Serendipity Saturday

A Moment In Time

View this Susan Rios Painting Here

I was given a chance to look at two interesting publications today. On the left, the Jean d'Arc Magazine,

which yielded these two lovely ideas. Above, a shaded patio table created with swaths of lace over a metal structure, and below,

making bouquets using columbines, a spire-like flower that apparently comes in several colors. Sometimes these common flowers that are so easy to grow begin appearing in expensive, store-bought bouquets, along with things like Queen Anne's Lace, forget-me-nots and daisies.

The magazine on the left, "The English Home" featured an interesting recipe for a tea bread, above, and some beautiful scenes, below. That was not all: - each magazine had far more splendid pictures and reading than these, and the ads, all relegated to the back pages, were in keeping with the theme of the magazines. Each ad was a pretty as the pictures in the publications themselves.

The English Home magazine features a regular ettiquette lady named Mrs. Minerva,  who has a tongue-in-cheek style that makes you smile.  This issue featured a personal home tour, an article about taking afternoon tea, a study of damask fabrics, and country homes. I'll have to start getting my own copy.

Wal-Mart had a new batch of cotton prints so I got a small piece of several patterns. The daisy print also comes with a pale background,

And this is a close-up of the pink swirly print that has a sheen on it.

It is always nice to have a bit of leisure time and enjoy the things that delight the heart. A friend of mine wrote to me recently and suggested that women at home take non-spending pleasure trips by viewing what is new in the shops and savoring new ideas. It is important to take time out to rest and enjoy just being alive.

I am reading a book called "An Enduring Love," about the modern Queen of Persia. A chapter from the book can be read here, and it was also made into a Miramax movie. This is a story of a family without a country, and shows the dignity in which Farrah handled all the things that happened to them from the time they fled their homeland to the death of her husband and youngest daughter. She wanted to be seen as an over-comer and refused to succumb to self-pity.


I looked for an unaccompanied (ACapella) version of "God's Choir in the Sky" but could not find it. This version, however, is quite nice, (filmed in the small village of Urk in the Netherlands)  and the words are posted below it here.





I heard the angels sing "Glory Hallelujah!"


A mighty chorus way up high;

I heard the angels sing "Praise the name of Jesus!"

Singing in God's choir in the sky.



Chorus:

I heard a thousand trumpets sounding out His Glory,

telling the story how he came to earth to die;

I heard a million voices praise the name of Jesus,

Singing in God's choir in the sky.



I heard the glorious song coming out of Heaven,

The sweetest music ever heard;

I heard a mighty song sung by all the angels,

My soul thrilled at ev'ry loving word.



Chorus:



I fell down on my knees when that chorus ended,

They shouted out a glad Amen!

I fell down on my knees, prayed that when in heaven,

I would hear that choir once again.

(Chorus)