My Favourite Things . . .

 

A few of the things I really love in life, maybe some of them are yours also. Lets share together!   

 

Snuggly cosy on a stormy day. The storm might be raging outside the door, but we are all tucked up and warm in our cosy little home.  

 

Tea Cosies.  I love tea cosies, even though I don't really drink tea.  This one is a free pattern from Red Heart.  

 

Winter candles . . .  candles are not quite the same in summertime. It stays light too late.  In Winter you have the early nights, twilight afternoons that show candlelight off to its best.  Snuggle snuggle.

  

Redwork embroidery.  This combines my love of all things red and white with my love of embroidery.  Two loves together.  You can't get much better! 

 

Art by Carter Goodrich 

Owls.  I find them fascinating.  I love watching nature shows about them. I find birds fascinating in general, but owls really interest me.  When I was a child I loved it when Mr DressUp consulted with Mr Wise Old Owl.  I believe that Mr Rogers had an owl he talked to as well. 

 

Bird houses.  I love bird houses and would have a garden filled with them if I could.  I love painting them also.  I have one here that I painted with cherries back when I was first learning how to Tole Paint many, many years ago.  I will have to take a photo of it to show you one day.  When my ex husband and I built our house in New Brunswick I had bird house curtain tie backs in our bedroom.  I loved those  . . . 

 

Whirligigs.  I adore whirligigs.  If I could, I would have a garden filled with them also!  Simple or complicated.  I love them all. 

  

I quite simply adore Hot Dogs.  I know that they are filled with ucky stuff, I don't care.  It doesn't bother me.  I love Hot Dogs.  With mustard and relish and onions.  I am not a lover of ketchup with bread, so I won't have that on my hot dog, however  . . .  if I am just eating the frankfurter, I love LOVE dipping it in ketchup.  I know . . .  me=nuts.

 

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48 casseroles for busy nights

Casseroles.  I love Casseroles.  One of the things I always liked about Pot Luck suppers was the casseroles.  I love throwing ingredients together and coming up with a delicious casserole.  Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.

  

Older men.  This is Martin Shaw the actor.  Older men are really hubba hubba to me. I have seen photos of Martin Shaw when he was younger, and he doesn't do it for me, but age him up and give him white hair and I am all gaga.  Men seem to get better looking as they age.  Why couldn't women be so lucky?  There are very few women who actually age beautifully. Men on the other hand . . . grey hair and a few wrinkles and wowsa.  Its not fair! 

 Clocks.  We have four here in our lounge.  One is a cuckoo clock and then we have a Grandmother clock, a westminster wall clock and a mantle clock.  All chime and tick and tock and make noises.  In my craft room I have a little German girl on a swing clock, in the Kitchen a teapot with a swinging pendulum, and we have a host of alarm clocks. Tick tock Tick tock.  I think this clock here is very beautiful. 

 

Old mirrors  . . .  aged, crazed and mottled.  They make me think about all the people who might have gazed into them through the years . . . if they could talk what could an old mirror tell us . . .

  

Cast Iron bed steads  . . .  especially if they are painted . . .  and wooden floor boards . . .  painted as well.  Love them both. 

 

Children's faces.  They are not afraid to express how they are feeling.  Filled with wonder and joy. 

  

Maxine.  She says what we would all love to be able to say out loud.

And those are my favourite things for this week.  What are some of yours?

A thought to carry with you  . . . 

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Spiritual Enlightenment 

 

BOOK OF MORMON CORNER - Today's Reading -Jacob 4:1-18 

Question - what have you learnt from the reading today? What is Jacob teaching us about prayer and the power of words?   

My thoughts - Man and earth were created by the power of His word. Can we do that? Nope! So why should we think we can counsel the Lord and why do we do it?  I think we do it because we are afraid.  Afraid that He doesn't love us as much as He says He does. Afraid that He doesn't have our best interests at heart. Afraid that He has forgotten us.  Fear and faith can't dwell together. I love that our Saviour has been our prime example of how to pray. "Not my will, but thine, be done". There is no fear in that but absolute faith in Heavenly Father. Faith that all He brings into our lives is for our eternal growth. Thy will be done - striving to make this my walk. 

"Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord. How unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways. And no man knoweth of his ways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the revelations of God." God hides His mysteries in plain sight, but can only be understood by revelation. God is waiting to answer our prayers, but he does not force us. He waits for us to ask, with real intent and sincere hearts.   

The Lord gives us his word, we use that to develop our testimony, and then we use our testimony to do mighty things, it's as simple as that. 

Tomorrow's Reading (Day 80) - Jacob 5: 1-18 

 Question -  What have you learnt from the reading today? In what ways does the Lord nourish you? 

 

In The English Kitchen today  . . .  Copycat Swiss Chalet BBQ Sauce.  This stuff is amazing.  We love it! 

Have a fabulous Thursday, it is very cold and wet here!  Brrrr.... stay warm and don't forget!

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And I do too!