view so the stove in our kitchen is what i see friends and family gathered 'round loving - laughing enjoying a feast brought forth from the stove in our kitchen still saturday sunday stillness  spiritual sunday sundays at home  making your home sing make it pretty the art of homemaking a return to loveliness Monday musings titus 2 tuesdays

 this is my response to a beautiful and heart-felt letter of apology to those who were treated poorly at church which was posted by Melanie Redd at Ministry of hope. I strongly encourage you to read it on her blog because it is beautifully and sincerely written. Also, and this is very important, my response here is in no way meant to criticize her letter or blog post. On the contrary, I was truly touched and my heart was opened and softened by her letter. I just feel that there is a very urgent need for us to discuss these issues and bring them out into the open. I think that was her intent...we cannot move into light if we shut each other out in darkness. We need to share out thoughts and opinions so that we can truly understand where the other person is coming from and how what we do and say affects those around us. so here is my response to Melanie and please feel free to comment...though I may regret saying that....  Wonderful, wonderful post. I have been to many, many di

~ 1 ~ I met my mother for breakfast the other morning and we spent some time at the town landing watching the harbor ~ 2 ~ The boys and I had a huge squirt gun fight in the park of an afternoon I suppose you might say that Joey lost because he was the wettest of us all I'm sure he considered himself the winner though ~ 3 ~ We watched JAWS on Wednesday night. One of my favorite movies of all times. I watch it almost every year about this time. ~ 4 ~ Every year, on the last day of school, we walk the beach in the gloaming ~ 5 ~ roses along the wharf smell so sweet friday fave five floral friday today's flowers dancing with Jesus faithful at home friday my town shoot out  home sweet home

coffee with Reetsy My mum and I met for breakfast at the little diner on the harbor  afterward we walked to the old fort and then sat at the town landing for an hour listening to the boats come in and out enjoying the peace and comfort and thankful for the company of one another sometimes, being at home, is stepping out with the ones you love little things thursday i choose joy thankful thursday share your cup share your style shine blog hop thought provoking thursday home and garden thursday

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. Is this what we do? Or do we smile politely and turn away because we don't want to see ourselves or what we perceive as lacking in ourselves in any other mother.  some of the other versions say: build one another up strengthen one another Do we build each other up....as women, as sisters, as friends, as mothers? Occasionally, my mother used to drive us to school - in her pajamas.... often she would drive right past the school until we yelled - mum! And she would turn the car 'round and we would all scramble out as quick as we could before anyone saw us. I've done the same thing with my own children....one morning I drove back and forth past the school three times before my children finally stopped me! I even knew a woman whose car broke down on her way home from dropping her son off at the middle school. She had to walk to the local c

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tuesday afternoon chasing the clouds away

It's been rather rainy of late...and cool. I have been taking tea porch-side with a bit of a book in the afternoons.  a blanket thrown over my shoulders to ward off the ocean breeze today's particular passage  told me I was right where I needed to be of that there has never been any doubt friends sharing tea tuesday cuppa tea time teacuptuesday  titus 2 Tuesday

t Let all that you do be done in love 1 Corinthians 16:14 ~  ~  ~ in the morning i sit at the soapstone table in the kitchen sipping coffee and watching the hill that leads into the village i love this time of day this early morning that holds so much promise the birds bicker and twitter at the porch feeders they are plump and well cared for i will water the plants out there this afternoon and clean the microwave and do the laundry and put away the crayons that those boys left out after making Father's Day cards every task becomes singular and filled with importance when done with love ~ ~ ~ making your home sing monday musings good morning monday I choose joy sharing his beauty

the good giant lollipops the random sweet little sparrow couple on the beach wall the fun

daddy lovin' is very special it has become our habit to play frisbee in the park on beautiful evenings exploring ant hills me sprinkled on the sea scavenger hunt sunday

purple finches on the balusters hopping about Exodus 32:18 It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear. saturday photo hunt

~ 1 ~ my children are grown now and Joe's boys are much too young to think about graduating but we seem to have a bouquet of graduating teenagers in our lives right now. It's so much fun to see them with such wonder and possibility in their eyes.  ~ 2 ~ A friend is on the other side of a year long intense battle with cancer.  It was such a pleasure to spend some time with her the other day. ~ 3 ~ I went to a table setting and single flower competition with my mother the other day. It was put on by her gardening club. It was very sweet and old fashioned. I felt as if I should have worn a pillbox hat and white gloves. I was the youngest person there....and that doesn't happen too often these days. ~ 4 ~ the warmer weather has Joe and I out on the porch in the evenings.  Sipping wine with the geraniums in the last of the dying daylight. ~ 5 ~ We are  in the final week of spring. It's been fairly chilly here this year. We'

I've been working in the garden and sowing seeds the landlord is an older gentleman who is experiencing some health issues He loves to sit out of doors in his yard and watch the town folk  walking to and from the beach he likes to sit on the front porch chatting with the passers-by and exchanging stories about winters past with his old man friends I plant the red geraniums for him pink and white petunias tomatoes and cucumbers  basil and parsley  seeds of kindness and good deeds sown with the begonias under the shade trees so thankful to share an afternoon with such  a sweet old gentleman  and enjoy a beautiful garden all summer long