Present Joys

“We thank the Lord of heaven and earth
who hath preserved us from our birth
for present joys, for blessings past,
and for the hope of heaven at last.”

“Post a picture of me.” —my pal Colleen, who doesn’t understand tumblr

You won’t find bias tape like this in the store.

Greedo’s green-teal-orange color palette has always had a special place in my heart.

It is in the old Christmas carols, hymns, and traditions—those which date from the Middle Ages—that we find not only what makes Christmas poetic and soothing and stately, but first and foremost what makes Christmas exciting. The exciting quality of Christmas rests on an ancient and admitted paradox. It rests upon the paradox that the power and center of the whole universe may be found in some seemingly small matter, that the stars in their courses may move like a moving wheel around the neglected outhouse of an inn.
G. K. Chesterton

Felt Christmas Tree Pins - the purl bee