Small and Wonderful Things . . .

 

"The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand. But who gets excited by a mere penny?...It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won't stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted with pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. It is that simple. what you see is what you get." ~Anne Dillard  

 
A few of the small and wonderful things which bring untold joy into my life.   It's the small things in life which truly mean the most.  Simple abundance . . . it's the best. 

 

I received the most delightful little package in the post on Saturday.  Monique, bless her heart, had sent me this sweet little packages filled with some really lovely treasures and it cheered my heart to no end to see them.  When she sends you a gift, large or small, they are always a feast for the eyes and the heart from the outside in.  

  

Can you see the Washi sticker on the padded envelope of the woman in the dress and oxfords?  Cute!  I have been looking for stickers like that which don't cost the moon and I found some the other day on Etsy.  Lovely little buttons that say handcrafted with love.  I know where they are going.  A wee baby  . . .    

 

So many lovely little treasures tucked into this package, SB stationary, beautiful notecards with Moniques own photography on it, a vintagecrochet potholder, a packet of stickers, more smaller stickers, tiny glassine envelopes, some of my favourite "monique" photos, etc.  This truly was such a delight to receive. I cannot pick a favourite thing in it. I love it all.  If you don't know Monique, you should.  She is one of the many blessings I have received in life as a blogger. I think we probably met through the Daring Baker's Group many, many years ago now. I was sitting there trying to figure out how we met, and that is what I came up with.  In any case, she is a sweet, sweet person and so kind. We have never met in person, and it unlikely that we ever will, but kindred spirits you know . . .  I always call her my Susan Branch of the Great White North.  She is just so talented, but humble as well. 

 

We've been battered and bashed about by Storm Ciera this past weekend, with great disruption across the country due to high winds and torrential rains.  Some gusts of wind were measured at well over 90 mph, and there has been severe flooding in many areas.  No loss of life that I know of.  Thankfully here in Chester we sit above the plains around us and so no severe flooding here  and we did manage to get to and from church safely.  But it has been very windy and the rain was blowing in our back door underneath it and even around the panes of glass in the window part of it. My back door curtain was all wet from it.  I haven't looked outside yet today to see if anything was blown over, but our house is still intact and that's what counts!  

 

We had a power burp in our area on Thursday last and it set the house alarm off.  We could not get it to turn off.  Todd called the landlord. We never ever even use the alarm. Haven't since we moved into this house.  Its not maintained and nobody pays for it, so it is doubtful that if it did go off anyone would even come to check on it. Case in point Thursday. The darn thing was going for a good fifteen minutes or longer before we got it off. Our landlord told Todd to cut the wires to it.  So Todd trots off to the kitchen and armed with the kitchen scissors goed to cut them.  I had to shout at him to stop.  You never go cutting live wires with the power on! DUH!  He was mad at me for shouting at him, but . . .  seriously.  On what planet is it a good idea to cut live electrical wires with scissors???  Thankfully I caught him before he actually did it.  Sometimes the brilliance of men really astonishes me. 

  

Sunday evenings with Call the Midwife.  I surely love that program. Every bit as much now as when it first began. It is just a nice nice show.   It touches on some really thought provoking issues as well, but its all done with good taste.    

 

I've never gotten to bake cookies with my own grandchildren but my friend from church, Kari made their version of my peanut butter cookie with her children yesterday and then tagged me in the photos.  You can't know how much this made me smile to think that somebody's kids were enjoying my recipe and creating a family moment. It did my heart so much good and brought tears to my eyes.  Thank you Kari and family!

 

Don't laugh.  This was dinner yesterday.  A total carboholic feast of boxed mac and cheese wih tinned tomatoes, buttered white bread with a sprinkle of goldfish crackers on top.  Sometimes the heart just wants what the heart wants  . . . 

And with that I will leave you with a thought for the day . . . 

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 *The best way out is

always through.

~Robert Frost•。★★ 。* 。 

 

I reviewed The Food Bible in the kitchen today and made the delicious Guacamole recipe from the book.  Very tasty!

Have a great Monday.  I hope you are blessed.  Don't forget  . . . 

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And I do too!