My Favorite Things . . .

 

These are some of the things in life that I enjoy and which make me happy, inspire me, or put a smile on my face. Maybe some of them are yours too.  Lets share! 

 

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Queen Anne's Lace.  I love this simple wild flower.  It is actually not natural to North America from what I have read and can be quite invasive.  I do think it is very pretty though.

 

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Vanilla Ice Cream.  Of all the ice cream flavors, Vanilla is my favorite and I prefer hard ice cream over soft. I do love a sugar cone as well.

 

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Sunflowers.  They follow the sun.  They are so bright and cheerful as well. I went through a stage where I had sunflower everything in my home.  I don't follow a theme any longer in my decor. My sister and I were just talking about this the other day.  At one time we were hugely interested in decorating our houses. Now we just like what we like and that's that.

 

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Merry Go Round's, Carousel's.  I love them, but I cannot go on one. I get sick.  I get sick on a swing.  Its awful. Motion Sickness has to do with your inner ear.

 

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Misty mornings. Mom always said that a misty morning meant we were in for a beautiful day!

 

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Wrendale designs.  I especially love the British robin one.

 

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Climbing roses . . .  we had climbing roses around our door at the cottage in Brenchley. So beautiful.

 

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Old wooden rocking chairs  . . . 

 

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Unusual door knockers  . . . 

 

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Fresh crusty baguettes.  I loved when we were in France, we could nip to a bakery early in the morning and pick up fresh bread for the day.  If you didn't go early you didn't get any, as it would all be gone before nine.

 

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Lighthouses  . . . they come in many shapes and sizes.

 

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Ivy covered walls.  I love them. Ivy can be very damaging however, and our  mom always said it was bad luck to have it in a house. Not sure where she got that from, but she was very superstitious and would never have it in the house.

 

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Bees.  The friends to our planet. We would not survive without them.  I especially love the fat and fuzzy bumble bees. 

 

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French Crullers, or as my father calls them, Tractor Tires.

 

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Fresh beans  . . .  tis the season  . . . 

And those are my favorite things for this week.  I hope that some of them were some of yours as well!

A thought to carry with you . . .

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In The English Kitchen today  . . .  Salted Caramel Chocolate Sauce.  I enjoyed some of this spooned over my favorite vanilla ice cream and sprinkled with roasted Spanish Peanuts, for a real taste treat!

Its warm and humid here this morning.  Very cloudy. I think we are in for some heavy rain later today.  Whatever you get up to today, I hope you have a beautiful day!  Don't forget!

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And I do too!