Uplifting and Inspiring.

Remember the Uncle Arthur children's books?

 We read a lot of stories out of the 'Uncle Arthur'  story books to our kids, when they were little.
Well, years have passed and I have no idea where our 'Uncle Arthur' books disappeared to.
Much to my delight, I found an Uncle Arthur book at the thrift store.
Published in 1947.

 I love the illustrations in this book.
I love that these books were written to teach a lesson, morals and values.
In the back of the book, there are also Bible stories.
Some of the lesson stories in this book, include:
Following Instruction
Golden Rule
Price of Impatience
Reward of Faith
The high cost of cheating
How to resist temptation
Thrift
Tidiness
etc... etc.. etc.

'The children's Hour"

Between the dark and the daylight,

When the night is beginning to lower,

Comes a pause in the day's occupations,

That is known as the Children's Hour.

Henry W. Longfellow

I've been doing a lot of prep work , cleaning and caulking.

Preparing to get the sun room painted.

My goal for the sun room is to make it an uplifting and inspiring place to be. 

 The colors are perfect.
Each evening, you can look over our little farm, and see the sun setting behind the mountains.
It is inspiring and soothes the soul.

 The feel that I really want to have in the sun room, is one that is inspired by the movie 'Under the Tuscan Sun'
A little bit old world farmhouse, and a dose of cottage.
Warm, inviting, inspiring and uplifting.
The sun room is a multi purpose room.
When you have a small house, many times a room has to do double duty, or more.
This is the room where the laundry is done, the computer and printer are , the pantry cupboard and craft supplies.
In short... a place where many hours are spent by all members of the family.

  This room has the colors in that I chose.
 See how beautifully they work together?
Good inspiration for me !
So, away I go.... working , working, working to pull it all together.
That place that uplifts and inspires.

And, every now and again, I'll take a break and read my 'Uncle Arthur' book and find inspiration for being a better me.

I'll bookmark all my favorite stories to read to those future grand kids of mine..... one day .... a long,long, long time from now.



Attitude of gratitude:
~I'm grateful that the new door is on the sun room. I'm grateful that I've just about got the windows finished and will be ready to paint.
~I'm grateful for our new wood burning stove.
It's the bomb! It burns so efficiently, and kept the house at a toasty 75 degrees, and using very, very little wood!
~I'm grateful for friendly neighbors that stop by for an afternoon chat. How wonderful to see their smiles.