My Favourite Things . . .

 

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

 

Daydreaming.  I have always been a daydreamer.  My imagination fueled my childhood and made it more interesting and exciting and daydreaming got me through the most mundane of my duties when I was working at the Manor. I always had my head in the clouds per se when I was doing something that didn't require a lot of thought, like dusting the bazillion artifacts that needed dusting in the conservatory and kitchen, and polishing the brass and silver.  Lottery tickets have always come with lots of dreaming attached and I get my money's worth just in dreams alone.  

  

Actually it was nice to discover that there are scientifically proven benefits to the art of daydreaming.   I now feel vindicated!  

 

Window crystals.  I only have a few, but I love the ones I have.  I am like Pollyanna.  They make rainbows around my lounge and delight me!  

  

Puffins.  I have never seen one in person, but they delight me.Puffins are unmistakable birds with their black back and white underparts, distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and their tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs.  I think they are really cute.

 

Did you know a baby Puffin is called a Puffling?

I know, cute!

  

Hand embroidered tea towels. I love them.  I don't like using them though because I am afraid of destroying them, especially with a man in the house.  Men don't seem to be able differentiate between what is an heirloom and what is a rag. Its the same with kitchen scissors . . . kitchen scissors belong in the kitchen, not out in the garden doing whatever you feel like doing with them.  I think I have cured Todd of that however, because, every time he takes the kitchen scissors in the garden and starts to dull them on wire or summat, I buy a new pair.  So there! 

 

Yo-yo's.  I Love quilted yo-yo's.  I love to use them to embellish things.  I think they are so quaint and old fashioned looking.   I once saw a whole pillow top made from quilted yo-yo's that was quite darling! 

  

Paper umbrellas . . . I have always been fascinated with them.  I think they are very pretty. 

  

Italian Miniature Mosaics, especially in the form of jewelry.  I think they are quite beautiful and so very intricate.  This one is filled with colour.  One of my favourite parts in the V&A museum in London is the section on miniature mosaics. I also love the decorative tin can section, ohh, and the toys. 

  

I think I just love the Victoria and Albert Museum, full stop! 

  

Ginger anything. In teas. In cakes. In savoury dishes. In cookies. In sauces. In fizzy drinks. I just love ginger, full stop. 

 

Bundt Cakes. I love bundt cakes.  I am a huge fan of the shape. Large, small or inbetween.  A bundt cake is a party waiting to happen. 

  

Crazy Quilts. With no rhyme or reason to them, just a haphazard layout of different fabrics and embroidery stitches, and embellishments. They tell me a story. I think about the different garments the scraps might have come from, and the hands that so lovingly pieced them all together. 

 

Depression Glass. I love the stuff.  My grandmother had left me some when I was a little girl.  A set of drinking glasses and a pitcher. My Aunt was keeping them safe for me, but they all got broken. No matter . . .  they would have probably gotten broken in my house anyways.  

  

Vintage Milk Glass jewelry.  My Great Grandmother had left me a vintage milk glass necklace.  I am not sure why she left it to me.  I had it my whole life and it disappeared in the Divorce along with a whole lot of my other treasures like my little white bible  I don't know what happened to any of it and I try not to think about it.  I did love that necklace though  . . . 

 

Anything to do with tea and tea parties.  The pots and the cosies, the cups and the saucers, the finger sandwiches, the tiny cakes. I love it all. 

  

Okay, I admit it, I put my hand up . . .  I loved the Spice Girls and I still do.  I knew all the words to all of their songs and I had all of their albums.  While I am at it, I also loved Girls Aloud, The Backstreet Boys and yes . . .  Boyzone. 

And there you have it, my favourite things for this week! 

A thought to carry with you . . . 

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Spiritual Enlightenment

  

 

BOOK OF MORMON CORNER

Today's Reading - Mosiah 5:1-15 

Question - What happened before the people entered into a covenant? What was the covenant?  

 

Thoughts -  The people believed the words of King Benjamin, they felt the Spirit turn their belief into knowledge, which then led them to a change in their desires. They mention that their faith brought them to knowledge which brought them joy. 

 
I think it's interesting that they became willing to make covenants. To DO His will and to BE obedient to His commands. Doing and becoming to come to know Jesus Christ. And in keeping this covenant we are sealed HIS, with the promise of everlasting salvation and eternal life! 

 

Tomorrow's Reading (Day 102) -  Mosiah 6:1-7:7 

Question - What have you learnt from the reading today? What Christ like attributes did King Benjamin possess? 

 

 

 

In The English Kitchen today . . .  Beef & Vegetable Soup.  Hearty, delicious and healthy!  I love a good soup, don't you?

 

Have a wonderful Thursday!  I hope your day is blessed with lots of good things!  Don't forget! 

 

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And I do too!