I am sitting here listening to Muddy Waters, thinking that now is a good time to catch up on the blogs. The kids are in bed, the house is clean, and Steve has to work late.

I gravitate towards vintage books, the artwork, the well worn pages and the stories themselves.  This is our latest find at the library.  The title is The Very Little Girl  by Phyllis Krasilovsky (1953)  all of the artwork is done using these three colors which must have been challenging for the artist but so refreshing at the same time.  I love my quiet mornings with Chloe, reading this book with one arm wrapped around her and one arm holding coffee!

I read this on the local weather website "Today is your day to live!  Please, please, please find some time to get out and enjoy the warmth!" and so I did, I took the kids for a walk around the block.  We looked for faces on inanimate things, I looked for color, bursts of color anywhere because the winter already feels too long and my eyes are hungry.

Chloe has three babies that she named Abby, Gabby, and Daisy Jo, at Christmas she "Adopted" Grace from Ethiopia.  I sewed them each blankets and had Martha embroider the names.  The very best part of all of it is the "Three bedded bunk bed" as Coco calls it.  Steve's Dad is really good at working with wood and I put my request in, it turned out so good!

Below is one of Julie's treasures, she has been baking every single day and the kids and I get most of the rewards!  The frosting is made with cream cheese and a whole lotta' love.

"Come, O Lord, I pray.  Stir us up and call us back;  kindle us and take us to Yourself.  Set us ablaze, and cast your sweetness over us.  Let us love You and run to You."  (Pg 167 Augustine) (I love how most writers from just 100 yrs ago and beyond were Calvinists)