My favourite things . . .

 

These are a few of my favourite things. Maybe some of them are your favourites too! 

Old Musicals.  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The King and I, Dr Doolittle, Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Flower Drum Song, South Pacific, Oklahoma, etc. I love them all. We have been collecting them on DVD for years now and every now and then we enjoy one all over again. They never lose their charm! We sing along with them as we watch, and tap our toes.  We find them quite delightful! 

The art of crochet.  I like it better than knitting. Its easy and mindless. You can't drop a stitch and when you make a mistake it is easy to pull the yarn back and repair it. I've been doing it for years now. My sister taught both my mother and when I was still in high school and I have been doing it ever since. My sister has always been really good at the needle arts.  Sewing, etc. Her sewing has always been impeccable.  She is much better at these things than I am because she has more patience.  Not sure she realises that, but its true. She is very patient.

My ex SIL was Jewish and she knew where to buy the best bagels and rugelach in Toronto.  I adore good bagels and rugelach.  They were always so delicious.  She would bring big bags of bagels from this bakery and of the rugelach as well.  We would eat them until we felt like bursting. Soooo good. What I wouldn't give for one more taste! 

Being safe and warm indoors while the wind blows.  I feel a certain comfort in listening to it howl and sitting here, all bundled up with a hot drink or some soup, maybe some soft music playing. It never gets me down. I just feel blessed.

Penny rugs and mats. Penny rugs are not actual rugs for the floor, but decorative coverings for beds, tables and dressers and mantles. Sometimes they are used as wall hangings or pillows. Most designs include circles and some include images from everyday life such as cats, flowers, birds and shapes such as stars and hearts. I love them.

 

Shaker Style Furniture.  I adore Shaker stule furniture.  I love the simple lines and workmanship of it.

 

Vintage Patchwork quilts.  There is so much in a vintage patchwork quilt . . .  hours of painstaking labor . . . old fabrics . . . hand stitching . . .  an abundance of love. History.  My mother used to have a quilt that my grandmother had made. It covered the the fold away cot in one of the bedrooms. I liked to lay on it and run my fingers over all the different fabrics wondering what kind of garments they had come from, who had worn them, what stories they could have told  . . .

Depression glassware . . .  depression glassware is a machine-pressed product that was mass produced for sale in five and dime stores at extremely low prices. It comes in a multitude of colours.  Pink is my favourite.

This was my favourite book when I was a girl.  It was 365 stories, each one on one page and they all were themed around one street in a small town, called What A Jolly Street, and the people who lived there.  There was an old woman who lived at the end of the street called Mrs Apricot. 

 

Inside the cover was a map of the street and you knew where each character protrayed in the book lived, and what their house looked like, etc. 

 

 

They all seemed pretty real to me.  I wanted to live on What A Jolly Street.  I wore that book out. It was in absolute tatters.

 

Tiaras.  I have nowhere to wear one and I actually wouldn't wear one, but I do love them. Oh wouldn't you just feel like a princess with one of those on your head?  Our Eileen wore one when she got married.  

  

Every bride is beautiful on their wedding day, don't you think?

She looked like a princess to me.

  

I quite simply adore ribbon.  All colours.  All kinds. My ex boss had a ribbon drawer.  She kept a really wide assortment of ribbons in it.  All different colours, sizes, wired and un-wired, satin, grosgain, chiffon, etc. All for gift wrapping. I loved to sort through it for her.  She would give me these menial types of chores to do when I would be there with her overnight packing.  I can remember thinking how lovely it would be to have a drawer just full of ribbons. 

In an odd sort of way, except for the taking all night aspect of it, I used to enjoy the packing nights.  For one thing, I knew that at the end of it she would be gone for a few weeks or so.  That was a bonus.  But I loved the aspect of stuffing her shoes with tissue paper and putting them into the cloth shoe bags.  Stuffing the sleeves of her dresses and jackets, folding them just so.  Putting her jewelry into small bags and then putting them into larger bags. Sorting out her perfumes and cosmetics, etc.  There was an almost wonderland quality about it all. It was a real glimpse into another world.

 

Fancy drawer knobs. Like buttons, they hold a special fascination to me  . . . 

 

Fancy door knockers. This dragonfly one is particularly beautiful.  If I had my way I would have a bumblebee door knocker or a bird  . . .  something winged at any rate!

And those are my favourite things for this week!

A thought to carry with you . . . 

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 *.˛.°Train your mind to see the good in everything.

Positivity is choice.

The happiness of your life depends on

the quality of your thoughts.

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Spiritual Enlightenment

  

In the kitchen today  . . .  Dilled Carrots.  Julienned carrots braised in a bit of stock, some honey and some dill.  Delicious!

Have a wonderful Thursday.  Hope you get to enjoy a few of your favourite things. Don't forget along the way of your day. . . .

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and I do too!