Small projects

I sewed together the little pillow last night using an old scrap of linen.  I embroidered the details, and filled it with old scraps of fabric.  I love it--it's so sweet and small. 
I've also been playing around with polka dots.

Must stop the car when you see sign for ice cream

Mmm, mmm, mmm . . . stopped by Mateo's Ice Cream on the way home from errands and tried the roasted milk and strawberry ice cream.  I don't live very close to Baskin Robbins or Coldstone but I can live with that now that I've discovered Mateo's.  I must try their other flavors like Yellow Cherry, Dragon Fruit, and Mezcal.  It's a chain I believe so there might be one near you!

A place to pray and enjoy beauty

These are really old pictures from the Serra Retreat Center in Malibu.  It's a place of beauty, peace, and stillness.  I'd love to go back someday for a prayer retreat.  The last two pictures were taken in one of the bathrooms . . . I couldn't resist the beautiful tile!

:)

Where desert meets ocean

Papel Picado

I always get happy when I'm in spaces decorated with papel picado!  I just need to hang some up in my room one of these days.

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One thing I've noticed in my part of LA is that there are a lot of bars . . . bars to keep people out, and bars to protect what you own.  I have to admit that constantly looking at heavy bars everywhere can bum me out.

I took these two photos by my church today.  What I love is that the flowers and plant-life are spilling out over the bars, and the bright colors speak of welcome and invitation.  Yay, not everything is concrete and metal and ugly around here.