Traditional Feast of St. Vincent de Paul

"It is only by feeling your love that the poor will forgive you for the gifts of bread."

~St. Vincent de Paul

Miss Posy Plays the Trumpet

Quilting...

On Recreation

"Recreation is not being idle; it is easing the wearied part by change of occupation. To re-create strength, rest. To create mind, repose. To re-create cheerfulness, hope in God, or change the object of one's attention to some more elevated and worthy of thought."

~Simmons

Starting to Crawl....

Miss Posy in Polka~Dots.....

Finally got this apron ( I bought the kit several years ago!) made up for Miss Posy. The fabric was a bit thin, so I lined it with a beautiful matching pink linen that I just happened to have languishing in my stash. ~Love it when it works like that! She is thrilled, in case you can't tell from the pictures, and whenever we do dishes she runs to put it on.

Love my girl.

On Spiritual Life

"God does not want our spiritual life to be a constant stress, uneasy, foggy, stormy. He loves peace and joy and spiritual gaiety. We often offend other people without meaning to do so. But God knows us through and through and understands what we mean. We never offend Him unless we want to offend Him."

~Fr. Lasance

Emperor Moth



Miss Posy found it out by the shop, and we gently coaxed it into a jar so that we could observe it more closely.

So Amazing!



It even was obliging enough to allow me to take several pictures, after we released it.

What a find!

From Our Fourth of July....

 

We went to spend the day with my folks, where I admired mom's flowers...

while the kids and the men played golf on grandpa's "mini-golf course."

After which, we ate barbecued chicken, several sides, and lots of flag cake.

(Miss Posy helped me make and decorate it.)

Then there was a solemn reading of The Declaration of Independence and Patrick Henry's The War Inevitable.

And plenty of fireworks.

Such fun!

Hope you all had a happy Independence Day!