Around the house...

Sitting here at the table and I'm intoxicated by the fragrance of these...

 I bought them last week and within a few days of  being inside

with the warmth of the wood stove and some sunshine...

 ...they are all three stems, heavily laden with spring perfume...

 ...filling the house with promise and the optimism of warmer days to come...

My little oxalis which I received last St Patricks Day has laid dormant

for most of the winter. But in the past few weeks she has been

sprouting new leaves almost daily...

 ...as if she's just bursting with spring joy!

I received something most interesting in the mail for my birthday a few weeks back...

 My daughter had these shipped from this shop. They hand make these beautiful arrows

with real feathers and poplar wood from sustainable sources...

 Sweet little gift tag as well!

 They're only for decorative use so don't imagine me out there in 

the forest looking for deer...maybe I'll use a few on Valentines Day!

 Do you like marbles? 

 I inherited a bunch of odds and ends from another crafter who was getting

rid of some felting supplies and these were in amongst them...

 We used to have huge marble collections when I was a girl and I remember

in the spring the school yard was full of all types of games to challenge your marble skills.

Many kids carried them around in those purple Crown Royal cloth bags that the 

whiskey came in. Of course the big boulder types and the clear crystal ones were the real prize ones...

...I always wondered about the coloured bits in the middle and how it was 

that the twisty design was made. I'm sure with technology these days I could 

google it and find out but for now I'll just enjoy them as is on my table reflecting the light.