…joy in the morning… {Day 33}

amyofhearthridge

Hello 👋 ~ it’s been awhile! Life got a bit life-y and I had to step away. I’m back, though, and excited by all the bits of loveliness and joy around me, if I really take the time to see.

Gratitude list..

~reading about the prophet Elijah the Tishbite, in 1 & 2 Kings~

~Irish Spring soap 🧼 smell, packaging saved for bookmarks~

~Elizabeth Foss book lists~

~ October loveliness over at Elizabeth’s Inkberry Hill Cottage ~

~fat, jolly pumpkins and gourds~

~twinkle lights, flick & flare of my alpine forest candle lit first thing~

~older kids watercolor class~

~ reading Sam Campbell’s nature memoir together, a new-to-us author that we are loving~

~ nature ramblings with local friends~

~ library hauls, especially picture books~

~cardigan, sweatshirt weather, hooded little people, stocking-capped big kids~

~ 5 yo’s new habit of putting hands in pockets, so cute~

~ trying to resurrect a writing practice, lost my way in media jungle, Neil Gaimen’s Instructions intrigues me and is inspiring~

~using my older son’s Bluetooth speaker~

~my Kindle, trying A Portrait of the Malefactress as a Young Women by Karilyn M. Van Brugge, currently~

~ Victorian literature, especially Sylvia’s Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell, just so cozy and rich in character~

~photography eyes, peeking around corners~

~shaking pumpkin spice into my ground coffee before brewing~

~kids and I journaling to Vivaldi, a child told me it helps them concentrate 🥹♥️~

~Christmas gift secrets beginning around the house~

~long talks with 17 yo on commute to church~

~watching a Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes episode on YouTube with that same son~

~dipping into Susan Branch’s Autumn 🍂 book~

~ ‘try a 100 pages’ rule working well to weed out reads that aren’t for me~

~1/2 hour of reading/quiet while waiting for violin lesson to finish~

~first frost on pumpkins~

~Tombow Fudenosuke pens, swoon~

~podcast episode with my favorite musician~

~bringing all my geraniums indoors~

~feeling of pizza dough as I knead it~

~YouTube/Instagram breaks~

~Michael Hague deep dive with younger kids~

How about you? What is reaching out to you? 🍁♥️

11 thoughts on “…joy in the morning… {Day 33}”

  1. Gorgeous gratitude list. ❤️
    Here’s a few of mine today
    – first rain of the season yesterday and today (it smells amazing – anywhere really – but especially in the desert)
    – picked out everyone’s outfits for the annual Family Christmas photo
    – really enjoying Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    – got some amazing deals at the library book sale last week
    -going shopping for new glasses today

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  2. Welcome back, Amy. I hope all is well with you and your lovely family. I love these posts – thank you for reminding me how wonderful everything is.

    I’ve spent the morning planning our school through Thanksgiving and whew! I’m hoping to finally work some Shakespeare in on Fridays. Taking your advice: reading Lamb’s version of Midsummer Night’s Dream for the first couple of Fridays, then planning a viewing on Amazon Prime for the next Friday, and then trying to tackle the actual play. Probably will create popsicle stick characters, etc. I get so caught up in doing MORE that I forget that we could probably spend the entire year on the same play and that’s perfectly acceptable and wonderful. And I want my kiddos to see the beauty and fun in our day to day, so taking our time and reveling in the process is only going to help that.

    Am also looking for more art appreciation to bring into our afternoons. Your last picture, with all of the art on the wall, is such an inspiration. Thank you ❤️

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    1. Hello! 👋 He’s just a naturalist! He and his wife go on nature adventures. 😁 All ages! We’ve only read half? of this one and all love it! 😍 He has a big back list! You can get them in newer editions. Unfortunately, the older ones are spendy 🤑 ~ isn’t that cover delicious? 😅♥️ It’s my local public library’s copy! 😍

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