Personal Rituals

It's beginning to look as if the season to dust off my Miss Read book collection is here. I love these books! They take place in 1950s/60s Cotswold, England, and center around an old maid school teacher and the quirky villagers who make up her world. Aaah... one day I will actually visit my beloved Cotswolds but in the mean time, I will continue to read and re-read these cozy stories and dream. For some reason I have certain books that have to be read at specific times of the year. For instance, Agatha Christie, James Herriot, and M.C Beaton's Hamish MacBeth series are definite reads in the winter with a fire going and a homemade quilt tucked 'round. Jan Karon and Karen White books are just sooo southern they have to wait for the lazy summer afternoons on the front porch. I call it my "personal ritual,"the little something that I look forward to that makes me happy. It is just for me and the anticipation of it is oh so fun!  I think everyone has them. They are little things, usually very simple, and are good for the soul.

Unfinished Projects

The weatherman is calling for a 25 degree drop in temperatures this Friday! Could this possibly be the start of fall for us? Probably just a little teaser. Whatever the case just the suggestion of autumn weather gives me a much needed jolt to finish those projects I started in summer and sluggishly put aside. For starters I thought I would bind these quilts so we can use them to snuggle under. Not a very good picture. I seem to be on a learning curve these days. Trying to figure out blogging without my children's help at the same time getting acquainted with a new camera that seems to have the ability to do just about everything but cook dinner.

As much as I am looking forward to a nice long break from the sweltering heat there is a part of me that will miss the last remaining beauty of summer here in the south.  My garden will be sorely missed especially the Moonflower which never ceases to amaze me. Every evening it opens up to brighten the pitch black of night. Their fragrance is an association with childhood summers visiting relatives in the Indiana country. Even the hummingbirds can't seem to get enough as they hover to drink in the last bit of sweet nectar. 

Blessings

Rainy Days

Today was a dreary, rainy day. The kind of day that puts me in the mood for fall. So as a little teaser I did
 one of my favorite things, I put on a pot of tea, pulled my knitting out, and watched a classic British film. The movie I chose is titled Brief Encounter starring Trevor Howard. They don't make movies like this today. It honors marriage and fidelity. I've watched it many times over the years and it always makes me long for the days when movies exhibited people with true character.  Remember when the leading man had principles and put his lover above his own desires? I know those days don't exist anymore, but who says we can't bring them back?



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