Good Morning . . . We have it all today! Love, Groundhogs, and Memories, on this first day of February. But first off I need to tell you about our new favorite TV series, the Detectorists. Have you seen it? It’s a comedy about the little things in life and the extremely eccentric members of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club as they search for ancient treasure in the English countryside. What’s not to love? You can see it on Amazon or Acorn. So funny! Rachel told me about it, and she was right. It’s adorable. I’ve fallen in love with the theme MUSICA. The lead players remind me of the guys in the Full Monty, only they keep their clothes on. Watch if you can! Let me know what you think!
Okay, get something hot to drink, grab a Kleenex (just in case you cry) and come back. I’m about to jump around, subject-wise!
Hello! ‘Tis Moi! Rabbit Rabbit! 
Happy February! So much to tell you! Starting with Groundhog Day because it’s happening TOMORROW! 
Treat yourself to a cozy evening and this delicious comfort-food winter dinner . . . 
If you click on the link, you’ll see I wrote that the recipe for Onion “Punxsutawney” Pudding “wasn’t in a cookbook yet” ~ at that time it wasn’t, but it is now! If you have the 30th Anniversary of Heart of the Home, it’s on page 76. The Pineapple Spareribs are on p. 105.❤️ (Ooops, just noticed I left the 2 cups of pineapple juice out of the recipe above!😜 It’s in the book though!) This dinner does double duty ~ it’s perfect for Groundhog Day; light a few candles and it’s a romantic Valentine Dinner. I am hoping Punxsutawney Phil doesn’t see his shadow tomorrow! Although, I’m enjoying this lovely quiet winter now that I’m finally over that flu or whatever it was that attacked us in January!
I’ve been painting like crazy. Back to my normal ways of up early, dialing up the heat, filling my water dish, getting my tea, feeding Jack, turning on lamps as I walk through the house to the studio, quiet, just me and my kitty. Joe’s asleep and wants nothing to do with us! I’ve been painting for the 2021 calendars. I laugh because I signed the contract to do the 2021 calendars in 2019, they will arrive at our studio in 2020. This is why I never know what year it is!
I don’t know what I’m going to do with this, maybe put him in a calendar, but I decided I couldn’t live any longer without a Jack finger puppet, so I painted him. That was a few hours of joy!
He ignores me. Although he just walked across my lap to curl up here . . .
. . . in my open desk drawer. Next life I’m coming back as one of my cats.
Hope you’re enjoying your calendars this year! For all of you with the English Countryside Calendar on your wall, I thought you might like to see February in the 12 x 12 wall calendar ⬆️!
And for you with the Wall Calendar, here’s February in the English Countryside! Don’t want you to miss anything! Hooray for February!
No matter which calendar, time-wise, they have everything in common! At the end of the month, we’re getting something we’re always wishing for, MORE TIME …it’s Leap Year! Make a plan for the 29th because you won’t see it again until 2024! If you haven’t seen the the movie, Leap Year , this would be an excellent time to do so. Such a fun movie, filmed all over Ireland, Amy Adams and Mathew Goode (Mary’s husband), put it on your calendar, you’ll love it.
Mas MUSICA? . . . Speaking of putting things on your calendar . . . I promised to tell you about
the Mother’s Day Tea/Twine booksigning events in Duxbury, Massachussets as soon as the dates were firm ~ And they are! It’s going to be amazing. Picture a room filled with spring flowers, teapots and garden clippings, with grandmothers, mothers, daughters and sisters (Husbands, grandfathers, dads, and brothers are welcome too!), a room filled with friendship, community, connection, books, hats, 
England, joy, kindred spirits, and a catered meal (they’re making recipes from my books!) that has both a Julia Child, AND a Prince Harry and Meghan connection ~ all in celebration of Mother’s Day!!! YES! YES! YES! We want everyone who would like to come, to join us … so we decided to do not one, but two events to make sure everyone gets a ticket.
The first event will be a catered “Light Supper with Wine” (Twine!) on Wednesday, May 6, from 4 to 7 pm. The next day, on Thursday, 
May 7, from 1 to 3 pm, we’re having “An English Lunch with Tea.” For both events, I’ll be doing a presentation ~ I’m thrilled to be doing a show and tell with my favorite photos of the English Countryside, a little bit about history, maybe a dab of ancestry, and every wonderful thing I can think of about Beatrix Potter, including our Picnic at Castle Cottage. On top of that, each guest will receive 
their very own copy of the first chapter of ENCHANTED, my new book-in-progress! Andrea, the person in charge of this event, has many other little surprises, but they’re a secret . . . she’s as excited as I am. So, what’s on your calendar for May??? Registration begins 8 am, March 24th … online at www.duxburyseniorcenter.org ~ they’ve put nothing on their website yet, it’s too early. Put “Tickets!” on your calendar for March 24th so you don’t forget! Bring your mom, your sister, your best friend, and come! New England is beautiful in May!
This is where we’ll meet, at 10 Mayflower Street in the charming New England seaside town of Duxbury (settled in 1632), just up the coast from historic Plymouth (where the Mayflower landed), and about 45 minutes south of Boston.
So how about a few more reasons to love February ~ the month that celebrates LOVE! … But, first some flowers, and then a story, and then a surprise.
Joe stopped at the florist on his way home yesterday and brought us this big breath of fresh air. Aren’t they the cheeriest?
You know I’ve always said that Valentine’s Day is for women, because it’s US who’re crazy about it, the idea of it, the romance of it, the hearts, lace, chocolates, musica. But there’s all kinds of Valentine love isn’t there? And for so many of us, best friends, moms and sisters are the best Valentine’s we could ever hope for. We should make sure all of our beloveds gets a Valentine. A card is enough, via snail mail, in a real envelope with a real stamp!💖
We’re lucky, we found so many kindred spirits when we found each other! From EVERYWHERE: the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, England, Wales, Canada, France, and Spain, 
to Texas, Georgia, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Washington, Tennessee, Ohio, California, Minnesota, Florida, Alabama, Indiana, Arizona, Illinois, North Carolina, Virginia, and Kansas ~ from sea to shining sea and across this beautiful world that gets smaller every day. And we found everything in common, kindness, tolerance, acceptance, home, family, petty-pets, cooking, sewing, beauty, England, tea, memories, china dishes, little vases, creativity, table settings, books, yard sales, movies, quilts, the moon, sunrises, and sunsets, to name a few.
We’ve been through all seasons, we’ve fed chickens, celebrated first snows, first daffodils, 4th of July, and fireflies. We’ve gone back to school, and sent our thanks and encouragement to our teacher and nurse girlfriends. We’ve branched out to Twitter, Facebook, and 
Instagram ~ to bookstores, picnics, and even ocean liners … where we’ve connected with even more kindred spirits. We’ve shared our laughter, our parents, our children, our holidays, and our travels, our joys, our silliness, and yes, our losses. Every so often our hearts break when we lose someone; we do it together, say goodbye to a pet, a husband, a dad, a sister, a child, a best friend. But that’s what life is, it’s sunshine and shadow, it’s connection, it’s EVERYTHING, and that’s what we are, Everything. Which brings me to a sweet memory and a kind of miracle. Three years ago, just yesterday, we lost our Girlfriend Karen Peterson. Many of you remember her, those of us that met her saw the lovelight in her eyes. She is gone, but her sweetness is remembered, and she left a legacy of love. Read on, you’ll see.
Got your Kleenex? This is me with Karen. Yesterday our Girlfriend Doreen left a letter in the comment section of the blog. I knew this story would resonate and asked if I could share it with you and she said yes ~ so here we go, to you and me, from Doreen:
Hi Susan, I have a little story I think might bring a smile to your face and a warmness within your heart.
Many years ago….I came to your blog and met some of the nicest women. One of the was Karen Peterson. I’m not sure if you remember her but Rosie had 
you autograph a napkin for her and so did Joe during one of your book signings. Well anyway… Karen and I became good friends after meeting here on your blog. We’d chat on the phone, send messages by snail mail, buy little gifts for each other and became such good friends.
If you remember me, you will remember my husband was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor back five years ago.( I shared that on your blog). Karen would get up in the middle of the night and check on me online. (Richard was unable to sleep because of the steroids he was on) . She’d bake 
cookies and mail them to him. (which he loved) Then when he passed, Karen was always just a phone call away. She’d cry with me and provided me with such loving emotional support.
Well, about eight months later, Karen herself was diagnosed with the exact same thing. She passed three years ago today. Karen would share with her husband Gregory that if he need any emotional support or had questions, to call me. Gregory knew who I was because of Karen telling him what was going on. I’d call and talk to Karen while she was on her cancer journey. Gregory would call every so often just to talk, share his grief and we’d cry and share memories together.💔 We did this for several years until around 8 months ago when we started talking more often to each other. Then one day he said something and it caught me by surprise. I said, “Greg…are you flirting with me?” He responded with “Yes…I think I am!” and that is when it all started happening. We are now currently engaged to be married. He proposed to me on Jan. 21st. of this year. We are looking forward to marrying in the near future.
So…needless to say…we have both found happiness again. Something both of 
us thought we’d never find. Especially because I live in Florida
and he lives in Wisconsin!!!! This, my friend, is all because of your blog! If I hadn’t met Karen here…Greg and I wouldn’t have ever met each other. It goes to prove…becoming friends and maintaining that friendship has really nothing to do with physically meeting… it has to do with the connections of hearts… the hearts of kindred spirits. I look forward to continuing my loving friendships with the others I’ve met here like Rosie, Georgie, and Cynthia to name a few. Our ability to share in the joy of finding happiness because of this blog has not gone unnoticed. We’ve formed 
friendships that will last as long as our earthly journeys do. I would share with you the picture of the napkin you and Joe signed for Karen, but I don’t think this page will allow me to upload it. It’s in a frame hanging in the bedroom. It’s a reminder to me how so many different women found and share a wonderful friendship….all because our kindred spirits met here…beginning with you! You tie to altogether for us. One beautiful sisterhood! EMC! ~ Doreen ~
Wasn’t that beautiful? It’s all of us together, really. I’m so happy for them, for Doreen and Greg, and for the memories of Karen and Richard. Somehow I think Karen pulled this whole thing together. Unbelievable, Florida and Wisconsin! You just never know what life has in store for you.💞 
And so, before I go, before the surprise, I have a few little Valentines I thought you might like . . . little things to help make someone’s day.💖
This is Joe’s Valentine breakfast ~ waffles! Kids love them too! We have heart-shaped waffle makers that use no electricity, cook on a burner, and work like a charm ~ they come complete with my waffle recipe and make you look like magic!
For you, a Valentine bookmark to keep or tuck in with your Valentine cards… click HERE, print on card stock, and laminate if you like.
And back, by popular demand, Secret Notes!!! A little box of 32 love notes to put into pockets, backpacks, purses, and gift bags!
And Banners!!! Janie made us lots of darling banners . . . 
And, here’s the SURPRISE . . . my Valentine’s Gift to you . . . a giveaway . . .
. . . two of my favorite cups, good for Valentines, but good for year round! Just leave a message in the comment section and you’ll be entered . . . in a few days we’ll have a drawing and off they will go to the lucky winner!❤️ You will be happy no matter if you’re left-handed or . . .
. . . right-handed . . . big, 16 oz, thin-lipped, fine bone china, limited-edition cups made in luv-lee England.
And this reminder, from me to you with love. Take a deep breath and remember, if mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. We need you. xoxox
Heigh-ho heigh-ho, it’s back to work I go . . . don’t forget to leave a word or two if you’d like a chance to win those cups! Look right there ⬇️ for a tiny number and the word “comments” … click there and leave a message. Have fun Girlfriends, Happy February! ❌⭕️
So good to read your blog❤️ Enjoy the rest of winter!
Rabbit rabbit sweet Susan, thank you for the gift of a long lovely blogpost of love and friendship and girlfriends. Just what I needed today, just what we always need I guess.
I will enjoy it, bit by bit , picture for picture , with my tea, a little black dog on my lap and
a plate with homemade jambuttons💝 and have a little Susan Branch teaparty. Love from Emma in Norway
Always wonderful to hear from you Emma. Jambuttons sound very good! xoxo
I love those cookies, with raspberry jam!
Could Emma possibly share her recipe for Jambuttons? How much fun it would be to make a cookie all the way from Norway!
Another wonderful message of LOVE for all things,people, sleeping groundhogs
and a peaceful place to be. I miss Cape Cod so much but you bring a little back
to me with each blog you write.
Hi Sue,
Rabbit Rabbit and happy February to you and Joe. So good to hear from you on this first day of the month. In a moment, I will change my new desk blotter calendar over. Did my mini a bit ago. LOVE your calendars!
Hope I win the drawing, so I can share with my sister/friend Linda. She bought me another of your cups for my birthday and neither of us has these.
Love all your blog posts! Love Joe’s floral gift! Love all your loving encouragement in all aspects of our lives! Happy Day! Melin xoxo
Hello! Susan! Thank you for the always beautiful good vibes and inspiration! ❤️
Happy Valentine’s Day! 😘
Dear Susan,
I just L❤️VE the middle of February! I am trying to teach son #2 the value of being a romantic! We have a groundhog’s day parade 5 miles north of me. Complete with an after party with groundhog stew and a Hawaiian theme! (No groundhogs harmed in the making of the stew.).
I did leave you a message this morning on the brown blog, so as not to fall behind again I got on this one toot sweet! I did notice in the pub picture that the brown and red books go great together! I have seen brown houses with red trim near where I live. So cozy ❤️
I was wondering if the Karen was the Karen from Green Bay?
Love is truly Love’s 💝 gift. My grandmother framed a picture from a nineteen thirty’s woman’s magazine and it was on her dresser. It was a mother and baby, and it said “Love’s gift divine.”
I do watch “The Detectorists”, and they’re a hoot!
♥️🥂
OXOX
Margot
Hello, Susan! After the government fiasco of late, we certainly needed another “Susan” Blog! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! That was a lovely bit of writing/artwork/reading. We’ve had a very overcast Winter thus far along the Lake Michigan shoreline, and your blogs are just what I(and so many others) need! May the month of February come to you with love wrapped all around it! Cheers!
Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️! Go be love 💕 😉
Oh Susan I’m a February baby. Born on the 24 th of the month. I’d so give those two darling mugs a wonderful home 🏡. In fact they would be used so often they would spend no time at all in the press with my other cups.
Such a lovely story – hope through grief, real human connections found online. Always a treat when I see a new blog post from you.
I’m far away from my girlfriends and family, but I hope I can find someone to go with me to your Duxbury events. For now, black kitty Cosmo and I say hi from Boston!
You can come by yourself and I know you’ll have a wonderful time! You’ll find all the kindred spirits you need right there!
What a beautiful tribute to Karen, sweet and caring and so kind. The flowers are beautiful that you are enjoying. And I get to enjoy them too. Thank you for your beautiful art. I enjoy your blog more than I can say. My winter mug gets daily use, mostly coffee 🙂
Happy February! ❤️😊😘
Wow….I got goosebumps before I even got to the end of the story because I just had the feeling that was how it was going to end. I’m so happy for Doreen (whose comments I remember reading years ago before your comment section got too long for me to keep up with the comments). I really wish we could go back to the days before your popularity exploded, but I don’t begrudge you the audience for your beautiful work…and the connections people are making through your Web presence. Knowing you are blessing many people must keep you buoyant in Joy and ❤️.
Oh Susan, 1st Rabbit Rabbit! What a welcome blog post! The story about Karen and Doreen and Gregory is just magical, touching all our hearts. What really matters for us all at the end of our lives, is the love you leave behind when you are gone. Karen left a whole lot of love, that’s for sure. ❤️. Happy Valentines Day to you and Joe and Jack too. You reminded us all that it’s a day to celebrate all kinds of love. (Have to get me some of those ❤️ notecards!) “Love makes the world go round.” 🎶🎶🎶 Ain’t that the truth.. Love, Beverlee
P. S. The Detectorists is really fun.. Love that show… Beverlee
After this week, your blog came as such a day-brightener! Thanks for the great self-control it must have taken to refrain from mentioning current events. February would be much cheerier if those two mugs would arrive at my doorstep!
What a wonderful story about Doreen and Greg, and how it all started when Doreen met Karen on your blog!! You bring joy into our lives in more ways than I knew!
I’d love those mugs! oh, you were so right about getting out the kleenex! thanks for sharing the love that this blog has brought to me and others, Susan! Happy Valentine’s Day!! From Sunny Southern California (going to be in the 80’s today!)
I purchased Britbox for myself for Christmas. All English shows, movies, etc. I am IN LOVE. I’m usually a reader but I have enjoyed this it so much. I’ve been watching FROM LARK SPUR TO CANDLEFORD. I guess it like LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRARIE English style. One of the main characters makes me think of you and she looks like you. Watch if you can.
Susan, Doreen and I are friends too. 🙂 I lost my husband 18 months ago to a sudden, apparent cardiac event. I found him on my lunch hour, but I knew the Lord called him home, because in the 44 years I knew him, his face was never so peaceful. The devastation and loneliness is unimaginable. Doreen has checked on me, prayed for me, and provided support and encouragement during the past 18 months via social media. Although we have never met face to face, she has made me smile and helped me to have hope in many ways. We both have suffered loss, that can be understood by one another. I’m so happy and over the moon for her. Her upcoming marriage is a Divine Intervention if there was ever one, and no one deserves it more than sweet Doreen <3
How beautiful to read still another connection Janis, just lovely. I’m so sorry for your loss, I can only imagine. Makes me hug Joe tighter. Thank you for being here!
Thank you Janis….What a wonderful blessing to be able to be a blessing to you. I’m keeping up with you on FB! EMC! <3
A lovely introduction to the new month with Groundhog Day and Valentine’s Day coming up, laughter and love in the middle of Winter.
Love comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances. Happy, happy.
Rabbit back at ya!
Loved the dragonflies – and just in time for the latest season of Outlander Feb 16!!!!
(would love a chance at a mug-thanks for that!)
Your blog is so heartwarming. I so look forward to it and savor it over a cup of tea.
~Dearest Susan~
What a luv-lee way to start the month of February!
Congrats’ Doreen and Greg! May you both relish your past sweet memories, as you savor your new ones together.
Thanks, Susan, for sharing this heart-warming story with us.
Happy February To All!
~Marie
Beautiful and heartwarming (as I think the tea cups are, too!)
I adore “The Detectorists”! The theme song has been my “cool down” song on my workout playlist for a year or so. It’s quite soothing 💕
Hi, Susan!
How very happy I am for Greg and Darlene!! Magic!!
What a fantastic giveaway! Perfect for February!
How lovely it would be to be in Duxbury! It is certain to be a wonderful occasion!
Not much winter here where we are. Wondering what that groundhog will have to say about that?
Sending all sorts of good wishes your way!
Oops! That’s “Doreen!” Autocheck! Grr!
Hello Susan, I have always loved February for a couple of reasons. The light has started to return and the days are now longer. Also it is the month of my birthday and Valentine’s day so that makes it extra special! Thanks you for the lovely love story about two people falling in love through mutual friends. How lovely and heartwarming that was. Happy Valentine’s to you and Joe. xo
What a beautiful story especially with Valentine’s Day right around the corner…..so happy for them both. Life can be so hard sometimes but you never know when GRACE is around the corner. Love the mugs Susan and love you too! 💕 Thanks for the beautiful bookmark….I’ll use it and think of you.
I do not believe in coincidences. I believe in tender mercies from above and I truly love the tender mercy of Doreen’s story. How wonderful. Thank you once again for brightening my day.
Such a beautiful post!
Thank you! May you be safe! May you have mental happiness! May you have physical happiness! May your life be of ease!
I’m hoping for no shadow too–it seems like it’s been a long winter already!
❤️ How lovely to read about this new love of Doreen and Greg and their journeys through life! Susan, you are an inspiration in so many ways! Thank you for all of the loveliness today and always! Happy Valentine’s Day, GFs!
Hi! I have bought your wall calendar for ever, but I have just now found your blog and what a dose of happiness it brings! Thank you for taking the time to create such a beautiful blog and also so many other beautiful things. I am so glad I discovered your blog❣❣❣
This blog is like pure and perfect medicine for anything that ails. Thank you for
every word of it.
This blog warmed my heart! It’s inspiring, especially in these stressful times with all that is going on in this country and our world in general. It can make us feel so small and helpless. This entry put all that in perspective.
Thank you for sharing the importance of love between friends. Connections and kindred spirit are so important.
Your blog makes me happy
What a wonderful surprise to find your blog in my mail this afternoon! All of it was lovely but the love story of the widow and widower blew me away!! I think you are right, Karen must have put this all together. What a sweet, sweet thing to happen!💕
Sending Valentine love to you, Joe and Jack. Please stay well this month!
XOXO, Peg
P.S. the dates and times for your events are mixed up and need to be changed. I hope you can delete this sentence when fixed.😘
What a beautiful story! And I love the Pledge for a Best Friend. I may have to share that with my best friend.
Wish I lived closer so I could come to the Duxbury event. It sounds like it will be a wonderful time.
Thank you! Peace to you!
always a great surprise when i see a new email from you. always so uplifting.
Happy news so good to hear a nice story instead of all the stuff on the news.
Beautiful story. I have to say I absolutely loved your Brown post. Happy Valentine’s Day!
We NEEDED this post today, dear heart! I read through it quickly, as I always do, but now I’m going back and letting it all sink in like warm spring sunshine. Love that Doreen shared the journey that she and Greg have traveled❤️❤️❤️❤️Much love to them, too!
Your valentine post is so cheery! Thanks! Cheer is a pretty wonderful thing to receive!
This was a lovely post with a special love story. Thank you, Susan!
Your blog makes me happy. I get it via email and never know what my website is. Is it comporium.net?
Maybe you don’t have a website? If not, just leave it blank … it’s okay!
Rabbit rabbit!!🐇🐇 You’re so right Susan … we just never know what life has in store for us. Thank you for a lovely message! ❤️
Such a joy to read your blog and so uplifting to see your artwork sprinkled throughout. So blessed to have found you and your friends and glad I have a close knit group of friends nearby too. Wish I was closer and could attend your Duxbury event but you inspired me to consider having something here for my buds! So much to celebrate this year esp. Leap Year!!
I love your mugs! Any of them!
Your writing always warms my heart. Thank you for sharing that wonderful story from Doreen. I love the positivity and love.
Thank you, Susan! I love all of your work, but especially anything with Jack. My kitties, Iris and Charlotte, love him, too! They are my source of stress relief, along with reading your blog!
Happy February!
Rabbit rabbit!! 🐇🐇
You’re so right Susan … we just never know what life has in store for us,
Thank you for the lovely reminder.❤️
What a delightful blog! Just what I needed today, thank you. Linda across the country in Poulsbo.
A treat for a gloomy Saturday…puts the sun back in the spirit!,
Hello from Canada. Another lovely post to cheer me on a dreary day. Thank you for sharing that heartfelt message.💖
Oh my goodness! Doreen’s story sent chills down my back the closer I got to the end. I just knew what the end of the story would be. I think that is called a Godwink.
I can’t agree with you more about being a cat. What a life except for a few things I won’t mention, if you are with someone that loves
you.
Oh, Susan. What a sweet post for another winter day. But we relish in a few more moments of light each day and that reassures us Spring will come. Doreen and Gregory’s love story is precious. They will never forget their first loves, but they show us that shared memories, along with a second love can be exciting, too. God gives moments of beauty in each experience we go through.
I’m having a bit of a rough time right now and this blog post was perfect timing, I needed this! Especially the part about stress and being your own best friend. Thank you Susan!
Hope things get better for you Rachel! xoxo
I seldom send valentines but you’ve inspired me to send them to everyone in my life that I love this year…family and friends. Life’s too short not to ❤️
Goodness, I am in tears here. Love is all around, isn’t it?
Happy February and thanks for such inspiration!! Beautiful story.
Oh, Susan…it’s always such a bright spot in my day when I read your postings. Spring feels a little closer and life a little lighter! Happy February to you.
Yet another lovely Blog. You always give me such a boost when you post a message. The love story was just beautiful. Have a wonderful month.
A bright blog on a ho hum winter day. Thank you for sharing all of your joy.
Such a beautiful story!
I thought of you this morning as I picked up my journal and entered, ” ‘Rabbit, rabbit’, as Susan Branch says…”
Have you booked any appearances in Texas for this year? My friend Sylvia and I missed your last one (we were both working), but are now retired and have promised that, no matter WHERE in this great big state you may appear, we’re not missing this one. Please, please, please find a Texas venue and come visit the fabulous Lone Star State. We’d love to welcome you once more!
Staying home to write this year (so far that’s the plan) but I know I’ll be back in Texas some day. xoxo
I understand, but am sad…. 🙁
Love the tiny “Secret Notes”. Happy hearts! 💖
I love that so many will gather to share stories…I do so in my heart from out west in Portand!
xxoo
Well, I have definitely fallen down a rabbit hole today. I saw something from you on Twitter, that led to your blog, which led to rereading lots of old blog posts and clicking on all the little “go here” things in your posts, and now I have about a hundred open tabs and the day has practically gone away while I’ve been reading and enjoying. THEN, I see a brand new blog post. Lucky Day!!! Now, I’ve got to run and deliver a “brand new baby” gift for my best friend’s daughter. It’s her very first grandchild, while my oldest grandchild will be 20 years old this month. But, my youngest is not quite 2, so still enjoying sweet babies, too. Where does the time go? Anyway, thank you sooooo much for all your wonderful posts. Today has been so much fun for me.
Beautiful story of Doreen and Greg. Enjoying your 2020 calendar as I do each year. I reuse the old calendars on packages that I send to family and friends. I cut out quotes and/or pictures and tape on box/package. Looks so stinkin cute….I can’t draw or good with words, so you do it all for me! Thanks!
Excited to read another post. Always very up lifting. Hope your Valentine’s day will be wonderful.
Have been in bed today getting over a bug. Checking my email and finding your new post turned the day around in a lovely way.
I’m so happy to have been part of the connection between you Susan, sweet Karen, Greg and Doreen. You signed that Peter Rabbit napkin for Karen at the English picnic at Stourhead, it meant so much to her. She was my first SB pen friend. Love is all around…..♥
Hello Rosie!!! 😘
Somehow the world seems brighter and kinder after I read your blog post! Sending ‘happy thoughts’ to you and all the blog friends ♥
Loving our two new black kittens! Jack and Jill. Hope you don’t mind! I am so enjoying our 2020 calendar. And this Leap Year thing is always an extra joy as our first grandchild is a Leap Year boy! He’s “6” this year. (24) 🙂 Would love to win the cup! and still have Louisa M. Alcott book to share with you….photos of, that is. 1889, “Life, Letters and Journals”
What a sweet story from Doreen. And of course another great post Susan. I always look forward to them.
Loved the story about Doreen and Greg and their spouses
Hello Susan, I’ve followed you for many years now. Your online missives always bring cheer. Thank you for sharing the story of the lovely women who met online thru you, supported one another thru a husband and then a wifes cancer. Now they will share a love built thru friendship and support ❣️ As a mental health RN in my community I see so many who struggle first with loneliness which then impacts their brain chemistry just as it does their immune systems. My weekly visits for 45 to 60 minutes lets them vent their concerns which I follow up on with possibilities/referrals for supporting their needs. I love the cup saying ‘GO. BE KIND. The world needs you 💕 Could you get more of these for us to purchase ?
Thank you for what you do Jeanne … loneliness is the heartbreaking WORST. I’ll look into that cup! xoxo
Oh my goodness! Doreen’ s story sent chills down my back the closer I got to the end. I just knew what the ending was going to be. I think that is called a Godwink.
I totally agree with you about being a cat. Except for a couple things cats have to do which I won’t mention it seems to be the best kind of life when you are with people that love you.
LOL, now you have me thinking, what do cat’s DO? 🤣
Well I was thinking about how they clean themselves and places where they do that. Sorry I think that I may have ended up commenting on here 3 different times because the first two times I used my phone and it didn’t it went before I lost what I had written. I wouldn’t mention it except that you are having the drawing and I don’t want to have entered myself 3 times.
No problem, you haven’t Judy … my “random number generator” (better known as Vanna), knows to choose only one entry from each email address. (She may look frivolous, but she has a practical streak a mile wide!) 🙃
What a sweet story about Karen❤️
I have your 4 Seasons Cups and enjoy using them for each season. Thank you…….they’re so cute!
Just Love your mugs! But even better finding a blog post in my email form “You”. You certainly brighten up every day, thank you again & again & again !
hugs, Beth
What a lovely story! Thank you for sharing.
Those mugs would warm my heart! Happy Valentine’s Day.
I so enjoy your stories, recipes and celebrating LOVE!
Your cups are so cute and hope I’ll be the winner.
What a nice surprise! I just thought you might need to say rabbit, rabbit today and popped in to see if you did. It was such a sweet uplifting post, especially Doreen’s beautiful story. I would be forever grateful if my name was chosen out of the hundreds to receive that darling cup. I loved everything you showed, especially the secret notes. Have a good day!
Beautiful love story with the mystery and anticipation of chapters yet to be written. God bless!
I love your writings and drawings and Jack
Your blog post appearing in my inbox: a beautiful treat in the middle of a wonderful day.
Thanks for taking me to a happy place away
From our hateful world of politics. I choose to
Love and enjoy the little things in life as you do so well💓
Susan dear, Susan, I’ve written to you so many times and I don’t know if you get my messages, however, I SO enjoy your blogs. They bring a fresh breeze of love into my computer and it shares it with me.
Stay well and stay as wonderful as you are. Hi to Joe.
Lotsa love, Fran
Such a sweet story! Always look forward to your blog. It brightens my day. I have added The Detectorists to my queue. I’m sure we’ll like it since we’ve enjoyed your previous suggestions.
As others have said, just what I needed on a gray Cape Cod day, thank you for writing your blog.
Good afternoon!
What a lovely post to remind us of the good things that happen in this crazy old world.
I’d love to win the lovely cups!!! I always feel I’ve had a nice chat with you (in person) after reading your blog. Thank You!!!
Love this post! And loved the beautiful story about Karen, Doreen and Gregory! Love transends distance! So glad that Doreen shared this story. Happy February….each day brings us closer to spring!