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Longing for a quieter life this former SoCal gal left it all behind for a rediscovered one along the Oregon coast.
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Monthly Archives: February 2018
Chasing Spring
“Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen”~Sukhraj Dhillon 🌸🌼🌺 Hello! I hope you are well. I don’t know about you… however this time of year it’s inevitable for me to catch the Spring bug. always have (it’s highly contagious) For me it’s exciting to see things coming up again plants that you have had for a while… it’s like seeing an old friend…you rejoice! and… depending just how hard the bug has hit it’s not uncommon (for me) to make several visits to the nursery to cure this Spring fever (of mine) This year I caught the bug a little earlier and more than usual. 🌼🌺🌸 a teeny tiny bit more… As a matter of fact (just between you and I) there have been several trips 🚗 to … Continue reading
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Eat, Pray, Love & Peter Rabbit
“It is impossible to live pleasurably without living wisely, well, and justly, and impossible to live wisely, well, and justly without living pleasurably.” ~Epicurus 💕 Hello, I hope you are doing well. It’s late Thursday evening and I’ve just returned from out of town where Joe and I enjoyed a belated celebratory Valentine’s Day. I’m now scrambling to finish writing this week’s post so I can meet my publishing deadline.😉 wow… what a week! Let me try to explain… I suppose it all began when Joe and I went to the movies and saw Peter Rabbit. A delightful movie experience on many levels. There were quite a few children in the theatre and I experienced a deep joy hearing their heartfilled laughter. The movie’s scenery was beautiful and now thinking about it I must one day visit Sydney Australia where … Continue reading
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The Tea Party
”Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom” Marcel Proust Bonjour! It’s been decades since I first learned that Valentine’s Day was a chance to express love and affection to those near and dear to me. As an adult it’s been a wonderful occasion to shower friends with my favorite gesture of kindness …A Valentine’s Day Tea. This past week I colored my sweet cottage with the colors of love… red, pink and white. sprinkling candy hearts around the cottage table… and scattering them generously with love💕 enjoying a teatime conversation embracing the theme of friendship… and creating an environment which encourages each other… … Continue reading
A Sweet New Month
“Life is a journey and LOVE makes that journey worth while.” ~anonymous 💕Happy February, Sweet Friend!💕 Let me share my romantic little dresser with you. remember the one that returned home with me last week… read more I’m happy that it fits into a small corner in the cottage bath. Last months efforts of evaluating what I no longer needed, loved, felt was beautiful or had simply outgrown, has paid off with my feeling much more organized. Clearing out those items that cluttered the space around me believing that this year is a continuous “work in progress”… change will be the sweetest and most exciting way to express myself. In the words of Mother Teresa, who said she didn’t do great things but little things … Continue reading