Surround Yourself with Love

 Love encircles me, it is a well thought out plan.
 You cannot come into my home, and not see me.
  My joy is in every nook and cranny. Mixed in with animals, children, a hubs, great crazy love surrounds me.
        This November, I will take you through my home, and share some of my favorites things. This is the season to be thankful. You know that I adore my children, love my Bill, and pamper my animals, as if, they were all royalty. When in fact, the queen always rules! You would think that would be enough, all these jewels in my crown, but....I like my castle to have a little bit of my love, with stuff that will make this queen happy so I can share my love with all my subjects, I mean family members!
     You know I sit in my kitchen to write my blog, I love my spot!! In our big family, five kids, two adults and a cast of animals through the years, I have always had a spot. You have to carve out your spot, and put up a sign! No one talks to me, when I write or read. Mom is in her spot, is serious!! I am so very thankful for my area, and that my family has given me space of my own.

This is what I see , to the left of where I am sitting right now. I love it!! My marbles in this vase!! It may represent the marbles I have lost over the years, or just that I like to collect things that are not used much anymore. I feel sad, that marbles are a thing of the past. A game of long ago, and they deserve some love.
The vase, I bought at an antique store, and it is heavy and deep, not sure what it was used for. I put flowers in it once, and the vase overpowered the flowers, so I let the vase be on its on. It is a piece of art, sitting on a treasure.

It sits on top of an old card catalog case, I bought  in Vermont. I miss libraries and looking up where a book may be on the shelf. I wish that I had an entire wall of card catalog boxes.When the kids were little, they all had a drawer, to keep their secret stuff. If you look closely Hart's name is still on the left, bottom drawer. Lord knows what is in there, something special, I hope.    So thankful on this Sunday morning, for a couple of neat objects, a spot to think and a family for letting me read, write and buy fun things.
   More to come.....