Saturday, March 30, 2013

A day in my life...

First thing in the morning—coffee in my favorite white cup; golden sunshine pouring in from all windows.



Folding napkins and kitchen linens...



And playing with pretty things...






Some days are good days, some are so-so days, and then there are those other days... well, let's just say that some days last longer than others... 
 
 
Yes, sometimes darkness descends, but outside there is sunshine, and my geraniums are in full bloom... 
 


Outside, the garden is already looking lovely, even when no single flower is yet to be seen...


Everything is blooming most slowly, but oh "if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night" (Rainer Maria Rilke)


Do animals gossip like human does?  I think that's exactly what these doves were doing...
 

Petals...
 

I found these cute flower cupcake picks at Michael's. I bought two packages - .99 each. You can also use these picks to decorate the top of your cakes as well. Can't wait to make some beautiful yumminess!


Most often, lunch consists of a tofu bowl with veggies.



In the afternoon I work in the garden and sometimes I sit... sit and watch how the sap on the grapevine runs and sparkle when touched by the sun...



And get transfixed watching at how this miracle unfolds, and spread out—life unfurling and twinkling in purity and goodness..


Then comes evening...



Litte lights are turned on, one by one...


The evening skies dazzle and enchant... I go inside and then after a while comes night.  And I wait for the night to bring forth a new morning, hope, the beginning of another beginning, life, trust, faith, love and a deeper closeness with my Creator...


What are your days like?  Do share!

Good night everyone!



Monday, March 25, 2013

Life in the roses

Before this cold front incarcerated us again, I was able to do a lot of cleaning in my garden... uncountable hours and days were spent there—cleaning, pruning, cutting... and the garden is already looking lovely; even when, except for the faithful irises, not a single flower is yet to be seen...
 
 
But oh every single tree and bush holds in their vegetal arms the wonderful promise of life... life bursting in greens and pink tiny buds of life...



And the sun... oh the sun is shinning strong; making little happy sparkly stars on new buds and young leaves. I am excited for what's to come, and I am dreaming with all the flowers and vines that will be blooming in the summer if all the seeds I have planted germinate... hundreds of seeds of every type of annual vines and some perennials too. My heart is bursting with anticipated joy. 
 
 
...and birds!  Birds are in love everywhere and the garden is their love nest.


They are telling each other all kinds of secrets... they don't even mind my presence being so close to them... love is indeed blind, I guess!


and everywhere there's the sound of lovers in love...


I cannot believe how my nails are still looking this decent after all that work in the garden.... love this color too—"Cloud", from Revlon.


We have some friends over for dinner the other evening... a made some potatoes soup and for dessert I had this yummy cake...


I used a light cream cheese frosting and added little chunks of apples for some extra goodness...... delicious...



Our friends stayed over for a good amount of time;
 
 
 until night descended and I had to light up some candles...


just a simple jar, two kinds of dried beans and a tea light.  So pretty!



Oh and I had to show you this... Have you been to Costco lately? They have the cutest cutest summer dresses for your little darlings... I just had to get this one!


Such yummy colors... turquoise and light purple... what a sweet sweet combination of colors... love it... Little Pebbles loved it too. She wore it yesterday and immediately started dancing around holding her skirt up with her darling chubby little hands, just as I have taught her to do whenever I wear my long flowy skirts... so cute...


Have a sunlight filled day, everyone...



Friday, March 22, 2013

Spring?

Fog last evening... and then, from further down the garden as dark approached, all that could be seen was the tall roofs of the neighboring houses, and above and beyond the insipid night miasma. 


Then this morning—snow. We woke up to a fine powering sugar dust of a snowy garden... Ah, it must have been those crazy March gods again! You see, they think my garden is a bundt cake, and often delight themselves in dusting it! 


That's it! They didn't get the memo those wild foolish gods... They forgot that this is the second day of spring already and snow is not allowed! ;)


Poor poor mermaid... Warm or cold waters?  I don't know exactly from what sea she had come from, as she appeared in my garden one day out of the blue, but I do hope she has the ability to unfreeze water...


I'm afraid of winter because I can't take the cold... it goes on forever collecting in the garden... oh and yes, that's some rat's nest on my hair alright... My husband took this pic early this morning and never noticed it or even mentioned that I had that huge matted ball of hair on the back of my head... only after seeing the pic at the end of the day I noticed it... is your man sorts of like that too? ;)

I am glad to hear it's already spring in your part of the world and I am glad you're finding happiness in your blooms candy pink garden. As for me, well, it will have to be just the garden of the mind's eye for a while... for some more days, or perhaps weeks anyway.  Does it happen to you too? There are times when March reminds me of my own life—the faith's wheel hesitate, it gets stuck in a rut in the road, the eager early blooming flowers of all that is good and edifying to the soul are surprised by late frosts. I can only see ice-edged daffodils hanging their heads in sheepish dismay. The bursts of my energy for work and inspirations get blocked too in the juddering teasing mood of March, and wilted like frost-bitten petals, bloomed-too-soon.



I wish I could be like those people who always always see the positive side of life...  my soul struggles sometimes as it desperate looks for the smallest light... the tiny flame of my sacred heart. Life is beautiful; yet terrifying; doesn't it.

It's such a joy blogging; being able to just say exactly what I want, and feel, without any remorse or inhibitions.... free from the heart... free in the spirit.  Thanks for being here.


Tuesday, March 19, 2013

For the love of home

March is such an unpredictable month... at least, that's how it is around here. I don't like March. March is a teaser. It promises you flowers and sunshine and warmth and balmy breezes one day... it let you believe for a while that the long winter days are over, but then the wheels turn back from one night to the next and you wake up again to frost clumps growing on my eyelashes and eyebrows; breath billowing white... And again, it is frozen creeks, and freezing cold river waters... but the worse of it all, oh the worse, it is always the wind; freezing howling winds—the holy language of March.   The March winds... as much as I try, my soul would not befriend them.

So... temperatures dropping, and super cool hazy mornings have brought me back inside again... what to do? Ah, cleaning, arranging, re-arranging furniture and things around; loving this flip flopping of furniture arrangements, and house playing time, of course...






Would I ever be perfectly happy with the way my rooms look? I am! For now at least... loving my new wallpapered room...



I took down the big mirror I had originally placed on this wall and hung up these instead... a cute little frame and a much larger frame... you can see more of the wallpaper now... love it





Oh my darlings, I cannot begin to tell you just how much I love being a housewife! "Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration" ~Charles Dickens