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.   

 

 

 

I love these bracelets by Willow Road on Etsy.  She spells out words in morse code with coloured beads and sterling silver beads on bracelets and necklaces. My father was a ham radio enthusiast when we were growing up. We fell asleep many nights to the sound of morse code. Earlier this year I had Debbie do me a bracelet in black and silver for my sister with the word "courage" on it. These past few years have not been very good for her and if anyone needed courage it was she. Life just gets so darn hard at times. Anyways, I ordered it. It came here, and then Covid happened, so it sat here and sat here and sat here, and then I posted it to her the end of June, hoping it might be there for her birthday in early July. Nope. It never got there and it never got there . . .  finally yesterday it did and I was so relieved!  I had given it up for being lost in the post! I was so happy that she finally got it. Sending love to my favourite people is one of my favourite things. I maybe need to get myself one of these. I could use a little courage also I think. Love you sis! 

 

  

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Frozen Berries, especially strawberries. I use them to make strawberry smoothies, and I adore strawberry smoothies!  A handful of frozen berries, a quarter of a banana (to give it a creaminess) and some skim milk, or a benecol cholesterol lowering drink and I am in strawberry smoothie heaven!

 

I am in love with this wee painting Monique sent me for my birthday! I am one of her biggest fans!  I think her art is amazing. I just happened to have a little silver frame that I had picked up once upon a time and it fits inside it perfectly.THANK YOU Monique for sending me one of my favourite things, YOUR art!  Yay! I feel special! 

Fresh Croissants and I have some in the oven right now.  These are Apricot filled croissants from Cornetti.  I buy them frozen with my grocery order. Not all the time, but some of the time. They are gorgeous and a great way to kick off my birthday! 

  

 

Emma Bridgewater mugs  . . .  my ex boss had a whole drawer full of them . . .  I have only a few. If you buy seconds they are a whole lot cheaper.  They may have tiny flaws, but you have to look really hard to find them. 

 

I've slowly been building up my props for food photos.  Not that my photos are that great, but, you know.  I adore these cups and plates I got recently from a Scandanavian kitchen shop.  

 

I also got these little cupcake cups. These were my Birthday Presents.  The cups/plates/cupcake cups.  Yes, I did get them early.   

  

I am in love with this cute little robin mug. Hogben Pottery.  On my wish list.  I do like pretty little things. 

 

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Crazy Quilts  . . . 

  

Printed Glassware . . .  you know, glasses with pretty pictures printed on them. Adore.  

  

Right now I am super-missing this. Its corn season back home. What I wouldn't give for a nice hot cob of peaches and cream, slathered in butter! Its been 20 years since I have eaten good corn on the cob! 

 

I don't know whose it is, but I am in love with this barn. I love barns. I always wanted to wander around the countryside taking photos of barns. Never did but that doesn't stop me from loving them and appreciating them. When we were driving through New Hampshire once upon a time, I noticed a lot of the barns were attached to the houses!  Cool beans!  

  

These toadstool books by Chicago Artist Melissa J Craig.  I love them! 

 

Laying in bed while the thunder rolls and lightening flashes across the skies. We had a spectacular one last night. Kept the night skies lit up for quite a time. It was sticky hot in bed though.  Blah  . . .  that I am not a huge fan of.  Its going to get up to 27 today . . . yesterday it was 31, so a bit cooler. Tomorrow it is expected to be a bit cooler still. Yay!  I am so not a fan of heat and humidity!  

 

Pasta Salads. This is one I made yesterday for that other site I write recipes for. Its a Mediterranean one and it was so yummy. Filled with lots of fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, etc. with a punchy lemon oregano vinaigrette and sprinkled with feta cheese. Even Todd enjoyed this. We had it with cold leftover roast chicken. 

  

I am a huge fan of the Continental Breakfast  . . . I would choose it over bacon and eggs any day. 

 

Petticoats  . . .  love them  . . . 

  

The needlefelted mice of MillaKnitt.  They're so cute and so tiny! 

 

Stone houses  . . .  there's a house right at the bottom of Bridge Street back home, at the top of the hill just before you turn onto highway 10 that is a stone house. I have loved it for years and years. If I won the lottery I would try to make them an offer they couldn't refuse. 

 

A well planned Vegetable Garden. If I won the lottery I would have one of those and a gardener to take care of it, lol. 

  

Waterways and Canals.  This is Bruges in Belgium.  I love watching television shows where people go on canal boat holidays. Prunella Scales and her husband have done quite a few. Tres interesting! 

 

Buttercups  . . . 

And those are my favourite things for August 13, 2020.   

A thought to carry with you  . . . 

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 *When thinking about life remember this:

No amount of guilt can change the past,

and no amount of anxiety can

change the future . . . •。★★ 。* 。 

 

In The English Kitchen today  . . .  Triple Berry Muffins.  Downsized to make only 9. I can't imagine what I would do with the 18 the full recipe made! 

Have a great Thursday! I hope its filled with some of your favourite people and things.  Whatever you get up to, don't forget! 

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And I do too!