My favorite things . . .

 

 

A few of the things that make me smile, bring happiness and joy, and make my heart go pitter pat. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I say its worth a thousand smiles.

 

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Doesn't this just make your heart smile?

 

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This reminds me of the little iron bell I had on my shed back in the UK. I loved that bell with the little birds  . . . 

 

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Elbow patches  . . . 

 

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Stoneware mugs  . . . 

 

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Hydrangea  . . . 

 

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Now that's a well planned garden . . . 

 

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away  . . . 

 

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Foxes  . . .  toadstools  . . .  ferns  . . . 

 

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Red kettles  . . . 

 

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Chickens  . . . 

 

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Good books, toasty fires, comfy chairs  . . . 

 

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Straw hats, lacy dresses, and daisies  . . . 

 

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Stone circles  . . .  they fascinate me  . . . 

 

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Buttercups  . . .  did you play the "Do you like butter?" game when you were a child?

 

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Red gates, stone walls  . . . red geraniums . . . 

 

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I had this cup   . . . it was a favorite  . . . 

 

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Blue and white pottery  . . . 

 

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Cardinals  . . . . 

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Fresh linens  . . . . 

 

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Floral edging  . . . . 

 

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This  . . . . 

I can't help but smile.

 

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This curtain  . . . 

And those are my favorite things for this week.  I hope you also enjoyed them! 

I am a huge fan of crime programs, and crime dramas.  I started to watch a program on my Prime two days ago and I have not been able to get it out of my mind. Untold, The Murder of James Bulger.  True story, and I vaguely remember it happening at the time it happened.  It was in Liverpool in the UK. I would have been living in New Brunswick and my youngest son would have only been a bit older them Jamie. 

Have you ever started to watch something and then wish that you hadn't?  I wish I hadn't. It was a horrific, horrific crime. I  wasn't that far into it and I was blubbering, and I haven't been able to get it out of my mind. I did not finish it because what happened was far too horrible. My heart is too tender for things like this . . . I should have known better.

On a positive note I did enjoy my supper out with dad and his friends last night. I had the fish and chips and then a naughty bowl of ice cream for dessert.

A friend of ours died unexpectedly two days ago. I am still in shock over that. He was so vibrant and full of life. You just really never know when you are going to go . . . 

So I ordered the toaster.  Life is too short not to enjoy small pleasures . . . I'll take my other one to the Sally Ann.

A thought to carry with you . . . 

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*I heard a winter tree in song,

its leaves were birds, one hundred strong.

And all at once it ceased to sing,

for all its leaves had taken wing . . .

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In The English Kitchen today  . . .  Cindy's Peanut Butter Cookies (Small Batch).  I  baked my sister's peanut butter cookies yesterday and now I can't leave them alone. I am glad it was only a small batch! 

Have a beautiful day.  Whatever you get up to, don't forget! 

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And I do too!