Vintage Finds and Peaceful Words For A Winter's Day

A friendly welcome to my 

friends and new followers.

I'm so glad that you're all here.

Thank you for coming by.

I hope your week has been filled

with wonder and delight.

New experiences and a quiet

contentment with the familiar.

I do enjoy winter very much.

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 Walks in the chilly air.

A good game of Fox and Geese

Campfires in the cold

Snow

Steaming cups of tea

 Neatly stacked fire wood

What good is the warmth of summer

without the cold of winter

to give it sweetness.

~Author Unknown

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And another thing

that I enjoy is thrift store shopping. 

It's one of my favorite 

things to do.

Do you find it relaxing or exciting to look?

It can be both for me! 

A few months back,

I found these old hymnals. I like most old books

 and music is such a big part of my life. 

I am a gatherer..

  Sheet music or any kind of 

book that is related. 

I love the look of aged paper... 

especially with notes. 

I have seen crafters and artists 

   use it for creating many different projects. 

I enjoy using it for that as well and 

some I just collect.

These two are too special to take apart.

(I find it really hard pulling books apart anyway.

They just seem sacred to me...

 or something like that...am I strange? )

I have never seen a Psalter Hymnal..

I was very excited o find it.

The gilding and details on both of these

books are so special.

The edges and corners are so tattered  

and torn from hands taking them from

their place in the back of the pew. 

And possibly from falling to the floor from

the hands of little ones that are so

eager to read and sing along...

When I thought of these photos, 

 the colors of winter came to mind...

gray

blue

creamy white

brown... 

 and 

even green.

 The words still read the same.

Bringing peace and hope.

And the old scratched teapot. 

It's lid wouldn't stay on but it really

was a beauty to me with all of it's

scrolling details...

the pretty botanical handle and tarnished finish.

Winter days just seem to call 

to my heart to be still.

 Here's a handmade, cotton apron with it's 

corn flower-hued roses and 

vintage green leaves. I knew it was very old when 

I saw it and I couldn't resist bringing it home.

The cotton fabric is so soft 

and the added ribbons are so nice.

(The apron is tied on my thrifted wedding

dress that I found for a dollar. 

But she deserves a post

all her own and so that will come later!)

Hydrangeas from a family picnic last fall.

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Winter is a time for comfort,

For good food and warmth,

For the touch of a friendly hand

and for a talk beside the fire:

It is the time for home.

It is no season in which to

Wander the world as if one 

Were the wind blowing aimlessly

Along the streets without a place to rest

Without food and without 

meaning anything to one.

Just as time means nothing to the wind.

Edith Sitwell

How many lessons of faith and

beauty we should lose,

if there were no winter in our year!

~

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

April Days, 1861

I hope you've enjoyed your visit.
Stay warm and be safe.

Blessings,
Tamara xo

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