The Morning Sky. One of the first things I do each morning is check the sky. If I'm up early enough I even go outside in my jammies to look for constellations, the moon and other planets. But I always look out my bedroom window to the south and note the color of the sky, sometimes pink if I catch the sunrise, sometimes a great shade of periwinkle (my favorite) and sometimes sky blue (pun intended) with white clouds shaded in gray. My least favorite is cloudy and gray. I just love checking out the morning sky and soon birdsong will add an audio portion to this part of my day.
My bed. We have a beautiful king oak sleigh bed with a pillow top mattress. This is topped with a featherbed and then 100% cotton sateen sheets in "river run blue" (yes, I matched the paint color to my sheets!) Next is a down comforter and down pillows - at least two. Finally we have my beautiful Liz Claiborne (the one designer I almost always love) pieced quilt in shades of blue and tan. This bed is soft on so many levels and I just love climbing into it every night. I love waking up in it ever so slowly each morning. And I love getting up and making it first thing so I can enjoy looking at it each day.
My scripture desk. Not to be confused with my work/computer desk in my star room. Anyone who reads my blog probably has heard me talk about my favorite habit from my mission. Morning Sacred Grove. It's a time of journaling, scripture study, prayer and pondering. I love this place and space in my day when inspiration comes and I remind myself of what's most important. To make it a complete sense experience I have scented candles (my current favorite is Sweet Amber Musk from Salt City) and instrumental hymn music and a great view out my window as well as all the little things on my desk and windowsill that remind my of people and thoughts and words that I love. Plus, I also do my hair and make-up here.
Hot showers. I love a hot shower; it's just such a delight to stand there with hot water streaming over your body, so relaxing, and yet energizing at the same time. I think about all the people who lived on the earth who never got to have this simple pleasure and I'm just grateful to have a hot shower every day!
It's all good!
3 comments:
That reflection from your gothic arch mirror on the wall on the picture of your bed is awesome!
Thanks for talking to me during your hot shower the other day. :)
I love your random thoughts and I also am thankful for many of the same things. Especially for the hot shower every day. That was the one worst thing for me in Korea - the three weeks they turned off the hot water. Thanks for the post.
Enjoyed your posts Janet. Your bedroom is gorgeous as always.
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