In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.
Cynthia Rylant
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Hello Friend!
Oh my goodness! I can’t believe you came in this mini blizzard we’re having. Come in to the warmth. Come sit by my fire. Snuggle in under this blanket and I’ll hang your snowy coat on the hook by the door.
Will you have coffee? I still have some pumpkin spice creamer, so delicious in coffee. Let’s see, I baked snickerdoodles yesterday, one of my all-time favourite cookies. So, coffee and snickerdoodles it is!
I was just sitting down to write my Daybook entry for November. Please, snuggle in while I share it with you.
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For Today
Looking out my window …
The snow is coming down sideways. The wind’s not so strong that it is battling around the eaves, but it reveals itself in prolonged blowing and sudden turnings, making the snow run and dance, dipping and twirling, reluctant to land. Every so often it plays with the snow piled on the roof of the shop, pushing it off impishly in wisps and tufts, sending it flying with the other flakes wafting through the air.
I am thinking …
That I left some of my flower pots out. I thought I had more time to put them away, but now I guess they’ll be buried under the snow until spring.
One of my favourite things …
Is coming into my library early in the morning while it is still dark, and switching on the lamp on my desk. The soft glow highlights an ornament I keep there: two girls on a bench deep in discussion. It is entitled Heart and Soul and reminds me of conversations with my friend or one of my daughters.
I am creating …
Well, I’m about to create two small quilted blankets for twin grandsons, Bright and Sunny. I have fabric at the ready: a centre panel of brightly coloured monster trucks which will be surrounded with patterned designs according to each boy’s favourite colours. Bright likes red, orange, and yellow. Sunny likes blue and green. I’m chomping at the bit to get started.
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I am wearing …
Black yoga pants, coral-coloured top with 3/4-length sleeves and pretty detail at the neckline, tennis bracelet, lipstick called Certainly Red, which is really more coral-y red than deep red.
I am reading …
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan, These Precious Days by Ann Patchett, bird by bird by Anne Lamott, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot.
I recently finished reading The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo and Agatha Christie, A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley. Which is why …
I am watching …
Hercule Poirot episodes on BritBox by BBC. Currently, The Blue Train.
I am listening to …
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I am hoping …
That one of us will be able to get into town to a grocery store soon. Being only a recent coffee drinker, I can’t drink coffee without flavoured cream. And after this pumpkin spice you and I are having, we’re all out. Such a tiny problem in this big old world. I’m sure I’ll survive.
I am thankful …
For smart phones that automatically change the time. I completely forgot to move our clocks back last night. That hasn’t happened since we moved to Alberta from Saskatchewan fifteen years ago and we arrived at church an hour early.
In my kitchen …
I’m loving the large island. Although it can be a catch-all for anything and everything, I’ve been able to keep that to a minimum so the rest is clear for cooking and baking. It amazes me how, as messy as it can get with all the necessary or unnecessary things, I love cleaning it, making it shiny and ready for the next kitchen project.
I am learning …
To give myself a little grace these days. The Cowboy and I have done so much and worked so hard this last year, it’s okay now to slow down and take a breath once in a while.
A moment from my day …
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Shared Quote …
Wisdom resides in those who have wintered.
Katherine May
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Closing Notes …
So glad you decided to stop in today. Now wrap up tightly in your coat and scarf. Stay safe out there, and see you next time.
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Featured Image by David Mark from Pixabay.
Joy,
Your posts always pull me into your wonderful space. I saw your 2 figures and immediately thought of my twin sister and I talking and sharing coffee under blankets. I’m so glad we’re not having snow, here. We had temps in the 60’s so we sat outside on our screened-in porch having coffee.
Thanks for allowing me to travel with you today.
Blessings,
Sue
Thank you for coming, Sue. How lovely to have a twin sister! I love watching how our twin grandsons communicate with each other, often without words.
Sooooo many little bells here tinkled and chimed out to me. Heart and Soul, Wisdom resides in those who have wintered, the quote by Cynthia Rylant, the coffee and the cream, the reminder to stock up and most important, that it is time to let go and to rest…
Thank you, Joy, for Under the Heavens.
Thank you for everything here today.
How wonderful to have you visit again. Thank you so much for coming and for taking the time to comment. Blessings!
My Starbucks White Chocolate Moca creamer has made my holiday blend Starbucks coffee, so satisfying this morning. Why? Because I had coffee with you just now. Thank Joy, for the comfort of your heart and soul. “Stay warm”❤️
Kellie, it was lovely to have coffee with you, yours sounded delicious! I hope you come again!