Use a Handkerchief

As a small child, if one or my siblings or myself would get all snotty and congested we would hear Mom yell "use a handkerchief !", from the other side of the house, room or whatever, even before that sleeve could be thought of.  Now days it's a tissue and the days of always having a pretty hanky are gone, except for one of my dear friends.  She collects  pretty hankys from the past. Beautiful, colorful, sometimes white, sometimes lacy handkerchiefs.  She has so many stored in those wonderful drawers that scrapbookers use for their papers, that the stack is as high as I am tall. We put a few to use in her kitchen window.

A quiet place

Our lives are so busy these days and we all forget to slow down and enjoy the simple things around us. For instance, I was running a quick errand to the post office and what would I see on the sidewalk, but a lone petunia growing between the cracks. I deffinately cheered up!

Those little things and quiet moments are so wonderful and we should all have a place where we can go to enjoy the peace of listening to our favorite music, read a good book, or just enjoy the quiet.




I found this wonderful old bed at an auction and placed it in front of a window. Just great for watching an afternoon rain or a quiet snowfall. Maybe listening to the spring birds. Ah, I have a good book I have been dying to read....