Nature Walk

new page in Simple Journaling notebook

One More April Day

And it was perfect!

Oreo enjoying the backyard

Robins chose the gutter pipe once again.

Lots of green everywhere

A Walk Outside

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividing My Time

Mild April days have enticed me to go outside and see what's beginning to grow. It will be a few more weeks before perennials start showing off.  Right now a few weeds and too many leaves are in my flowerbeds.

 

 

 

 

 

While inside I have been going through stuff from years ago like scrapbooks, cards, etc. I am earnestly trying to reduce sentimental material, but am finding it very difficult. One bright spot about being a packrat. Sometimes you run across something you had completely forgotten about and are rewarded with a bit of information. For a long time I have wondered about the cost of my 1971 wedding dress. There in an old scrapbook that's falling apart and has crumbling pages was a store receipt from B. Lowensteins  and Brothers of Memphis, TN. Mystery solved. 

 

   

       

 

 

Hopefully one of these days I will have the nerve to toss a lot of stuff from the past. For now I'm taking it slow and making a little bit of progress. 

 

 

 

 

The Coin

Sara Teasdale

 

Into my heart's treasury

I slipped a coin

That time cannot take

Nor a thief purloin,-

Oh, better than the minting

Of a gold-crowned king

Is the safe-kept memory

Of a lovely thing.

                                                          

This and That

Last night I lit a small votive. I had forgotten how much glow and peace one candle can provide.

one view from the backyard

natural browns and golds

toadstools clinging to a stump

Remember this recent purchase...the recipe stand

I cut this quote from October 2009 Country Living, pasted it onto some background paper(again a magazine clipping), and placed it on that stand which is now on a small candlestick table that's between the couch and recliner.




I really like the way it looks.

Taking a Moment

Sometimes I forget to pause and see what is right before my eyes. Just outside my own backdoor is a world of beauty. No need for a sweater today, but there is a definite nip in the air. Enjoy your Saturday wherever you are.