{just for today...}

have a bloomin' marvellous day

{xox}

{my joys this week}

What I am loving about my week so far

some pretty new {old} books my daughter #1 found

my new 7 foot tall mirror

a sweet bunting my daughter #2 made me for my kitchen window

my cookie jar filled  to the brim with home-made ginger snaps made by daughter #3

thinking about tomorrow when I get to meet my sweet blogging friend Maaike

face to face for the very first time

my comfy worn out old flannel jammies......the first thing I put on when I get home from school even if it is only 4pm ....jammie love

happy it is almost the weekend and I am still healthy.......I have been dodging sick kids all week

xox

A family is a unit composed not only of children,

 but of men,

 women,

 an occasional animal

 and the common cold

{Ogden Nash.......a 20th century poet}

hope you are all staying healthy 

~life is beautiful ~

 some pretty delights to share today
a jar of lilacs.......... 

 a  sweet print I just ordered from

The Wheatfield

can't wait to hang it on my wall....so many pretties over there

go take a peek

happy dance

xox
hope to visit you all soon

life is a gift.......

those who wish to sing

always find a song

swedish proverb

just sharing some blissful images today

that were sent to me by a

sweet friend

thank you Francis
xox

{Joy around my wrist.....}

i know....i know.....

"Joy is not in things, it is in us"

but I tell you this bracelet I just bought

seems to be bringing me some today....

{please tell me that it's ok to find joy here so many more pretties

to be found at Nest Pretty Things}

{xox} Happy Monday

{Monday joys....}

joy = little meringues wearing candy cane stripes

Remember to light the candle of joy daily

and all the gloom will disappear

from your life
{D Khul}

joy = Bunnies by the Bay....giveaway winner is

sweet Francis visit her at **by surprise**

{#3 by random generator}

Congratulations

thank you Krys....your sweetness is so appreciated

xox

{sharing my joy}

{joy x 100}

I want to share my sweet joy with you all......

I feel so honored and bless to be associated with such

a lovely magazine

{you will find me on pages 110 thru 115}

I have an extra copy for one of you

just leave me a comment

I will pick a winner on Friday!

xox

{get your copy here}

{sweetness x 1000}

a new found love of mine

Fairyfolks

adorable needle felted treasures


i just had to order some...

these pretty little turquoise acorns
arrived on my doorstep last week





these felted stones are now on my wish list
sweetness x 1000

xox

may you find some JOY this weekend
my sweet friends
{remember...a joy that shared is a joy made double}

~

just a few more days to enter my giveaway here

{a cup of JOY...}

Joy

...a feeling of pleasure or delight

something causing such a feeling....a source of happiness

One really does not have to look far to find the

sweet simple joys of life...

~

"open your eyes and the whole world is full of God"

J. Brohm

~

some joys that were waiting for me yesterday....

~a daughter that believes in me

~discovering twinkling Christmas tree lights in a store window

~a red Starbucks cup filled with an earl grey latte

~my husband finishing the laundry without me asking

~a phone call from my Molly

~the bright red berries of my holly bush

~the last salted caramel in the box that someone left just for me

~the beauty of a single white horse in a field of gold and red

and

realizing
next weekend is the ....

Festive Nest

Christmas Sale in the Barn

...if you live close you will not want to miss this joyful event...

Angela and her team do an amazing job of

taking her sweet little barn and turning it into a magical wonderland

hope to see you there!

~

and don't forget to enter my giveaway

here

xox

{fill your JOY Bucket }

{wishing you BUCKETS FULL of JOY this weekend}

how am I filling my joy bucket this weekend?

..by making raspberry jam

..a visit to the Saturday Morning Farmer's Market

..taking long rides on my sweet blue bike

..Sunday Brunch with my sweetie's family
XOX

{sharing my joy}

~cookie joy~

Let a joy keep you.

Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.

{carl sandburg}
*

{this is what I did on the weekend}

pure cookie joy

{four days of gifts...day two}

{day two}

*
today's gift....joy

*

Memo

{note to self}

**Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to my life

{a sweet thought}

joy is what we are... not what we must get

{i.vanzant}