Monday Ponderings {June 26th}

Grandma, Felix, and Mustapha Biscuit by Victor Ambrus ~ I love this, I hope this is me someday! 😄♥️🌿💗

Homemaking Inspiration from Emily of Deep Valley ~

After pumping a pail of fresh water, she went into get into dinner. She put potatoes to boil, fried pork chops and opened a jar of tomatoes she had canned the summer before. She laid a cloth on the dining room table and put on jelly, bread and butter, a pot of tea. They sat down and her grandfather said grace. Through the bow window in which his easy chair stood, they could see small crooked willows and the slough, still wet from the spring rains. Some Syrian boys had a homemade boat in the pond. ♥️🌿

Maud Hart Lovelace, p.33

💕Art Begets Art💕 Piece #3

Still Life with spring flowers by Tove Jansson

From the southeast came a steady summer wind that whispered sleepily around the house and on across the island. She could hear the weather report on the radio inside the house. A corner of sunshine edged across the windowsill.

Tove Jansson, The Summerbook, p.27

~Tove~

weird and wacky, yes

brightly thoughtful, I am seen

sun, moomins, and me

~ 🌲A. M. Pine🌲

What about you? Who’s art do you feel “seen” by? Tove’s combination of beautiful writing, bright painting, and whimsical illustration is a feast for me. ♥️💕🌿

🌿Wednesday Wonders🌿

The Golden Circle by Hal Borland, paintings by Anne Ophelia Dowden

There is wonder all around us…

Listening…my friend recently sang this song and sent me the music video. I’ve had it on loop. Thinking about my lasting influence. What truly will matter when I’m gone?

Reading‘Charlotte Mason and the Spirituality of Motherhood’ . Wow, lots of food for thought here.

Watching… lovely journaling inspiration here.

Noticing… little bits here there of life. Forget-Me-Nots ♥️♥️♥️ Little Free Libraries ♥️♥️♥️ Bare Feet on Warm Rocks ♥️♥️♥️ Little Bridges ♥️♥️♥️ Boys Sleeping in Sun-Soaked Hammocks ♥️♥️♥️ Tasha Tudor, Moomims, & New Thrifted Cookie Cutters ♥️♥️♥️

What are you listening to, reading, watching, & noticing? ♥️🥰🌿

Monday Ponderings {June 19th}

A king is not a king unless he reign; and a man is less than a man unless he will.

Charlotte Mason, Ourselves, Book 2, p. 140