There is nothing like the quiet, steady tick tock of an old fashioned clock as it counts the hours.Happy New Year, Julie! We love the clock!
New-Year Chimes
Clash! Clash! peal the bells;
New-Year life their welcome tells,
Wealth of sunny days to be.
Sing the joy-bells gleefully:
"Golden hours and days we give,
Hours and days in which to live
In the ways of truth and right."
So the bells ring forth with might,
Heralding a future bright:
Clash! Clash! peal the bells.
- G. Weatherly
One of Tasha Tudor's favorite quotes, by Henry David Thoreau: "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
In "Mother Goose", Tasha Tudor illustrated "Hickory, dickery, dock" with a fine old clock striking one with a cat looking expectantly on.
Tea in the parlour with roses.
"The New Year's Carol" by Johanna Spyri and a cozy, warm log cabin quilt of flannel and wool. The tin chamberstick was a gift to Sarah from a tinsmith who admired her old fashioned tin lunch pail, and when she gave him a homemade cookie out of her lunch pail he gave her the tin chamberstick.
An Autograph book from 1885, the first entry inscribed with the date Jan. 1st 1885. A stork carrying Baby New Year is surrounded with roses.
The cover of the 1885 Autograph book and the back of the log cabin quilt.
A delightful find last summer was this fillable hot water tank with knitted cozy. When your feet are cold nothing warms them quicker than this wonderful foot warmer. A great way to have heat without having electric!
The hot water tank without its cozy. It almost looks like marble but 'tis oh so warm!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 comment:
Oh, my! Dear Diane and Sarah!
I have been so busy with family here for the last two and a half weeks that I fear I have missed so much by not being able to come for a visit!
The clock is delightful as are all of the marvelous things you show ~ the sweet book, the charming autograph book and OH! I so would love to have a foot warmer like that! I will be sure to keep on the look out for one from now on! And log cabin quilts are one of my favorite patterns!
Tah Tah, friends, and have a wonderful start to the New Year!
Blessings!
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