In Ottawa with a Beloved Scarf for a very dear friend

I finished the textured scarf

 for my dear friend

who is modeling it in the picture above.

It is perfect for her as the colour is 'hers'...

I was so pleased to see her wearing it.

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I found a tea that she will love that very dear friend Mary 

introduced me too; I got a box for her as well!

I am hoping to keep making teas with various things

and blog about them in the future, God willing.

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I've been in Ottawa since Friday;

It was -13 F with 'real feel' being -29 F here!

I layered up well and has been gifted 

a 100% cashmere sweater that helped keep me warm!

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I fly back today and hope for a on time flight...

The forecast shows it being windy but clear.

Please if you would in your charity,

pray that I get home today and in peace!

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I am re-reading the book that was so integral to my 

journey in life.

Courage to Pray.

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I was talking to another dear friend last week

and told her that I am rereading this book;

it seems to be a book of beginnings and transitions for me.

I read it through a few times in my earliest years

in my discovery of the Orthodox faith

and find myself being so encouraged by it again now

as I continue to build my new life with my

beloved Mr. Husband.

I have so many wonderful moments from my days here in Ottawa!

I am excited to return to my life with my husband

and hope to work on many things,

including reading books with him slowly,

learning to knit socks to give him 

and start a new knitted blanket.

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What are you creating and reading?

Yarn Along with us!

How beauty is seen

If we could become detached from ourselves and gain the
inner freedom which the Fathers called
'apathy', that is to say the absence of passion,
we could see things more and more luminously.
We could also see the splendor of God's presence
in this dark and opaque world.
We could see grace active everywhere
and in all things.

~ Metropolitan Anthony Bloom in Courage to Pray