Homemaking Mondays: Cutting Boards and Potting Soil

 

Hello! 
I hope this lovely spring day finds you well.

The sun is peeking out from the clouds 

and the temperature is starting to rise again.

It snowed more last night and the evergreens 

are dusted white yet again.

It is that time of year when spring and winter 

battle back and forth.

As that happens I feel 

a need for change stirring in me.

This week at the Dollar Store I found

a wonderful deal on cutting/serving boards.

I think they are beautiful in all their colour strains.

A couple are from mango wood and the other is Acacia.

Useful and beautiful

ready to be pulled out and placed on our table.

I do love the resurgence of cutting board to 

a more prominent part of our kitchens.

I've been seeing it more and more the 

cottage core ideals of displaying our most useful 

tools in our kitchens.

Beauty and practicality together.

I also have to admit I like 

what some would consider 

a more cluttered countertop.

I like to have things I need available 

without having to dig in a cupboard for them. 

I believe it's important 

to use our pretty items as our regular items

and not always saving them for some 

special occasion.

To make even the most humblest 

meal a special time.

For the homemaker to put forth

this extra effort to make 

everyone feel welcome and invited

at each meal.

Talking about digging for things.

This week my sons brought in all my little potting items

to the sunroom so that I could get started with up potting the seedlings

that are too crowded in their trays.

I organized them a bit, 

then got to work filling them with potting soil.

Sometimes I use potting soil and other times garden soil.

I find the same results with either.

I love having this shelf to work at so I'm not always 

dirtying up my kitchen.

I do enjoy having this little

wooden bench in the sunroom.

It's a lovely place to sit and enjoy 

the brightness and warmth

in the shelter from the wind.

I really would like to find another

set of wind chimes to hang on this side of the house.

As the outdoor world slowly melts and warms

I am feeling the need for flowers.

My geraniums and violets are blooming,

as well as the narcissus bulbs 

I planted are starting to bloom.

If that were not enough I bought some 

beautiful pink stocks at the grocery store.

It is really a strategic spot for them to place 

these lovely pots of flowers.

Even though it is nice to have colour in winter,

it is the springtime that seems the desire 

for colour abounds.

I pray you have some added colour 

added to your days.

Love and Prayers,

Jennifer