Yarn Along....

Joining Ginny at "Small Things" for "Yarn Along" this week!

Emmy has finished her beanie hat for the baby.

Yes although it's turquoise ( a rather ambiguous colour) the flower probably gives away that this baby is yet another little girlie. \0/

Apparently we only make one flavour of baby:) ... and it's decidedly pink!

Good thing we are quite fond of pink in this house:)
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As for reading, to compliment our girlie mood, we have been revisiting the ever wonderful Kate Greenaway.

This sweet vintage copy of Marigold Garden seems to have been around forever. I'm not sure where we bought it or whether or not it was passed along to us, regardless, we treasure it for its gentle poetry and whimsical illustrations.

Why not pop on over to Ginny's place for more Yarn loveliness.

The Colours of Life

Create beauty. Record micro moments of joy. Etch out colours of thankfullness ...
A whole palette full.

Chalk the deep, beautiful truths of your story onto the stony ground of every path you take...
Make the journey itself become what you seek.

Transform the bland into the brilliant.
The monochrome into the majestic.

"Bloom where you are planted."
Release sweet fragrance wherever you go.
Pollinate your world with new seeds of forgiveness, peace and love.

Take time to pause and notice the miracles present in even the smallest of things.

Love.
And be Loved.

The colours of life spill upon this ground.

{A Glimpse of the Cosmic Dance}

"When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat;
when we see children in a moment when they are really children, when we know love in our own hearts;
or when, like the Japanese poet, Basho, we hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash
- at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, the "newness," the emptiness and the purity of vision that make themselves evident, all these provide a glimpse of the cosmic dance."
~Thomas Merton



  Grasping, seeking, groping in the dark, wading in and embracing the thanks in the glimpses of beauty that mosaics our simple ordinary days. 

A place where we may glimpse a piece of the "cosmic dance" that flourishes around, about and through us.  

 

{Saturday Artist} Sparkly, Scaly Clay Fish

As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life. ~John Lubbock

We were busy making scaly, sparkly clay fish this week.

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And here are a few lovely arty links I've discovered on my travels this week!
Enjoy a wonderful "Creative" weekend!

Learning colours: Shades of Green @ A Painterly Life

Amate Paper Cut Outs @ Art for Small Hands

Flower Lanterns for Spring @ We Bloom Here


Visit Ordinary Life Magic for more Saturday Artists...

{This Moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.



Join Soule Mama for more {moments}

{I will be Light}

Time will continue without you
So in the end
Its not about you
But,
What did you do?
Who do you love besides you...

You've got one tiny moment in time
For life to shine, to shine
To burn away the darkness

"I will be light" Matisyahu

"You've got one tiny moment in time
For life to shine, to shine
To burn away the darkness"