Thursday, January 31, 2013

Unsorted Socks, Where Are You Friday, And Other Randomness(~Is that even a word?)


Do you like matching socks? I do not. And there is a nice big basket full of them in the laundry room. I am determined to enlist Miss Posy's aid and get to the bottom of the basket by this evening......I've been determined to do this all week.......maybe this time I will be successful.


She and I did manage to get almost all the other laundry folded this morning though! Happiness!



Even if I forgot all about my tea until it was cold.:(


What a week. Colds and sore throats. Gloomy, rainy, sink-full-of-dirty-dishes-from-the-night-before kind of mornings. (Friday, where are you????!!!!) Last night I did manage to get the dishes done, and this morning we woke up to a light dusting of snow ~so things are looking up again......even though it is very cold.



We've been bundling up in sweaters. The one above is a favorite of mine. I love the over-sized buttons. (Had to button it up top because I spilled tea on my shirt this morning and didn't have a chance to change......hope I can get the stain out, as it's one of my favorite shirts!) 


It is the feast of St. John Bosco today, and somehow I managed to make cookies in his honor. Used my cookie press for the very first time, and chose this pattern because I thought it would be a great way to commemorate the "three R's" of the Salesian method: Reason, Religion, and Kindness. It also makes me think of three juggling balls.......and St. John Bosco, if I remember correctly, had a bit of a reputation as a juggler:) We plan to enjoy some with tea. Lots of tea.

Hope you have a happy feast day!

Monday, January 28, 2013

On the Saints...



"In reality, though the saints were of all people always the most sensible, their lives inevitably breathe the fascination of the finest romance.



Whatever their position in life, invariably they understood the language of the soul's best aspirations, and they set out upon their quest of the true and the beautiful like veritable knights and great ladies.



In their wanderings they leave always a trail of mystic glory which weaves into golden threads all the commonplace of their daily existence."


~ +William Cardinal O'Connell
in Saint Gabriel, Passionist

Friday, January 25, 2013

Big Brother Blue(s)....


He loves to hold Little Lady. And crinkles up his face in that cute little way when she starts to cry. Time for mommy to take her back......:)

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Frost Picture.....


Can you see him?
 The bearded man on the other side of those icy rocks?
 See the steam floating over his left shoulder, and up into the frosty sky? Miss Posy and I believe it came from a huge pot of stew he was taking to some unfortunate peasants who live beyond the village.... 


You see the village behind him, right? 
A few roof tops and the church spire are just peeking over the hill.

We discovered all this etched in the frosty windowpane yesterday morning. And I am glad I took the pictures when I did, for when I went to look at it again about a half an hour later, the bright morning sun had melted it all away....


Monday, January 21, 2013

Miss Posy's Knitting



We bought her a French Knitting mushroom for her birthday, and she loves it! Currently, she is in the process of making a hat for Little Lady.......or so she claims. We'll have to see how that works out....;)

Friday, January 18, 2013