evening with dear ones

from 3.27.10

little person

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We're listening to audio of The Wind in the Willows this morning and waiting for the sun to warm up the outdoors just a little bit more so we can go out for a bit. Greta is "cooking" and trying on different sweaters and hats and pairs of shoes and drawing. ~'::

a clean silverware drawer

evening

around my home:
pizza crust, hook-work
delicious reading, oatmeal

happiest of tablecloths

New this morning from wally...such loveliness. Spill-proof too. :)

And my blue and green and yellow candles.

Spring colors and twinkling flames for March weeks of thawing and fog and rain.

(I can upload pictures from the couch with our laptop now... isn't that fun?)

spices

My beans were delicious this noon. ~'*

::'~ 2 years old ~'::

We're so thankful for our girl!

Afternoon birthday tea
with Mimi and Pa, Livi and Ben
and Auntie's pumpkin muffins
::Reading her new story, Miss Rumphius, with Pa and wearing her birthday dress::

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Chocolate bundt cake with the fluffiest pink buttercream frosting you ever saw and sprinkles.

~':: Also, her first ever pearly toenails. Sparkle toes. So thrilling!

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Daddy Caleb grilled chicken for supper with Grandpa and Grandma, Ana, Leah and Ethan.

This morning Greta is sporting her lovely new flowery umbrella and galoshes. I sang a bit of "Singing in the Rain" for her, and now she goes around the house dancing with her umbrella and singing her translation of it, "In a rain is a song, in a rain is a song!" Today is appropriately rainy, though we are not actually out in it. :)

winter days' occupation

Using extra energy on these house-bound days to make something lovely out of my crochet thread collection. I have been having great relaxed fun making each doily up as I go and not bothering with patterns. They'll need to be blocked yet, but are making me happy. Old fashioned and simple.

Saturday night veggie pizza ~'::

...and a movie, with siblings over :)

For My Sinful Coldness, Too

"The bitterness of death to Him is the very fountain of the sweetness of life to us."

In case you don't already go there, here is a link to Rebecca Writes' post of a March 3rd devotional from the book Opened Treasureswritten by Frances Ridley Havergal. It is beautiful!
I think of Frances as your friend, Livi, since you've read her biography. I don't know much about her, but I would like to.

Rebecca also wrote a brief biographical sketch of Frances' life for us in this recent post, "The Other Fanny". Enjoy.

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Little girl curls up in the orange chair before supper to watch Daddy play his guitar.
"Daddy, blenkeet!", she says. She wants to be all covered up and cozy.

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My morning buddy in her pink stripey dress and her ever-changing zip-it-up sweater on top. Knitting a soft blue kerchief to keep Rosie's head warm during the Spring walks that I am looking forward to in a couple of months. Love these bamboo needles.

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Livi Grace~ don't forget this yummy, easy recipe! It will be dinner at my house today. :)

:: inspiration for winter days ::

::'~ Greta and I got to listen to a sermon by Martyn Lloyd-Jones yesterday on audio while we did laundry. You can listen to this sample sermon, "Mind, Heart, and Will", for free online at the Martyn Lloyd-Jones Recordings Trust. I would love to hear more of these!
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::'~ I was thoroughly inspired this morning by Rae's post about cooking Rajma. I can't wait to try it. It's exactly the sort of cooking that makes sense to me and can just flow naturally from your person once you understand, as she says, the players...how the ingredients fit together in the dance of your recipe. I know what to put on my grocery list for this week now! I am so blessed to be married to a guy that loves to have flavor in his food...garlic and chiles and ginger and curry. He could so easily hate garlic and only want potatoes, but as it is we can have fun trying new things together. I am looking forward to each of Rae's food posts to come.