A Postcard from Canada!

From Cyberspace to Real Life!

Posted by Lidj of Crown of Beauty

It was a lazy kind of morning with nothing urgent on my to do list. The carpenter is scraping off the old paint in my old kitchen, then he will apply a new coat. There are on going repairs being done, but I don't want to be in a frenzy about this. I will be cleaning out some kitchen cabinets one day at a time within the next few days.

This is the first time in months that I am finally staying home for a considerable chunk of time to focus on the home front.


In about a month's time, we will be celebrating my husband's first death anniversary. We will have a quiet dinner with family and close friends, we will sing the worship songs that Ernie loved, look at a video compilation of his pictures, and reminisce, share with one another what we have learned the past twelve months of living without Ernie in our midst.

Then on December 23, our whole family will go to Manila to spend Christmas there. This is the first time in years that we will be celebrating Christmas in Manila. My sister will be arriving from the US, and it will be a good opportunity for us to be with her. In the past years, we have always spent Christmas with Ernie's family here in Bacolod City. My son Worshiper and his fiancee Chosen One will get married on December 28. The wedding will be in Manila, because that is where Chosen One lives.

After their wedding, Worshiper will bring his bride home to Bacolod to live with us.

I was thinking of all these things that will be happening in the near future, when my maid came in handed me today's mail.

And what a pleasant surprise! I quickly got my camera and took this shot.

This is what came in the mail today:




Thank you, Mrs. Mac!

It made me so happy, that it put me in the mood to take more pictures!

While I was at it, I decided to snap a few more photos of things around my home that I thought of sharing with you my dear Scarf Sisters.

Although I share much of my inner life on my personal blog, on this blog I can share a little bit more about the external side of me...

I love the color blue -- antique blue, powder blue, ash blue, whatever they call it, but that is the shade of blue that I love.

And I love bears, ducks, lighthouses, afghans, quilts.

In my home, I want to create a feeling of ease and comfort, and not everything having to be too neat...just a welcoming feeling, and allowing people who come to feel relaxed and right at home.

Here are some of the pictures I took:

My dog Sammy asleep on my rocking chair. The quilt she is on was handmade by yours truly many years ago.

A bed cover I bought at a flea market for $3.00. Below is a close up of it.

This is one of the sofas in my living room.

A bathroom rug I bought at Carrefour in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

More pictures from my living room:

A counted cross stitch frame on my coffee table which I did about 25 years ago!

A little lighthouse wooden box given by my best friend Melanie on her wedding day. This comes from Mathews County in Virginia.

This is a starfish lamp.

These are pictures I took of things on my desk.

Obedient One's favorite musical doll. It still plays the song When You Wish Upon A Star when you wind it.

Obedient One gave me this cute baby bear for my birthday...

A gift from my British friend Trudi

A gift from another British friend Nora...

A picture of my husband Ernie in Hong Kong, taken a few years ago.