Hello friends! Wow. Yes, I am still alive. I haven't posted for two months or more. I don't know why. Anyway, let's carry on! Don't you love the napkins pictured above? I do love fabric from India and even though I did not order these for use as napkins (I might use them as napkins after all) I just wanted to touch the fabric and look at all those nice squares. Do you like squares of fabric like fat quarters? Do you like to go to fabric stores? Our big one is closing so I don't think I will be able to find a large selection of dressmaker fabric near me anymore. When I was a child, the fabric shops were abundant.
My sister sent me this adorable necklace. I love the pearl head and the shoes and purse.
I finally remembered to serve Bill and I pancakes on Shrove Tuesday this year! That was a lot of fun! I didn't want to drag my pancake grill up from the basement so I used my regular pan. They weren't beautiful, but they tasted very good!
See how my hair is thinning? It's been happening for decades and I am not bald yet. I would like my braid to grow three inches longer. Every time I get my hair cut, I like it one day. After that, I feel remorse, so I shall save a lot of money by not continuing to try new hairdos. I am too old to worry about my hair, even though I seem to keep thinking about it. Do you spend much time planning YOUR hair?
I've been reading a lot, knitting, writing, ironing, cooking, and trying to stay warm. Today is lovely and I must go walking. In the morning it is very cold, so I rely on hot water bottles, heating pads, and a space heater. Our upstairs is warmer than my little hobbit hole downstairs.
I've been watching social history videos from the UK. I see that people were VERY cold most of the time because the houses were cold. It's interesting seeing how working class people lived because we already know how the aristocracy lived from all the movies and television shows we've watched. I like to imagine myself cooking over a fire, hanging my washing above the fire, and climbing twisty stairs to sleep.
I must go upstairs and do my little bookkeeping job I do for Bill. Then I will go out for a short walk and listen to Lark Rise to Candleford.
I am so glad you stopped in today.
Are you doing anything special for Lent? I am doing a series of devotionals found in the back of God on Mute by Pete Greig. I like it.
I love winter but now I am excited for spring because I bought two flower seed packets. One of them is full of shade wildflowers and one will go in the sunny spots.
I hope you are thinking deep thoughts, offering your prayers to God, and experiencing many opportunities to extend kindness and offer love.
(BIG HUG!)
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Great to see a post from you!! :) Love the fabrics - so pretty. Pancakes are my favorite breakfast and I eat then quite often.
My once thick hair is now thinning too. Guess another thing that comes with age!
Welcome back to blogging! Love those pretty fabrics -- they're beautiful. And I, too, am very keen on English history -- I've been writing my posts about our trip there and love looking up a few things I've forgotten on some of the details. Slows down the writing but it makes it more fun!
I also have been trying to stay warm! I have realized that jeans do not keep me warm -- but if I wear leggings and a skirt, those layers make me more comfortable. This season is when the garden is not too cold most of the day, but my house stays very cold all day. So I built a fire this afternoon and now it is warming up.
I bought some of those same napkins, but then I realized that I had bought similar ones in India which I rarely use, so I gave the new ones away. I love good quality tablecloths and napkins and have more than I can use at this point!
May your Lent be blessed, Pom Pom!
Welcome back PomPom! I don't worry about my hair - every 10-12 weeks I have it cut in the same one-length-all-round "bob" I have always had, and it keeps its shape well. It used to be a rich brown chestnut, then the greys came and I home-dyed it. Then covid came and I gave up dyeing. I am gradually going grey, and one day it will be silver all over like yours. But now without the dye it is in such good condition, soft but strong.
As a child in England our house was freezing in winter. We would wake up and find ice on the INSIDE of our bedroom windows. [I didn't live in a house with central heating until 1982 when I was 27.] At night I would leave next days clothes on a chair by the bed, and in the morning, pull them under the covers, and literally get dressed between the sheets!!. In the evenings I would cuddle a hot water bottle in bed
Now I am retired [70 next month] and so grateful to God for my lovely warm home, and a dear family around me. The winters are not so harsh any more [global warming] but i have an electric blanket on the bed now.
As you know, we are in the middle of kitchen renovation - but still managing to produce good meals with an airfryer, microwave and toaster!! Bless you dear friend🙏🙏
Those fabrics are lovely. I love reading about social history too. I've posted recently about how awful it was in Haworth (where the Brontes lived) in the 1800s. Makes me glad about my indoor private bathroom, central heating and clean water!
Great to 'see' you! I'm having tests done at present for my thinning hair(at the speed of light, quite distressing). As someone who grew up as working class, I can't tell you how awful it was every winter only having the heat from one small coal fire, which also provided hot water and scraping ice off the inside of the windows each morning. I've only lived in a house with central heating for 20odd years and boy, do I love flicking that switch to turn it on on a cold and frosty morning!I love Larkrise to Candleford. Watching reruns at mo! Would love to live there!Those Indian fabrics are gorgeous. Are they all yours?
Good morning, Karen! That is a precious necklace :)
I also struggle with my hair. It's not thinning, but I'm not sure what to DO with it. I usually just pull it back, but it looks so severe. I'm trying a loose braid. I have grown it long, but always end up cutting it shoulder length because it becomes a hassle.
I've begun keeping a tab open in my computer browser with the lectionary readings of the year, and any day that I remember, I click over to that day's reading and spend time nourishing my soul. I'm also reading Phillip Keller's "A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23." Wonderful book.
I'm knitting a good bit, and other crafty things. But mostly I'm spending LOTS of time helping family members with life things.
Hello, dear lady. It is good to hear from you. I do not think about my hair except to make an appointment for a cut every 6 weeks or so. I think the shade of your hair is lovely. I'm doing my regular Bible reading during Lent and just started Journey to the Cross (A 40-day Lenten Devotional) by Paul Tripp. We enjoyed pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, too. Happy March to you and soon...Spring!
What a nice post! I love the colors in the napkins. Your hair is getting long.
Oh PomPom, it's lovely to know that you're doing well. You always have lots on the go. I love those pretty fabrics too but since I cannot sew I don't buy any. We used to have several fabric stores in town but we're down to one now.
I think your hair is lovely and I like the simple braid you make. I keep mine just above shoulder length ( GD Kate cuts all or hair. Aren't we lucky to have her?) Mostly I use clips to keep mine out of my face. I don't have the knack of braiding my hair...the braid is always off centre :(
I understand about feeling the cold. I wear socks 10 months of the year and as for my hands, they are almost always stiff and cold. I have hand warmers for when I go walking but at times I even walk around in the house holding them. Those warmers are such a comfort. They are rechargeable and have 3 heat settings of which I only use the first!!
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Isn't that fabric colourful.
I enjoyed your post.
All the best Jan
Hi! it's been a while since I visited. Yes, the hair issue, I only have mine trimmed twice a year now. Volume shampoos help. I share your enjoyment of new pattern/fabrics - the new smell too! we have no fabric shops around here, only online. I retired! lots of time on my hands and no routine yet, but it will come. Blessings to you and family. Betty x
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