Mousy Brown's House-Creating, crafting and collecting. Enjoying Life.

Starlight...

I made a new window star, as the old one faded and was taken down and I miss it.  I almost love the shadows it makes more than the original, almost but not quite!

If you don't like dogs, turn away....

I just had to show you these pictures I took of Snap.  You have to admire her ability to find the sunniest place in the house and her total relaxation.  They were taken on Tuesday when Spring felt so close (it has disappeared again now but at least I know it is out there somewhere!) and I had thrown open all the windows and doors.  My fourth load of washing was drying on the line and I went upstairs to my bedroom to catch up on some blog reading with a cup of coffee and the afternoon play on Radio 4.  Snap followed me and made herself comfortable and I found myself watching her instead of looking at my screen.  Her eyes became more and more droopy as she sat in the sunlight until, with a big sigh, she gave into the heat and fell asleep with her head over the side of the bed.  We managed 45 minutes of silent companionship (well silent apart from the radio, her snoring, the 6000 birds outside the window and a tractor in the distance, but you know what I mean!) before I had to go and collect Sam from school and life returned to "normal".

Amongst the hustle and bustle these are the moments I treasure.  True simple pleasures.  What are yours?

First Friday in February.

Well I made it through the week, just. It had it's ups and downs.  Somethings were a lot easier than I expected and others a great deal harder.  I cried more than I wanted to and some of that was from laughing!  But when I looked back through my photos from the last five days it's all about light. Finally after months of dark, dull days the sun has returned and is filling our lives with its gorgeous glow...

Shadow Shot Sunday.

A little late inclusion in Shadow Shot Sunday....the others already appeared here.

Pictures of the words...

Thank you to everyone who left comments on my last post, your wise and helpful words have been absorbed and the comfort of knowing I am in good company has calmed my panic!

Last week I shared an early morning walk in words, today I can show you in pictures...does it look as you imagined it would?

 

Holiday Album - Santorini Part 3

Today, in the last of my posts about our trip to Santorini, (and I assure you I have enough pictures to keep going for weeks, I have to be strong!) I am going to take you on a walk from Perissa, up over Messa Vouno, stopping at Ancient Thera before walking back down to Kamari and the water bus back to our starting point.  We started early to avoid the sun as we made our winding way up the mountain and arrived at the top, with aching legs, by about 11am.  Ancient Thera was stunningly beautiful, the views were amazing and we were blown about with a strong hot wind that felt like a giant hairdryer.  The walk downhill, in full sun, felt endless and we didn't have the heart to tell people we met coming in the other direction just how far they still had to walk.  Kamari, with it's bars and cold drinks seemed like an oasis by the time we got there and the water bus back, with legs dangling in the water, was one of our favourite memories.  Anyway, enough talking, come and enjoy the walk with us - without the heat or sore legs!

 

Shadow Shot Sunday.

The light this week was so beautiful and cast such amazing shadows, I couldn't resist joining in with Hey Harriet's Shadow Shot Sunday.

Shadow Shot Sunday.

Just a short post today - joining Hey Harriet in Shadow Shot Sunday with this photo of Snap enjoying the sun (and the shadows!)

A Mother's Day Walk.

Rejoice

in

the

things

that

are

present;

all

else

is

beyond

thee.

Montaigne

Shadow Shot Sunday.

Anne is always prompting me to join in with Shadow Shot Sunday over at Hey Harriet...usually I just enjoy looking at her images and those of the other participants but this week the shadows were too good to resist so.....