(Day 11) without Cleo: part 2 ~ insomnia edition...

These were the rest of the roses that we had gotten for Cleo...

I gently got rid of them this morning...

3 of them were taken with her body for burial... 

I got this little plant for my Husband as a little surprise from Trader Joes

on Tuesday... it came home in my red purse so that I was sure it did not

get too damaged ... 

It was surprisingly cool today (usually it is still quite hot here)

and I was able to have the window shades up without

worry that it would heat our house up too much...

The new buildings have progressed a lot this summer... 

 I got this sweet tea towel for 3 dollars at a store in Brighton Beach

called St Petersburg... 

I love it so much! It goes perfectly... DV after prayers tonight we will

put the icon of St Phanourios (a great martyr for Christ) in the stand

that you see currently empty on this table... 

I love creating beauty this way, by linens and dishes with

beautiful beeswax candles (which I rub to be sure they are golden,

as often there is a white film that develops as they age)... 

I love that I am slowly gathering such beautiful dishes to have food hot 

and ready to eat in! 

I have rearranged this (above, our 'island' counter)

a bit more since this picture...

A mini little cheese and crackers station :) 

I quickly created it with 2 tray tables,

(we got a set of 4 of them for free with stand to put them on

years ago when someone at a friend's place was getting rid of them!)

I grabbed a piece of dark blue fabric, a woven piece that 

Mr Husband had and with the pair of candles, it was ready for use!

I finally will be able to use my Cheese Knife set that I was given 

as a Pascha (Easter) present! I had a panicked moment when I could not find

this lovely boxed set and I prayed and prayed and looked and looked...

and kept feeling that I had to go back where we keep our cheese board

(not pictured above as we are keeping it simple and only using

soft cheeses) and sure enough, the lovely box set was on the top

of the three shelves (in the open shelving in the buffet that has 

our icons with candles in sand and +Patrick's lamp)...the box

had simply fallen a bit to the back and I did not see it!

They are so pretty and I am so excited to use them!

It's one of the first time I am using the blue bowl above (to the left) as well...

it was a Christmas gift last Christmas!

Some beautiful flowers this Friday that Mr Husband brought home

from work!  I love having lots of flowers for our anniversary dinners!

I heard this song today (the one marked LIVE)

and thought it lovely...

Well, let's see if sleep will come and visit me now, again...

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May Christ pour out His mercy on us and protect us!