repeat the sound of joy

this morning a light snow fell and a thick fog settled peaceful on top of it.   later it began to rain and the tempature rose and by early afternoon the sun was brightly pushing away clouds and a rainbow hopped the hill tops.   i thought about this as i desperately searched for a christmas tree,  it seems that vermont did not cut enough but perhaps it is because i was breaking k and my tradition of picking up our tree on christmas eve as we have done for some many years now. so one can hope that tomorrow we will have a tree  and that the melted snow might come again.

so here i am on the hill with a roaring fire and a beautifully stacked pile of wood that i stacked last night under the stars, i love doing it i think i mentioned that before.  i thought about the morning and the changes from snow and fog to rain and sun- that has been my life too, a mixture of all kinds of things sometimes sad but most of the time beautiful.

Dear readers i wish you a happy holiday, every one has a different measurement for what that might be if it is big or small all i wish for you is too hold unto to it for as long as you can.

at the end of one of my favourite holiday movies( i might have watched it every night this week) well at the end of it one of the characters hums and repeats softly repeat the sound of joy, repeat the sound of joy... and for some reason yesterday those words fell deeply into my soul

let's  all repeat the sound of joy

with kindness & warmth

nadia

a quiet morning after

yesterday k and i spent the day at the farm and mostly indoors after chores and the occasional hay feeding. we cleaned the house and re-arranged furniture before cooking thanksgiving dinner. we watched movies, glimpsed at dog shows, knitted and exchanged thanksgiving wishes via email to friends. we sat by candlelight and ate our meal( we got full too fast). then out we went under the dark sky and fed and tucked away the animals. came in made an apple crisp and watched another movie, then probably my favourite part of the day we lay quietly, with lights off on the couch.

this morning  i was supposed to go to a tea house with people i hardly know, but the warm air, soft rain and clean air made me want to stay home and sip tea while knitting some more. I am thinking about how to decorate, where to place our christmas tree and how to wrap presents this year, do i do it like the year before last or last year , nope something completely new  think.

family miracle!

dear friends. while we were driving from vermont unbeknown to us my sister in montreal had taken a turn for the worst and was rushed to the operating room, it was not going to be good, the news was grim, the operation was severe but then there was a miracle at the end of the surgery!!!! her recovery will be long, the next few days critical. . Our family is so grateful for this wonderful gift!

dear friends we wish you and the people you love warmth, happiness and most of all health! happy holidays-merry christmas!

a little bit of holiday at home

i have been decorating just a little. i love walking in the forest collecting things. i covered my tiny golden lambs with wool for a winter scene i am working on. we will be getting our tree this weekend at our friends orchard, she needs to make room for blueberry and raspberry bushes so she has invited us to cut our own! i also have a few packages going out to dear friends( so behind) and i have wrapped some of the presents with birch bark, moss and acorns. the barns have been decorated. I am looking forward for my mum, elle and dylan to come to decorate some more!

i wish you love

and here is some of that laughter or here or maybe even here

thank you dear friends is okay to call you a friend, you see you fill my days with inspiration, laughter, kindness and graciousness. I am wishing you cozy, loving holiday! this is for you from sophie, grace, k and i

i am here, but i am mindful of what this day should mean, could mean
was meant to mean.