Autumn Gifts

It was the children's Harvest Festival Service at school a few days ago and it struck me when some of the children read our their harvest thankful prayers that it was the simplest things they were thankful for. To them they were important enough to put into words as a prayer. 

I also went on a walk that same morning and I too began to notice the beauty in some of the smallest things around me! I have come to the conclusion that Autumn might just be my most favorite season!  

The colours! 

The berries! 

The leaves!  

There is so much beauty on my doorstep! So many treasures.  I could stay out here all day! 

Have a Beauty-filled day!

Xxx

Autumn jewels.

Berries dripping with dew.

Long shadows.

Beautiful red!

Grey velvet toadstools.

Lacy leaves.

An abundance of orange!

Golden leaves.

Angel wings!

Rubies on a branch.

The Art of Being Thankful

The mission continues to slow down and take note of all the blessings each day brings. It's amazing how even on the greyest of days, like today, Beauty is revealed in unexpected places, such as raindrops on the window panes. I am loving the practise of looking at things from a different perspective and just noticing more of the everyday wonders that I usually miss because I am just too busy getting through the day!

I must admit my days are feeling richer because of it!

 xxx

Raindrops on the window pane.

Sunshine colour on a grey day!

Autumn's jewels!

Beauty in an old buiding. Loving the door in the middle!

The evening blue quilt across the sky!

Beauty in unexpected places!

Hello there! I can't believe how quickly time has flown by since I last posted! What with the school holidays and my eldest starting Secondary School, things have been busy to say the least!
But now, as Autumn has started to appear I have found a few minutes to sit and put pen to paper so to speak.

I have been really inspired by book lately called 'one thousand gifts' by Anne Voskamp all about taking the time to see all the gifts around us for which we can be thankful. Amidst the daily grind of life there are gifts of beauty and grace presented to us if only we would slow down to notice them.

So I have decided to try and slow myself down enough to find these gifts of grace on my daily journey and try and record them as I go. So with trusty notebook and camera I am on a mission to find beauty in unexpected places and choose to be more aware and thankful for the gifts that are given by the One who lavishes them upon us all.

'Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father of heavenly lights who does not change like shifting shadows.'James 1v17

Have a beauty-filled day! xxx

Beauty in the food shop on a Monday morning. I never knew Limes smelt so fresh!

Dropping a box of buttons turned into a capturing of beauty.