Lavender and Laughter

Life is too short to drink tea out of a plastic cup....I created this blog to pour the lavender and laughter of my life into yours.

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I am complicated and I am a Marshwiggle (like Puddleglum from Lewis' The Silver Chair). Personality tests don't work on me. I yearn to see Jesus face to face, and to see the love in His eyes. I am learning to walk on water and to be a new person in Christ. I am in love with my husband and baby, and I love the smell of coffee and lavender mixed together.

Friday, January 04, 2008

A Picture in Poetry (by me!)

Winter white
adorned with diamond
and fur
and the snow bird leaving
scratchings outside window;
Evergreens make a fantasy
where deer dream
and birches sigh
boots crunch
breath dances a waltz.
But the heart...
it longs for another world
colors drip in dew
emerald shines through fog
opera of robins
as sleep is shed
and the soul is warmed
by a longer sun.

Thursday, January 03, 2008

I admit it...


I'm a little forlorn today. I have had such a wonderful time with family, I am finding myself a bit lonely and unmotivated. I prayed and read some, took a nap, practiced calligraphy, had tea and cookies, watched Miss Potter...and am feeling envious of my mom and sister who are at home together knitting and watching movies!


Well, I am sure I can't complain...it is pretty wonderful to be able to sit at home and be as artsy and creative as I feel like...with all the time in the world. I think I'd better put on some bubbly music and reorganize my closets!


What I really start thinking about after Christmas is flowers! Pink and yellow roses, Lilly of the Valley, Lilacs, Peonies, Hollyhocks, Daisies, Apple Blossoms.... I just love them all. I always imagine myself in a sweet little home just showered with sweet flowers and trees and trickling fountains. I think I'll plan on covering my arm chair with a springy slip cover, make some pillows for the couches, and maybe even a quilt if I am brave enough! Perhaps I'll talk Jenny into doing a still life painting of some flowers for me, too!


Well, this fills another slow hour for me...I guess I'll go work on those closets!

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Christmas is finally over...






Since I've been married, my Christmas experience has expanded from one to five celebrations. But it's finally all over. And although I love for the holiday to last as long as possible, I am happy to have things settle into routine again. Christmas in Michigan was absolutely wonderful. I think the two in-laws (mine and Jonathan's) added to all the fun and festivity of it. Now I'm ready to go to a gym and lose some of this weight that I've "found".


Of course, I've cleaned things up and made the apartment look Januaryish. I asked Luke's opinion of how I decorated the top of the entertainment center, and his reply: "You'll just change it again next week anyway!" He's right, obviously.


I left a few of my favorite gifts out to enjoy...and I took pictures of them for you to see! The Wellingtons are from Luke. I've always wanted to have a pair of Wellies...they make me more Brittish! Mom knit the stockings, Jenny painted the still-lifes, and my mother-in-law found first edition Potter books for me! The sterling spoons are old family pieces; mom shared a few of them with me so I can use them for the glorious tea party that I'll have some day.