~ Simple Sunday Musings ~

 and a happy, rainy March Sunday to you all....

I hope you are all happy and healthy!

I have been enjoying the slowness and purposefulness 

that we have been having to deal with lately ~

rethinking the way we have to go about our everyday life and avoid contact with the masses.

I myself am a rather private person,

and have always preferred quiet moments to those more boisterous ones.

{although, my close friends will tell you that I do have fun in groups of like-minded kindred souls!}

Peter and I have been healing from the flu ~ and actually ventured out to the market and feed store yesterday to pick up a few needed items for the barn and farmhouse...

we were expecting the stores to be barren; the roads to be deserted ~

but they were not!

the market was open and fully stocked.

the feed store had everything our fur & feathered friends needed.

the roads were a bit lighter traffic-wise than usual, but still people were going bout their business,

albeit with care and genuine concern for their fellow neighbor.

wouldn't it be something....

if this health-scare could actually heal us more than hurt us?

perhaps heal our weary souls and bodies by allowing a little time for mindfullness

~ instead of selfishness? what if we stopped thinking about ourselves all the time and actually paid attention to the needs of family, friends and neighbors

 instead of being in some sort of opinionated competition with them?

that really would be something.

I'm limited right now as to how much I can physically do

while I heal from the flu....I'm weak, but chores still call and daily life goes on...

laundry to be done, floors to be swept, food to be prepared and animals to be cared for.

I do what I can do,

but then I have to rest....

so then I turn to my stitching and my iPad, 

specifically Pinterest for inspiration and beauty.

...here are a few favorite antique samplers I found today;

simple acts.   simple thoughts.   simple living.

hot tea. soups. a good scrub with soap and water. being in the moment.

genuine concern for all. be kinder than you have to. 

be kinder still.

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori