Joy of Country Living

When I was working in an office in Houston I always dreaded Mondays.  If anything was going to go wrong – Monday was the day.  When we moved to the country I thought Mondays would be kinder to me.   All those difficult Mondays would be behind me.   I have learned that is not so.  Today was ‘one of those Mondays’.  Nothing really bad – one of the gold fish died,  I noticed the squirrels got the peaches over the weekend and I couldn’t find my copy of my Adobe program (spent the better part of the afternoon looking for it – that’s why this post is late).  None life-threatening – but still not fun-times.

So I decided to think positive and take pictures of  some of my favorite things in my house and talk about them.  Things that make me smile 

To the left is an old. oak embroidery cabinet I bought about 20 years ago and now use for a side table in the den.   I’ve  loaded it with all different colors of embroidery thread just for fun.      The cross is made of  beautiful   opalescent glass  in shades of purple, tan  and gold.  There is a space for a tea-candle behind it if you want to light it up or it is fun to lay in bed at night and see it glow in the dark.     

Dobby is a permanent house guest.   We found him at an estate auction in North Texas a few years back.  He is full-sized and  looks very realistic - just  like in the Harry Potter movie – Chamber of  Secrets.  While I am a Harry Potter fan  I must confess I have not read all of the books. 

I embroidered this sampler for my mom - Emilie  – many, many years ago and it now hangs in my breakfast room.  Mom kept it in her kitchen for as long as I can remember and now that she is gone it is a little bit of her I can keep with me and see every day.

I love flowers (can’t you tell?)  and this vase is one of my very top favorite things.  It has a crack along the top but  I don’t care.  I think I would have bought it even if the whole back side had been missing I like it so much.  It sits in the bedroom on top of the bookcase  –  and after David – it’s the first thing I see every morning . . . .  and sometimes it’s even first!