What Are You Doing Today?

Good afternoon blogger friends! Well, yesterday our governor put stricter limits on our staying home. I think it's the wisest thing for now. Since Jim and I are retired, our life hasn't changed a great deal. We are being careful and have so much to do around the house anyway. I am still selling on my Etsy site and packaging items always takes time. I enjoy it and it is a bit of spending money for dolly things.

I love to write letters. This extra time at home has motivated me to write to friends. With FB and emails, I have gotten away from snail mail. This little fabric folder was a birthday gift from my friend last December. It is handmade out of the cutest fabric. I think it may have been a towel. She tucked in some sweet notecards.

She even found stamps that match the notecards. What a great time to use them!

I think I have done more cooking at home than I have in awhile. We do eat out a fair amount. It's actually been fun to try out some new recipes as well as some of my family favorites. I made a big pot of spaghetti (gravy or sauce to the Italians). I use low sodium tomatoes and sauce now along with ground turkey for my health.

It was yummy and we have enough for leftovers.

I think it's important to be somewhat normal about things. We eat at the table without the news and just have time to talk together. It just feels better.

Jimmy's spaghetti. We had a nice fresh green salad too. I enjoy each fresh item and wonder if Jim will be able to go to the store for more? Different times for sure.

I'm not sure you can see the rainbow in the sky. It just seemed like a bit of hope today.
I hope you are doing well and can find some happiness today. 

Welcome!

Welcome to our little home! I can't believe we moved in 37 years ago this month. When you arrive, you will be greeted by these fun fall items with lots of fall colors. Our leaves are just now starting to turn so I had to help Mother Nature along. I enjoy decorating outside too. Walk around with me and enjoy the tour.

As I posted my photos, I realized how many things will greet you with WELCOME! It's a fine word, isn't it? Perfect for fall and the time when we go back inside and enjoy our visitors with a cozy fire in the woodstove and maybe a cup of warm apple cider. Come on over and we'll sit and chat. I had a dear friend named Pat who used to say "Sit and chat with old Aunt Pat". I miss her and think of her often.
Have a great weekend. We will be babysitting little Otto tonight. I need to get my Etsy orders packed and shipped before the day is over~another busy beautiful fall day. I thank God for my many blessings.

Teacup Thursday # 59 and Off to the Deschutes!

Yes, another busy week! Jim and I are going over to the Deschutes River for a few days and we are so excited. We haven't been over to the Oasis for quite awhile. We get to stay in our favorite cabin...cabin #5. I've been thinking of our friends that we are going to get to see and spend time with this weekend.
Our friends Mark and Marni own and run the resort. We're excited to see their boys, Zane and Eli and their new bunny.

I had to work really hard on my Etsy so that I could slip away for awhile. Later this year I hope to have my cottage all set up as my studio and a good place to run my Etsy business but for now, I just have to organize my items so I can easily find my merchandise when it sells.

And once again it's time for Teacup Thursday! As I'm short on time, I thought I'd show off a little demitasse cup and saucer that a friend from the past gave me. It's so sweet and floral and I have always loved it.

I recently picked up this little tea book, just the right size for this sweet little cup and saucer. It's so cute.

I love this section and it's title..."My friends are my estates"....says a lot, right? I have a special rose that is blooming right now from another friend-Colette. She sent me a tiny slip of this rose and I babied it for two years in a coffee can. She rustles roses and collects them. It has been quite rainy today, so I had to snap this picture quicky! It's such a pretty color.

My roses are trying to bloom and the garden is filling it, despite the wet and chilly weather. I'm not sure where the sun has gone!

I found this sweet little cup earlier this spring at an estate sale. It's so delicate. Jim gifted me with this little bird a few years ago. He moves it all around and I never know when I'm going to find the sweet thing! Isn't this little "strawberry" pin keep darling too? It's made from an old linen.

Well, I need to get packing...the suitcases are waiting! Off for some fishing, friends and lots of fun. Have a great holiday weekend. Don't forget to remember your loved ones this Memorial Day weekend.

Music Makes Me Happy!

Yesterday I had to do a few errands and drop my Etsy packages off at the Post Office. I was just taking a break, wondering around the store a bit and I ended up in the music department.
I remembered that I wanted to buy a Simon and Garfunkel CD for my car so that I did!

I chose this one...wanting to get all the best of the oldies. Oh boy....turned the music up loud and drove back home on a beautiful 80 degree day as my mind drifted back to another time. Ahhhh....loved it.
So many memories along with great songs.
I've been so busy trying to post all my Etsy things that my poor blog has been a bit neglected. The retail in me just wants to get everything posted and keep those sales coming.