I like to say that Secrets of a Belle is where I share about “the art of living a more beautiful life.” And while my voice here in Blogland has been a bit quieter for the last couple weeks, life is pretty beautiful at the moment. It’s that perfect time of year in East Tennessee when the weather is just right for bike rides, tennis in the park, and *lots* of picnics. We’ve been experimenting in the kitchen with what comes each Wednesday in our CSA basket, reading several new books, and doing lots around the house. I couldn’t help but think of this quote…
“After all,” Anne had said to Marilla once, “I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.”
-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea
Tell me, what’s your favorite simple pleasure of late?
I can’t tell you how much I love your Anne of Avonlea quote, mostly because it makes me want to go back and watch the entire Anne of Green Gables PBS movies again right this second. Picnics, enjoying our pup, rainy nights cooking in and catching up on our DVR and Google Reader (like Im doing right niw!) are life’s sweet moments lately. Yours sound just lovely!
Sitting on the back deck of our house when the day is losing it’s light, while listening to the boys in the neighborhood (yes, all boys…five of them…and they’re great kids) play in our cul-de-sac. Lots of laughter. Best sound ever.