My Favourite Things . . .

 

These are a few of my favourite things.  Maybe some of them are yours also!  A few of the things which catch my eye, inspire me, pluck at my heart strings, make me smile, intrigue me or that I just plain enjoy. I hope that they will do the same for you.   

 

Modern Family. I have only just discovered this show on Netflix.  I have really been enjoying it and laugh oodles every episode. Love all of the characters. Todd is slowly warming up to it. He usually reads while I watch it, but I catch him glimpsing at it and laughing too. 

  

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This, both the sentiment and the handiwork  . . .   

 

Washi Tape  . . .  the tape, stickers, etc.  I love this stuff. 

  

Lace on anything  . . .  

 

French milled soaps  . . .  the Mrs at the Manor used these.  I used to love looking at them and smelling them on Wednesdays when I did my job as well as the housekeepers.  She had boxes of these in the linen cupboard. They were so pretty and smelled so nice. 

  

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Wildflowers  . . .  when I was really small I used to suck the sweetness out of clover petals  . . .  did you do that too?  

 

Squirrels.  They have so much character.  They are so cheeky.  That one I saw last week on our windowsil has not been back . . . 

 

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Berry Season and Lily of the Valley  . . .  never realised they co-incided with each other until now  . . . 

 

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Hello little one  . . .  are you smiling at me with that wee little face? 

 

Jam pots in caps  . . .  greengate  . . . 

  

Stone Walls covered with moss and iron gates  . . . .

 

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This  . . .  the colours, the flowers, the quilt patterns  . . . 

 

Sigh  . . .  a trinket dish perhaps? 

  

Goats in coats  . . .  a bunch of kids  . . . 

 

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Brooding skies  . . .   

 

The Spanish Princess on Prime.  Loving this.  The costumes . . .  the story  . . . Catherine of Aragon  . . . .  

 

This  . . .  oh to be young and have a long neck  . . . 

  

Bolster pillows  . . . .  

  

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How did they get them to do that? 

 

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Flowers, embroidery, pin-tucks, ruffles, lace  . . .  oh my  . . . 

 

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Being able to wear layers without looking like the Micheline Man . . . 

 

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Shadow and light  . . . 

 

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Please sir  . . . . 

 

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Figurines  . . . . 

 

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Chandeliers in diverse places.  How very unsual . . . 

And those are my favourite things for today.  

Mitzie is all groomed and buffed and puffed and feeling a lot more comfortable.  The Groomer seemed really nice and it was just nice not to have to travel miles and  miles to get Mitzie done.  We are beginning to question why we are paying so much each month to have the car on the road, while we are not using it, or even if we need to keep a car in the long run  . . .  So much money and for what?   Something to think about  . . .  

A thought to carry with you  . . . 

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 *The purpose of life is not to be happy.

It is to be useful, to be honorable,

to be compassionate,

to have it make some difference

that you have lived and lived well.

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Joy is the natural by-product of a life well lived . . . 

  

In The English Kitchen today  . . .  Cheesy Tuna Skillet Pasta. Like a tuna casserole but all done in one pan on top of the stove. Less washing up, no heating up the kitchen, delicious!  

Have a great Thursday.  I have heard we are in for oodles of rain.  We shall see.  So far it is dry.

Don't forget! 

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And I do too!