What's on YOUR Nightstand?

I went to bed with a nice, neat, rather tall stack of books on my nightstand.

I woke up to purring.

Lean your head down toward your shoulder like you are sleeping on your right side . . . . .that was the view!

Yep, & books on the floor!

Working in the Kitchen

Our youngest helped us with a kitchen update!

He cleaned, measured, painted and organized.

What a great helper!

He and Dad made an amazing shelf for my kitchen. A cool couple of days work!




And we all, Ginger included, enjoy our bright new room!















The shelves are working out just great! I can find what I am looking for in a snap and I finally have a place to put my pretty pitchers, funky chicken toy, mini bean crock pot and cookbooks.
Can you tell that organizing makes me happy? :-)

Flowers by the Wayside

The Miracle Verse
~ Harriet H. Fierson

A baby seed all dressed in brown,
Fell out of its cradle one day;
The West Wind took it with loving arms
And carried it far away.

He laid it down on a bed of leaves,
And hid it with blankets white:
And there it slept like a weary child,
Through the long, dark winter night.

It woke at last, when the springtime came,
And stretched its arms on high,
And it grew and grew through the livelong day,
Toward the sun and the clear, blue sky.

It drew its food from its Mother Earth,
And it drank the cooling shower,
Till the small, brown seed was changed at last
To a sweet, wild, wayside flower!

I loved this poem that I found over at By Sun and Candlelight.
I have chosen it as my poem today, too.

Cardinal DiNardo at our Gala!

We had a Gala for our school and our guest of honor was His Eminence, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo.

It was wonderful to be able to have him there!

Here is a pic of yours truly with the Cardinal.