October: Renew in the womb

I welcome the rain.
I welcome the night.
The darkness.
The need for warmth.
I accept that I need you, and I surrender to Fate.
I am tasting all of the goodness of life.
The chestnut. The caramel.The liquid of life coming together with the solid.
I welcome life, my love

xoxo
Rena

Autumn Neighborhood Walk

This is the first day of Autumn in this part of the world that I felt I really wanted to light the fireplace and cosy inside the house. But I also enjoyed sitting in the veranda and taking in the perfumes of the crisp air mixed with my laundrey's vanilla scented softener.
It feels so good to be alive, that a walk around our quiet neighborhood felt like a blessing in a world full of storms.
I hope your life gets to know such peaceful moments.
We celebrated OXI day, the NO of governor Metaxas to the italian demand to pass our borders on october 28 1940.
Saw two movies on tv. One new and american and sadly vulgar (whoever likes Tarantino?), the other old and greek and quite naively charming.
I hope you learn to choose your battles and say your NOs.
I am only learning!..
As a fellow blogger recently wrote in an interesting post that you should read, too,

Do us all a favor and bloom into who you are meant to be!

xoxo

Rena

Monday Visualisation-Prayer for Autumn

As we are entering the new season 

I pray for new beginnings, 

for peace and creativity, 

for warmth and stillness, 

for open roads in the forest, 

for magic to hatch 

and 

for life to begin to grow inside me.

Blessed be.

Amen

xoxo

Autumn Days Welcome

And so, we stepped into Autumn

...

First fallen leaves

starting already in August

(these from my vacation in Crete, this past summer)

Time 

to 

Warm Up

{ Posie Gets Cozy }

{ Habitually Chic }

Lovely soups and stews

(that no-one eats in my household)

“Those fine September nights, when the dew dropped on my face and I licked it to get drunk.”

— A.Rimbaud

A sense of wild 

Adventure

That calls for a life RUSTIC and PRIMITIVE

Time to set up home, cuddle and domesticate

Time to reap

and

to harvest 

Life's  Joys

Take the scenic route 

and live...

Autumn Leaves

Crete

August 

2015

Something for the Weekend

 

 

Happy Thnaksgiving

to my American friends and family!

 

Isn't this the most fun Thanksgiving card?

I love it !

(From here)

 

 

One of my favorite bloggers has a brand new column in a UK magazine!

I am always so happy when bloggers I follow , with interesting, fun and original ideas get a media breakthrough and get their talents up a notch!

 

 

What a lovely craft, from Simply Crochet magazine.

 

 

Plus, Attic24 is sporting a Rice DK giveaway, sponsored by fig1 UK for those of you living in the UK!

You may enter here.

 

Let's stay in the UK for awhile.

A post by an American lady living in the UK made my heart beat faster.

Oftentimes I miss England so much, and this post reminded me of England in the most sensuous way. The weather, the earthy rainy perfumed air, and teenhood...

In her words:

 

If you've visited the English countryside,

you cannot help but notice the hedgerows

that create perimeters around farmland and property

Hedges create super-highways for wildlife across the countryside

- so many are connected -

and provide a bounty of food with its berries and fruit

A place of shelter, I find such great comfort in these living barriers

Like a cutie-pie hedgehog traveling along the hedgerows,

I find thankfulness in the sweet tidbits and friends I meet along my path.

 

Another blogging favorite of many, Yvonne,

uncovered the book cover of her upcoming cookbook!

As she says, it falls into the Food and Interiors category!

Groundbraking!

 

I also love her quote:

 

 I love the line Queen Latifah quotes in the film 'The Secret Life of Bees' when her autistic sons says; "but mom I don't fit in any box", "well son then they have to build a bigger box".

 

Also check out

A lace and lavender wedding dress here.

Homey cheesemaking here

.

And, as Christmas is coming slowly but surely,

you will love Cherry's newest find:

A 110 year old book of Robert Browning's Christmas Eve.

You may read the work here.

 

I wish you all a love filled weekend.

 

 

 

Happy New Week Ahead: Comfort

Comfort is

...

{ via }

Old linen, silver and art de la table for the ordinary, making it extraordinary.

{ via }

Nature, the sound of water, the colours of Autumn.

{ via }

 A fab giveaway for these enamel beauties here, ending Friday 29th.

 

 

And crafts, of course. A new wreath and bulbs from here!

 

Have a fab week ahead!