Pretty things make me happy and I like to have them around, even if they are just pretty versions of every-day stuff like the file folders in the picture above.
Joyce had a yard sale and I got this small tea pot that belonged to her grandmother.
When I use old things, like those that belonged to Joyce's or my grandmother, I feel I'm honoring them in some way.
I placed the tea pot on this cookie platter, a wedding gift from my late friend Rosemary. I think of her and the good times we had together, I think of how she helped me advance in my career, and perhaps most of all I think of the multitudes of handbags she used to send me. My eyes fill with tears, but then I smile...
I got these pretty colored pens from Amazon and I enjoy making my notes, my reminders, and so on with them.
It doesn't take much to make life a little more cheerful.
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteI'm all for finding the joy in the little - the 'ordinary' - and adore your choices! YAM xx
I think that's very wise. Finding joy in small things.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about the paint brushes in procreate as you do about the colorful pens. just writing with the different colors is soothing. the teapot is adorable and love that platter.. I to find my joy in the little things and of course we both find joy in the canines in our lives
ReplyDeleteThat's a sweet post with such nice memories and photos. I had a chuckle because of the bottom photo. I am a collector of all kinds of pens, lol...way too many. I write in journals or sketchbooks every morning but probably could get rid of 3/4th of my collection and still have enough for years.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is so often the simple things that bring so much pleasure.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan