A Quiet Sunday

Sunday afternoons are usually quiet here. It's the perfect time to "porch sit". Soon the mosquitoes will be around and porch sitting isn't nearly as enjoyable. Our porch is not very deep but there is plenty of room for two rocking chairs. So I gathered a couple of books to look at and I sat and rocked and relaxed.Last week I got this tureen at GW for only $3. My thrifty idea was to use some sweet woodruff and a small hosta from my garden instead of purchasing a plant for it.

Aren't the lines of the tureen pretty? hosta

sweet woodruffWhat a lovely way to while away an hour on a Sunday afternoon. I think we all need time just to relax, enjoy the quiet, listen to the birds or daydream. All those things nourish our soul. In this busy life we all live, we forget to stop and be still sometimes.

Did you have a chance to be still for awhile this weekend?

Rhondi xo

Tea on the Porch

I've been sewing all morning on part of an applique quilt for our quilt guild raffle. Because I am handsewing it, it has taken me a very long time. I've finally finished it , so I'm going to take a break and make myself a cup if tea.
I've got a blue striped teacup and ...
a plate of my favorite chocolate covered digestive cookies which my sister brought from Canada. I just love them and we can't get them here!

I've set up a tray for tea, and prettied it up with a few daffodils picked from the garden.

It is an absolutely beautiful warm spring day here (sorry for all of you who still have snow on the ground) so I'm going to have my tea outside on the front porch. Maybe I'll read for a little while. After all those years growing up in Canada, it is still unbelievable to me that I can sit outside without a jacket on a February day.

Ah, this is the life!!

If you care to join me, I'll go and get another teacup. I made a big pot of tea just in case you had time to stay awhile.

Rhondi xo