Loving All The Little Things

Back in 2016, just over ten years ago, I wrote this post called 5 Healthy Things I'm Doing.  I reread it recently and was happy to find I'm still doing those things most of the time. Though the oil pulling has fallen by the wayside, I've added a couple of other healthy habits. I'm so grateful I am still able to do these things. Who knows what tomorrow may bring!

My unofficial words for this year are keep moving. They've been in my mind all my adult life so it's not special for 2026. All my efforts to keep Tony moving flopped. On my very first visit to the farm I wanted to head out on the trail he said went through the woods along by the pasture. He didn't really want to but had to show me where to go so off we went. He's a reluctant mover, preferring to keep busy by doing chores. He stayed slim by controlling his diet. I really did think I would change him and that he would learn to enjoy walking, especially with the added bonus of seeing nature up close on his beautiful land. But it wasn't meant to be that that would be one of his things to love.

 Below is the little video our real estate agent made when we were selling that 100 acre property. The farm land was rented to a neighbour. Those woods behind the house was where I walked just about every day and enjoyed every minute of it (except for that one time I got lost back there). I'd never lived in such a place before and it was just one of the many adventures I've had in my life. LeeAnna Not Afraid of Color's prompt this week was about just that. 

 Yes, how we learn as we age that love is in the little things, is different for us all and doesn't have to cost much. Like finding this Abercrombie and Fitch wool scarf/shawl at the thrift store. It was love at first sight and for $5.97, a real bargain. It came out of the wash feeling so soft and goes great over my shoulders in the tv room. 

I'm still loving my various stitchy projects. Here are the last of the So Scrappy RSC March green backgrounds for my appliqued Quarter Dresden project. I'll be happy to look through the red fabrics for March. Blues, reds and greens make up by far the bulk of my stash, such as it is. 

I enjoyed trying a new recipe last week for a hearty vegetable soup and it was perfect for the last day of an Ontario February. It uses chick peas, tomatoes and coconut and is one of those recipes you can add whatever you have on hand. I added leftover chicken and I didn't use curry. I used a couple of chicken cubes instead.

I used the recipe from Nyssas Kitchen as my guide, the one called 30 Minute Chickpea and Tomato Curry Soup. I'm getting to like chickpeas more. 

How true is this..."The person is wealthy whose pleasures are cheap."

I hope you are piling pleasures all around you and enjoying every little thing. 

Also to love are the folks who offer these lovely linky parties found at Songbird Designs, Quilting is More Fun Than Housework, The Inquiring Quilter and Small Quilts and Doll Quilts.