Homemaking Mondays: Do You See What Is Around You?

 

Hello! 
I hope you are enjoying the lovely fall 

that is either full on

or just sharing glimpses of what is to come.

Here the colours are exploding 

the frost and fog over the lake is amazing.

It creates such a lovely scene that beacons

one to venture outside.

Fall is for me the best season.

I came across this quote 

by a writer I have heard of.

I don't usually share quotes by people

although this to me rang true.

To just walk somewhere to get where

you are going

isn't the best way to walk.

To be able to take in what is around you

to smell the scents wafting on the breeze

and feel the breeze or the mist rising around the lake.

To be very much understanding that 

the Lord Jesus has created all this.

To come in it's season.

Walking is a wonderful way to spend time.

Being out in the yard

doing odd chores

to notice the beautiful colour

of the rose bushes that have turned

from yellows and oranges to reds.

Just like the lovely scrub birch.

I actually cut some scrub birch branches 

tucked them into a vase in my room to enjoy

some of that colour indoors.

Summer flowers have faded 

and have been replaced by fall's grandeur. 

I took this picture out on the road the other day.

My son was driving...yes another driver in the family.

The low clouds are a delight to me 

as many of you know I love clouds.

Here in the mountains the beauty

of the layers of clouds that at times are so low

that you drive down into them in the valleys

delights me. 

Simple things in nature that perhaps we 

overlook in our focus to be somewhere else.

Here in the home there are always tasks

that we rush through just to get them done.

Perhaps we should consider our homes like the places we walk.

We should think of the the things we see, smell, and taste.

Are we actually observant to what is in our homes?

Do we actually see those little details that beckon us to care for?

Just even the scent of our cleaner as we wipe up messes. 

The feel of the fabric as we fold our laundry.

The way the light glints off a mirror.

Those are my thoughts today.

I hope you have a wonderful day 

keeping your home!

Love and Prayers,

Jennifer