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Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Monday, December 30, 2019

~ Scraps ~

Good Morning Friends & Folk ~
... are you ready for a clean slate? 

~ tomorrow is New Year's Eve.
... have you been thinking about the past year 
and what you would like to change for yourself in the upcoming new one?

I will be changing many things:

The way I react to things not under my control ~
 letting the Universe instead work on my behalf 
and always trusting that it knows me well enough to take the best care of me.

How I perceive my surroundings... 
how when something may look right to my eyes, 
but shows very differently to my heart & soul.

Who and what just doesn't fit in my wheelhouse any longer ~ 
that may sound harsh, but we all have our very own memories 
of events and of people ~ some that we will cherish,
 and some that just need to be let go for the betterment of all.

and It's ok to feel that way ~
 for the health of our minds, bodies, spirits and souls.



2020.
two thousand and twenty.
twenty-twenty.

it's a good number me thinks!
it's rounded out and sturdy ~ equal and balanced.



I will take all of the leftover scraps of 2019
and make something beautiful from them!!

~ scraps from both the good and the
bad things that have occurred this past year.



 I will imbue new life into them,
I will add hope, light & love 
...and forgiveness.




most of my scraps will be mended and stitched together tightly with love ~
... while others will be discarded ~ 
but thanked first for their use and the lessons I have gleaned from them.

~ some scraps will even become the stuffing for new projects! ~
filling my new year with fondness and healthy reflection.


 threadbare.
tattered.
frayed.
worthy and beautiful still....


I'm binding last year's scraps together with resilience ~
the strength of love from family and friends will never be torn or ripped apart.

~ forgiving the weaker portions of last year's seams
 and repairing what can be salvaged
but knowing what cannot be repaired will be simply left to fade away.




sturdy.
clean.
fresh.
new...


I'll add new scraps to my basket in 2020 ~ 
... filling it once again with colors and textures of my life.

always remembering that each tiny remnant 
was in my life for a purpose or greater truth...
and that lesson itself will bring me so much more peace than last year.


may the New Year for you
be filled to overflowing
with love,
 light 
prosperity
good health
positivity
 



~ and those who love you the very most.


Blessings from the Farm
 ~ Lori

Thursday, December 26, 2019

~ The Day After Christmas ~


Hello
friends & folk!

an early evening post for you today...
a quiet, peaceful posting
after the hustle-bustle has gone away for another year ~

our little family enjoyed Shepherd's Pie for a comfort-food dinner, 
 ~ then watched old movies and classic Christmas comedies too!



Our temps here in this part of Virginia are mild ...
...  really mild ~ 60's and bright sunshine today ~

I cleaned the bathrooms, hung the laundry in the fresh breeze outside to dry
and even began my yearly purge of my sewing room ~
all with these old wavy glass windows open to let in the clean air.



I even undecorated a bit,
packing away the more 'Christmas-y' things,
and leaving more of my 'Winter-y' things out...




Every year, I force a white hyacinth bulb on my kitchen windowsill ~
the promise of longer days with every morning's sunrise!  




this window overlooks out onto the back woods behind our beloved farmhouse ~
the woods are deep and the trickling of the creek can be heard after a heavy rain.

our deer and bird friends usually visit us here
and I love watching them while washing the supper dishes ~
 

Now that the house is quiet again, 
{seems too quiet now that the kids and our grand-pups have gone}
I'll take advantage of the stillness...

~ then I will make a simple supper and sit down to stitch.
 

Blessings from the Farm
 ~ Lori

Sunday, April 01, 2018

~ Happy Easter to you! ~


the ham is in the oven,
sweet-rolls are rising ~
and the pies are cooling.

six beloved dogs running around together,
a walk in our quiet woods after supper, then a bit of rug hooking awaits.

 my small family is together here in our old farmhouse...
a perfect way to spend a beautiful holiday!



Happy Easter Wishes to you all!
Blessings from the Farm
 ~ Lori

Friday, October 20, 2017

~ Friday Musings ~


Hello Friends & Folk!

a quick posting to say:
our little needlework shop here at the farm will be 
CLOSED 
tomorrow, Saturday October 21st through Saturday November 4th 

 Miss Joan & I 
are heading up North to visit with family for the week.



but worry not, 
we will be bringing along LOTS of our stitching with us 
to work on finished goods for upcoming shows!

I'll be posting on FB & IG mostly this coming week, 
and will post again here with photos of our adventures
upon our return ~

**PLEASE NOTE**
our ETSY shop is always OPEN, but any orders placed after Sunday October 22nd
 will not ship until after my return ~

Thank you kindly!!

Blessings from the Farm
 ~ Lori

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Oh Iggy....

This has to be thee most entertaining cat that has ever owned us...
Never a dull moment when The Igmeister is around.


"O Sole Mia..."


seriously, some of his poses just crack us up!!


...and S-T-R-E-T-C-H...

even his catnaps tickle us ~

"what're you lookin' at??


as you can tell, Peter's chair is his favorite spot...the pillow & the quilt are there to keep his fur off the chair, but me thinks HE thinks it's there for his comfort alone.


Where' the remote? Animal Planet is coming on....


life would be a boring without him, for sure...

and you can tell by the look on his face that he just tolerates me...



he is never far from the AC, or his food bowl.
...we love your antics Iggy!!
Blessings from the farm,
Lori

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Our Graduate ~

Hannah Elizabeth Brechlin
Nelson County High School ~ Class of 2012
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hurray!!!!

she's 4th from the right with the letters VCU on her cap.
                                                                                                               


I couldn't decided which was brighter, the morning sunshine, that smile or her future ~




...an exciting moment for all of us!!!








Hannah & Natalie




Morgan, Hannah & Skyler

 



Let's Eat Cake!!!!!





Shane, Natalie, Hannah & Skyler...
ready for college :)




we are so very proud of you Hannah ~
Thank you for being such a wonderful daughter & friend...
We know that you will be a bright light in the lives of all you help in your future of
Social Work ~
our world needs more caring people like you...

We LOVE you so much!!!


Blessings from the Farm!
Lori