Christmas Blessings

Christmas Blessings ~ From Our House to Yours

 

May the Peace and Love of the Season

remain in your hearts

all year long.

xo Susy

 

Roseville Pottery

This post is getting double duty.  I've already shared it for Vee's Note Card Party, using a few photos of Roseville pottery that found their way into my posts.

And now it's my entry for Claudia's Favorite Thing Saturday.  Claudia has several beautiful pieces of Roseville, so I think she's going to like this one (**

My love for Roseville started with a vase given to me by my sister, probably 40 years ago.  Back then, it wasn't hard to come by a nice piece for a fair price.

My collection comes in all shapes and sizes

 

and is sprinkled all over the house

Although Roseville Pottery was founded in 1890

my pieces are primarily from the 30's and 40's

My Favorite piece, by far, is this lime green

Apple Blossom Ewer.

Counting My Blessings,

xo Susy

I'm joining the parties over at Vee's

A Haven for Vee

 Note Card Party 

 

and Claudia's
Mockingbird Hill Cottage
A Favorite Thing

What's for Breakfast?

What do you eat for breakfast?

Sunday we went out for breakfast, and I splurged and had french toast, bacon and eggs.

Splurged in calories, that is!

 Usually I have a bowl of  granola
 while I read, or check email and blogs from my iPad

I like to make my own granola so I can control the sweetness

I mix oats, chopped walnuts, cinnamon, just a bit of brown sugar

and a little drizzle of melted butter

 

and toast it for 20 minutes at 350



 I add unsweetened almond milk and fruit

* * *

Sometimes I sit and eat in my tiny 1930's breakfast room

This cute clock on the table, with AWAKEN on it,

 was a gift at our Women's Conference ~ that was the theme

 

The EAT MORE CHICKEN cow was left over from a

 Chick-fil-A Leadercast event we had at church

It's since gone on to another home. 

The room has two corner shelves

 full of the birds and the bees

and pretty pottery

and of course some Roseville

Sitting in my cozy little breakfast room

and looking out to our cozy little courtyard

is a nice way to start the day.

Counting My Blessings

xo  Susy

For the very first time I'm joining the party at
Rednesday
and
Vintage Inspiration Friday 

Notes from the Potting Bench #3

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

Edited for My Favorite Thing @ Mockingbird Hill Cottage

I'm so very grateful for the ladies of my Life Group ~ we really DO do life together.

Twice a month, on Monday evenings, you'll find my living room packed with women of various ages and backgrounds.  They come early and stay late (sometimes continuing their conversations outside long after I've turned off the lights.)

They have their favorite spots to sit.

  Some like the sofas near the coffee table. 

Others like the comfy chairs back in the "loge" section

 

 While the group was originally formed around

 our mutual interest in business (and still is)

 

 we can not escape the challenges of relationships, finances or health issues

 

A few have come and gone, but the core group

 has been together for several years now

 

 Over time we've lost parents, marriages, businesses, jobs, and houses.

  One lost her infant son.

On the other hand, some have grown their business,

 found meaningful employment, and written books

we've been healed from cancers, and restored to families

We've cried, laughed, been inspired, hugged and clung.
  We look to each other for strength, support,
 understanding and accountability

We sing, we study, we pray - oh how we pray. 

 I think the best part is seeing how this group of women

has learned to pray in faith, and see their prayers answered

 

I've watched them stabilize, mature, cross over their "red seas",

be transformed and then, in some cases, move on.

  It is an honor to be considered their leader

 and to have the privilege of sowing into their lives.

Collectively, they are one of the joys of my life,

  ...and the reason I still put up a Christmas tree (:

Counting My Blessings,

xo Susy 

 If you're looking for me, I'll be over at

My Favorite Thing