The Life of Mrs. Miles

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Wow - I hope you like Olivia's first hybrid project. We were working on some new techniques and ideas and she decided to create this pretty crocus box in celebration of spring - seeing the first crocus bloom here (photo over on Becky's blog) Olivia thanks Amy W. for the use of her pretty bow, it is the perfect element to finish it off. It comes both as a jpg file which is already conveniently on a 11 x 8.5 inch paper, ready to print, but its' also in png format, so that if you have a printer which can go larger then you have the option of making it bigger. She asked me if I would be willing to print and assemble it to see if it actually works. Now my only critique would be that its a tad 'fussy' to snip out, but it is WELL worth the effort - as you can see in the photo below. I think that the cutting and shapes of the blooms make it original. I'd love to see what you fill yours with!


The crocus and grass are just a few of the two new kits Olivia is launching at the Sophia Sarducci Shoppe... hopefully sometime today - but if not, then for sure next Monday, she says I should keep you posted on that. So there are a ton of other new products at the Shoppe, so be sure to visit and check out the newest products.

crocus box assembled!



Welcome, pale primrose! starting up between
Dead matted leaves of ash and oak that strew
The every lawn, the wood and spinney through,
'Mid creeping moss and ivy's darker green;
How much thy presence beautifies the ground!
How sweet the modest unaffected pride
Glows on the sunny bank and wood's warm side.
And where the fairy flowers in groups are found,
The schoolboy roams enchantedly along,
Plucking the fairest with rude delight;
While the meek shepherd stops his simple song,
To gaze a moment on the pleasing sight;
O'erjoyed to see the flowers that truly bring
The welcome news of sweet returning spring.


~ John Clare

I'm not complaining, but I think I am losing my mind. I don't know if anyone else out there is on the border of menopause, but if you are, or even having passed thru (gosh how I want to just skip thru this time!) - tell me, does it make you forgetful? I can handle the hot/cold thing, I can handle the mood swings (tho its sure hard on those around me) but the forgetful thing... is it normal?

home-baked Chicken Pot Pies, ready to pop in the oven

Ok, the good things of this past week - everything I baked turned out wonderfully. I decided to try my hand at some home-baked Chicken Pot Pies. I used the Rough Puff Pastry recipe which I blogged about a while ago - and it turned out even much better than my first attempt. The filling I made out of cubes of tender chicken, fresh asperagus, plump mushrooms, all in a cream and tarragon sauce. Mmmm

Delicious Success!

So I'm going to take a quiet day here... just try to get my act together and delve into the Word - thats usually what I'm lacking and the only thing that really brings me peace. I hope you have a good start to your week as well. Thanks for visiting!

Tomorrow makes today's whole head sick, its whole heart faint.
When we should be still, sleeping or dreaming,
we are fretting about an hour that lies a half sun's journey away!
Not so doest thou, Lord.

~ George Macdonald