soeurs du jour

Winter Island

I read that there are many islands in Costa Rica.   I am not exactly sure where Margie is headed, but you can be sure it's going to have a lot warmer than it would be on this island.

 

We finally have snow.  It has been falling gently since yesterday at about noon.   I am not unhappy about winter's late arrival, not unhappy about the lateness and not unhappy about the arrival.   I have a cozy blanket, a new teacup, library books and movies, we're starting the New Year with a return to clean eating so the kitchen holds only healthful foods.   I predict this is going to be a spectacular year.   There is a peace and contentment in my heart that has me at ease and I feel ready to embrace the abundance that is waiting.    My wish for you is that you feel the same.

xo

Kath

 

2010

 

We will open the book. 

Its pages are blank. 

We are going to put words on them ourselves. 

The book is called Opportunity 

and its first chapter is New Year's Day.

Edith Lovejoy Pierce

xo margie and kath

the light - less

 

nothing quite beats the sunny face of a sunflower.

i took this photo last summer,

 my kitchen window at the lake.

  

standing tall and straight in three little vases.

the light is soft and dreamy.

ah, the sunlight.

today those flowers would look like this.

 

like an old vintage photo, the colour drained away over time.

i went to the doctor, i am low on vitamin d.

we laughed, let's line up all the canadians and test them!

there is no light here.  none.

when light is interrupted you have a shadow.

when there is no light, there is gray.

i am going to costa rica.  in four days. 

where the sun is shining.

after all, i am suffering from a lack of vitamin d.

and tonight.....

party by candlelight,

kath and i wish everyone a happy new year

peace on earth, and good will to all of us. 

xo margie

Just visiting ....

We arrived home late Sunday night, yesterday was spent curled up on the couch watching movies and today I headed back to work.   We had a rollicking good time.  Six different homes, six wonderful visits, six times the full bellies, six times the laughs.   I love hosting the holidays but this year it was fun to be just visiting which was a new experience for me.

First stop Montreal so I could meet this little guy for the first time and deliver his hat and sweater.   I was so happy I didn't have to mail it and was able to be there to grab a photo.

 

It was fun to see the familiar sites in Ottawa and do some artsy photography from the passenger seat of the car.

 

The only thing that would have made the trip better would have been time, more time to visit, to sit and stare out the window at this view while the wood stove warmed our backs.

 More time to sit at the table and chat with a boy while he ate a very chocolatey bun.

And like David,  I discovered that apparently I had received laundry for Christmas too, but it turned out that it was that regular old laundry that you find spilling out of suitcases when you arrive home!  

That sweet comment is going into the family lexicon.  

"What did you get?"  "Laundry". 

Priceless.

What did you get?

xo

Kath

 

quazy quips 2009

 

 icing rather than freezing rain

hand knit hat from granny 

funniest quip:

when the four year old opened his gift of four new pairs of pjs

and said, oh look, i got laundry.

we had a great time and hopefully 

we will be back here before you know it!!

xo margie

 

happy holidays

 

the soeurs wish all of you a happy holiday.

xo margie and kath

lucy in the sky with diamonds

  

 

 
i feel like i discovered a new string of DNA.

xo margie

Olympic Macro Monday

I didn't think I would be excited.

 

I wasn't as excited as the torch bearer who was waiting anxiously.

  But then the officials came along and our runner received his instructions.

 
And I got excited 

 

But not as excited as I am about our road trip which starts this morning, 

bright and early at 6:00 a.m.   

First stop Montreal!

Lisa hosts Macro Monday for us, pop over and wish her a happy Monday!

xo

Kath

snow dog

 

we are living with one of the kids right now, biding our time until our condo is ready. there is no backyard in this townhouse condo for charley to play in.  the good news, there is a park 150 feet from the house.

four or five times a day someone walks charley. it is a winter wonderland with a path circling the entire park, there is even a duck pond. 

 

such a beautiful thing, a walk in the park.

xo margie

 

Remembering

As we sat in a church last evening, wrapped in our winter coats, sitting shoulder to shoulder with friends gathered to remember a wonderful woman who was taken to soon from the arms of her family by breast cancer, I listened to a man with the voice of an angel sing a very old hymn, In the Bleak Midwinter.   Tomorrow morning we will find ourselves in a different church at a funeral for a friend's mother.

 

The hymn ends with the words, "I have nothing to give but my heart".  It was a solemn reminder that we are blessed to be embarking on a journey where we get to spend time with family and friends this week.

xo

Kath