Wednesday, October 29, 2014

31 days of Beauty and Quotes Days 29-31

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 29.  I know I’ve missed a couple of days.  I have been having fun lately, doodling words and scriptures, so today’s post features a few of them.  You should try doodling sometime.  It is very relaxing..

                                                           GRACE, what a beautiful word.

                                                        I feel joyful just looking at this photo.
 I am in a ladies’ bible study and we are studying a great book called  Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow.  This morning as I was thinking about the lesson for this week, I began to doodle and this is what I ended up with.

I am going to count each of these photos as one day in my 31 days of beauty and quotes, so that means I’m done !! Phew!!
Rhondi xo

Sunday, October 26, 2014

31 Days of Quotes and Beauty Day 28

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 26.



I tried to find the original source for this photo, but couldn’t.   If it belongs to you please let me know so I can give you the credit.
                                                                   Rhondi xo

Friday, October 24, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 24

Welcome to 31 days of  beauty and quotes day 24.

Rhondi xo

Thursday, October 23, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 23

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 23.
 
       These 2 little children sit right under the lamp beside my chaise lounge and greet me every morning.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 22

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 22
These two prints were in my parent’s bedroom when I was growing up and I always loved them.  Now they are in our bedroom.  They aren’t valuable, and most of the time I hardly notice them. But as I was getting dressed today my eye glanced up and I saw their beauty.  What do you have in your home that you forget to notice its beauty?
Rhondi xo

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 21

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 21.

When I saw this saying I knew it was true. I grew up in a tea drinking household. Whenever there was a problem, my mother always put the kettle on for a cup of tea and it always seemed to make us feel better.  Many years ago, my dad died suddenly at the age of 59.  We were all in shock and someone put on the kettle to make some tea.  I can remember one of us saying, “This is the first time a cup of tea has not helped.”
Do you like tea?  There are several tea parties hosted on Tuesday so I’m joining a few today:
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Monday, October 20, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 20

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 20.

I love this photo and this bible verse.
What happened to days  18 and 19 you ask?  Well let me tell you. I am 3  days behind with my 31 day challenge :(
When  it comes to discipline, I am very bad so this 31 day challenge has been quite a challenge for me.
But on top of that I decided  to have a shopping fast for the month of October, buying only food or anything absolutely necessary for the whole month. If that weren’t enough discipline for one month, my friend and I decided we needed to lose some weight and are holding each other accountable. My goal is no snacking between meals and eating more healthy. Goodbye  nice comforting bowl of cereal before I go to bed!
What was I thinking trying all these at the same time!? Yikes!  So the shopping is going great and the eating is going well, but I am two days behind on my blog so I’ll just do a couple days in a row here to catch up.

                                                                     
                                                                       Day 19
Day 18  This is the first photo which isn’t my own. I borrowed this from Pinterest.
Phew, all caught up!!
Hope this is a great week for you.
Rhondi xo

Friday, October 17, 2014

Autumn Tea on the Deck and 31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 17

It is one of those perfect fall days.  The sun is shining.  There is a slight breeze. The sky is clear and the air is fresh. As I walked around my garden I snapped some photos.

                                       The leaves on our Japanese maple have started to turn red.
                                                  Leaves are beginning to cover everything.

When I walked out on the deck, our neighbor’s cat Ginger was enjoying herself watching for birds and lizards.  We don’t use our deck much in the summer because of the heat and mosquitoes, but days like today are perfect
Time for a little autumn tea. So I moved another chair over, gathered a couple of cushions and brought my tea outside


                                            Would you like to have some some autumn tea with me?


 If you look up, this is what you’ll see above us.
                                       If you look up, this is what you’ll see above us.

                                                                           and this
                                                                          and this..
Thanks for stopping by
Oops, almost forgot: 31 days of beauty and quotes day 17
                                                                           Happy weekend

                                                                              Rhondi xo

Thursday, October 16, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 16

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 16.

Our little granddaughter Sophie at our daughter’s beach wedding. So precious to watch her playing in the sand in her flower girl dress.

To see the other 31 day posts click here.
Rhondi xo

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 15

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 15


A beautiful leaf from one of our trees.

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Rhondi xo

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

31 Days Of Beauty and Quotes Day 14

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 14
This is Christopher, one of our grandsons, sitting in a field of bluebonnets in Texas, when he was just a little guy.
To see the other 31 days of beauty and quotes click here.
Rhondi xo

Monday, October 13, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 13

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 13
Did you ever read the Anne of Green Gables books?  They are delightful and so was the series they did for TV years ago.  Perhaps Anne was thinking of how the maple trees turn this beautiful shade of red.  This tree in our yard looks like it is on fire, it’s such a brilliant color!!  It’s too early for this color yet. I took this photo last year.

Rhondi xo

Sunday, October 12, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 12

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 12.



These flowers were growing in my neighbor’s garden.  Aren’t they beautiful?  I think they are called angel trumpet.

If you would like to see other posts in the 31 days of beauty and quotes series just click here.
Rhondi xo



Saturday, October 11, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 11

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 11.
I like to find stones that are heart shaped.  These are 3 I found.  They go great with this verse( which you can’t see too well!)
If you would like to see the other 31 days of beauty and quotes, click here.
Rhondi xo

Friday, October 10, 2014

31 Days Of Beauty and Quotes Day 10

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 10.  So glad you stopped by today.  How was your week?

What an encouraging thought!
If you’d like to see any of my other 31 days of beauty and quotes post just click here.
Hope you enjoy the weekend. 
Rhondi xo

Thursday, October 9, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 9

Welcome to 31 days of quotes and beauty day 9.  Did you see the lunar eclipse the other night? I missed it!
I am always noticing how beautiful the sky is.  This is a photo I took quite awhile ago and I love the clouds!
If you want to see the rest of the 31 days, click here.
Rhondi xo

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 8

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 8.  My friend Kathy , whose blog is Kathy’s Cottage, posted this on Instagram yesterday. I asked her if I could use it for day 8, since it was so pretty.  Visit Kathy’s Cottagewhen you have a chance.  She will make you feel welcome and there is lots of inspiration there.

Such good advice.  Happiness is a decision I can make everyday! 

Rhondi xo

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 7

Welcome to  31 days challenge.  This is  31 days of beauty and quotes day 7 – a photo of  my favorite spot in my house.
Another quote I like about being yourself  is : “Be yourself.  Everybody else is already taken.”
Thanks for stopping by.  If you want to see any of the other posts, just click here and you will find a list of all 31 days.
Rhondi xo

Monday, October 6, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 6

Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 6.  I’m so glad you came to visit today.

This white turkey platter is waiting for Thanksgiving.  Meanwhile it makes a beautiful background for this verse.  I can sure use some more joy and peace in my life.  How about you?
To see the other 31 days, click here.  Maybe see you tomorrow?
Rhondi xo

Sunday, October 5, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 5

 Welcome to my  31 days of beauty and quotes, day 5.

                            Do you rest on Sunday? If you’d like to see other 31 day posts, click here.
                                                                            Rhondi xo

Saturday, October 4, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 4

Welcome to day 4 of 31 days of beauty and quotes
Simple white for a simple verse.  Hope you get lots of rest this weekend. Click here if you’d like to see more of my 31 day posts.

Rhondi xo


Friday, October 3, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 3

                                          Welcome to 31 days of beauty and quotes day 3.

                          This is a path in the woods behind our house.  It is so beautiful in the fall.
                                                  To see all the 31 Days posts click here.
                                                                       Rhondi xo

Thursday, October 2, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes Day 2

                                                       Welcome to day 2 of the 31 day challenge.


This time of year the dogwood trees in our backyard are the most beautiful shades or red orange and rust.  Today I took a photo of just one small branch in a simple white vase and some simple words.
                                To view all the posts in 31 Days of Beauty and Quotes click here.
                                                                          Rhondi xo

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

31 Days of Beauty and Quotes

Welcome to 31 Days of Beauty and Quotes.
For the last few years The Nester has had a 31 day challenge for the month of October.  This year I decided to take the 31 day challenge and will post  every day for 31 days.  There are so many beautiful things in everyday life and I like to capture them with my camera and everyone needs encouragement, so I am combining them for this 31 day challenge and calling it
31 Days of Beauty and Quotes
I hope you’ll come back to visit each day!  You can find links to the other days at the end of this post.


I’ve always loved the way the sun shines through these blue bottles on the kitchen windowsill.  I’ve been lucky to have a window over the sink in every home we’ve lived in and these bottles have often sat on the windowsill  with or without flowers.
This is day 1.  Each day I will add another link for you.
I hope you enjoy it!
Rhondi xo