My Favorite Things . . .

 

These are some of the things in life that I enjoy and which make me happy, inspire me, or put a smile on my face. Maybe some of them are yours too.  Lets share! 

 

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Easy bread.  I have not made it in a long time now. Perhaps I need to make some soon.

 

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Wooden shutters.  You see loads of them in France.  The cottage we stayed in had them on the outside and the inside. You shut the inside ones at night. Made everything really cozy.

 

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A cozy dining nook. I love everything about this. It would be a lovely place to work as well, with the light and world just outside all those lovely windows.

 

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Good cookbooks  . . .  they don't have to have tons of photographs.  They just have to have good, uncomplicated, recipes.

 

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Little glass birds  . . . . any kind  . . . 

 

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A pretty skirt.  I used to wear skirts all the time, back when I had a waist. My favorite skirt of all time was one that my sister bought  me back in the 1980's.  It was red and white. I loved it.

 

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Studying the scriptures.  They always speak to me exactly where I am at, and show me exactly what I need to know.  At any given time.  An owner's manual for life.

 

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Hens and Chicks  . . .  love these  . . . Succulents . . .

 

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Open shelves, but you have to be incredibly organized to be able to cope with them.  Neat and tidy. That is not one of my strengths.

 

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Where do I start? Such a cozy outdoor space. Very pretty also  . . . 

 

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Robins   . . . harbingers of spring here in Canada. And yet I have not seen one this year.  What's up with that?  I guess just no robins in my area. My sister has lots.  The British ones are small and cute and reside there year round.

 

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This, this, this  . . .  I love, love, Love those bobble curtains!

 

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This . . .  and I bet this model still thinks she's fat.

 

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At the risk of repeating myself, I have said it many, many times. French milled soaps.  I got myself a beautiful bar a few weeks back. Milk scented. Its lovely.

 

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Pearls.  What an elegant piece of jewelry  . . . 

 

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Peonies  . . .  they smell so lovely  . . . 

 

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Pillows  . . .  especially when they have something to say  . . . 

 

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Fresh figs  . . .  so sweet  . . . 

 

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Good bread and plenty of butter. I could make a feast of it  . . . 

 

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Linen  . . . . so lovely  . . . 

And those are my favorite things for this week!  I hope some of them were yours also!

A thought to carry with you . . .

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Life is not complex.

We are complex. Life is simple,

and the simple thing is the right thing.

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In The English Kitchen today  . . .  Creamy Pasta Salad with Peas & Bacon.  Simple.  Really simple. And it will have all of the Italians on my EK FB page shouting the odds about how I am ruining pasta. lol Oh, they get so nasty.  Yesterday it was my Bolognese  sauce.  I am always doing things the wrong way and serving them improperly.  According to the Italians.  To me, the main criteria is taste. If it tastes good, count me in!

Oh what a morning I had yesterday. I was on the phone literally from about 9 am until past noon. Sorting out this carbon tax rebate thing.  And its still not sorted. Apparently I was supposed to "immigrate" back to Canada, just not return. I have all these forms to fill out, etc. I finally got to speak to someone by telephoning the "wrong" number, but it worked.  I waited in a queue for 45 minutes or so, they redirected me to the "right" number and I waited 45 minutes there, but then I needed to talk to someone else, and they redirected me to them, another 45 minute queue. No need to say more, I did this at least four or five times. I lost count.  I got there in the end.  And then they sent me back to the start because apparently I failed to cash a check back in 2021, and its messing up their books.  So I need to apply to have it reissued, but I have to remember all of these things about it in order to do so.  I have to think hard to remember what I had for supper last night, never mind remembering things from 23 years ago.  Oh  my  . . . dealing the Canadian Government  . . .  enough said. Never my favorite thing.

I hope you have a beautiful day.  Its dull here this morning and there are going to be showers all day long.  Whatever you get up to today, don't forget!

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And I do too!