My Word!

 

Oh my word!
The genies out of the pot!
It is bubbling up in an explosion of Delight.
I am reminded that certain things are good for our health.
And this word should do the trick.
For 2014 my word will be:
Laugh
Something we should do everyday
and I know it is lacking in my days.
So I will have laughter in my life,
oh yes I will.

Tell me, have you picked a word?
Oh I would love to know.

Monday's Quotes

“Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations.
For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.”
 ~ Henry David Thoreau

Merry Christmas!

 

Oh, JOY!
Feet up sipping tea and playing with my little "D".

Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you.
Be back next Monday with thoughts for the new word for 2014.

Best Part of Christmas

The best part of Christmas is spending time with special people.
Steph of Steph's Cup of Tea and I had the opportunity yesterday
to take a pause in the busyness of holiday preparations to have tea.
What a lovely way to spend a couple hours right before Christmas
with a dear tea friend doing what we like to do, drink tea.
Oh there also was a quiche, savory hot pepper jelly tart,
cucumber sandwich, roast beef with cheese sandwich,
and a delicious chicken salad with almond sandwich,
plus scones, fresh fruit, and two sweet treats.
We sipped 2 pots of Yorkshire Gold tea with milk.
Here is the link to the tea shop:  http://teasme.net/ 

Are you taking time with special friends or family to just enjoy the season?
I hope so.

Happy Christmas Eve dear friends!

Monday's Quotes

 

Like Strands of Shining Tinsel

Like strands of shining tinsel,
Hope will ever weave
Through his sorrow, who remembers
Candles Christmas Eve.

His tongue will not grow bitter
Who learns in youth the glory
Of the old sweet Christmas carols
And the manger story.

Nor love and faith quite vanish
For one with memories
Of dreams come true on laden,
Star-tipped Christmas trees.

So fill the house with fragrance
Of cedar boughs, with laughter--
These are gifts a child heart
Will keep forever after.

~Edith Romig Fuller
Kitchen Sonnets

Tea Time

 

The packages are wrapped.
The baking done, well almost.
The house is shining with glitter and bows.
Time to put the feet up and sip.

Have you gotten to that point?
What is in your cup?
This morning it will be a spicy Dragonfly chai
with a cookie and mandarin orange.

Enjoy the weekend.
May there be moments of sipping,
a cookie or two,
and music to dance.

My Home

A peak into my home at Christmas.

 

And the stockings were hung.
The quilt is a very old family quilt, which is too fragile to use.

A vintage shop rounder, which normally holds
my collection of vintage children's clothes.

Click on the smaller photos to see a larger version.

Happy 2014 and Merry Christmas!