Bringing It In With Bright Ideas

Here I go again adjusting my life with bright ideas. This one is near the brightest. 

I decided that since I love Nature so much, watch hours of camping videos, I should bring that rustic aesthetic into my home/personal space. 

I began by ordering pinecone pattern sheets to use as the fabric for sofa cushion slipcovers. Then I ordered a rustic (gorgeous) mug. On my to do list is to make (learn how-to) bread. Yesterday I bought parsley and lettuce seeds to start my garden 2026 indoors. The major sorting stuff last week has my muscles in shape. Any day now I could be fit enough to chop a cord of wood. 😂

Pinecone sheets
from Black Forest Decor

Here’s how my bright ideas is progressing. Every time I’m typing and stop to think, my eyes close, and my head slowly lowers as my mouth pathetically hangs open. Is thinking not good for me!? 😱

Enter 2026 my life adjustment phase. 

Think Logistics.

What I ask myself, the bright idea catalyst: 

Are the things in my life able to do what they are meant to, when they are meant to be done? Am I choosing the best ways to support the quality of my life? What is the quality of my life? 

Methinks, the way we ask questions about ourselves, can give us a perspective we might have been ignoring or weren’t aware of. 

There is a gated path to finding the answers to those questions. The sign out front says:

Beware of the Rabbit Hole

Cold Enough For You?

  

There are some massive icicles hanging off  roofs lately. 

The cold temperatures make being indoors an entertainment challenge. 

On YouTube, there are channels that run videos of fireplaces and rooms with fireplaces that run for hours.I find it comforting when I sit in my recliner, to have videos like that on my television providing a homey background ambiance. Music is also soothing. Radio talk shows and podcasts are another entertainment source. 

This week is a slow blog week for me as I tend to the bag of shredding last week’s sorting created. Also on my to do list are sewing, craft projects, painting, culling books to get out the door, and maybe making some Valentine’s cards.

Birds at a favorite birdfeeder

Recorded indoors, no sound

Day 37 of Week 6 February 2026

Lake Champlain February 2026
Photo via phone from a camera 

 Have a Lovely & Warm Weekend

Mix up a nice hot toddie

Whistle to the song, America

Browse snowshoes online

Read about ice fishing

Draw a rocking chair

Write a poem about snowflakes

Search flower websites for blue flowers

Plan for a day-cation in June

Day 4: Time off

 Almost a week into the organizing, down sizing, and declutter project, I've had it! I ache. My hands look and feel like sandpaper. A pinched finger, in something I don't remember what*, really hurt bad. It is funny only remembering the pain. At the time, I was sure it was bleeding.

My shoulders will ache awful when kept in one position too long. My neck is sore on one side, then the back and then the other side. The bad bone-on-bone knee is very sore. Otherwise, I feel all right. The major portion of the clear out is finished. I now will rest, do laundry, and take breaks sitting in my room admiring all the effort I put in to make it look nice. 

Apple leaf on a steel tray circa 2010

* I remember now.

I was fixing a frame that had a corner separated, when my finger got caught between the two pieces I was pushing on to align them.