Enjoying Our Back Yard

We sure enjoy watching

the deer in our

back yard

The does have bought

their fawns to our yard

every year since we've moved here.

 Momma teaching her

babies what to eat

 and this is why

we have a fenced in garden

 they can have all the clover they

want that is hidden in the grass

 but we're eating lettuce

and spinach and peas and

carrots and beets

and swiss chard

and ...

Blessings Surround Me

I got up early this morning and as I walked from room to room, I caught myself smiling.  I realized it's the little things in life that make me smile on a daily basis.


I started the day off by baking a rhubarb custard pie with steusel topping. I was pulling it out of the oven just before 8:00 a.m.  Now mind you, that is quite ambitious for the likes of me.

I spotted a deer right out the kitchen window.

I love my collections of glass bottles and cookbooks.

I adore this little teapot my Aunt Gerry snuck into my suitcase when we last visited her, just because she knew I loved it so.

And as you know from prior postings, we like wine. So I displayed a wine bottle surrounded by an ivy draping from a birchbark basket, setting alongside a grape motif plate box.

I recognize my blessings, large and small and will never take them for granted.

Here's Looking at You!

A couple of days ago I posted pictures of moose looking in at me from when we lived in Alaska. These pictures were taken that same day from my dining room window here in Michigan.

 

I just love everything about nature!!