Quiet Sunday

It's one of those easy days....a few chores to do, work on some crafts, sit by the fire sipping coffee next to my gentle man. Our conversation peppered with laughs, the kind of laugh that accents the mood just right with that comfortable feeling that comes from being with your best friend. Its so freeing to just be yourself with someone, no pretense, no fear...just love and acceptance.

Early on in the morning Emery took me to a yard sale down the road a bit, yielded great treasures for us. A large hobby horse for the grand-blessings. Its big and it makes a galloping sound with the help of some batteries. My own children loved their hobby horse dearly when they were little ones. And I found several good educational toys. A wooden book and several wooden puzzles, two books I used with my girls when they were babies by Glenn Doman . I even found a complete box of Cuisenaire rods for $3.

This afternoon I started planning the gnome garden I want to make on the north side of the house for Mei-Ling to play in when she visits. A place of imagination and discovery. Little doorways on tree trunks and toad stools with a gnome sitting under it. A magical place where her imagination can soar. Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. " I love that quote and I believe it too.
Dream a little and use your imagination. John Dewey said, "Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of the imagination. "

smoke from the chimney, easy breezy like the day

looking out the window in the living room. On the window sill sits my "new" tea pot from Goodwill. It's marked Korea on the bottom of it and its very heavy brass. Its been well used and I wonder how many cups of tea have been made in this pot and because of the Korea part, it makes me think of my dear friend Sunny when I see it. Its a good feeling.

The "new" hobby horse