Sunday Smiles Glimpses Of Fall
This has been quite the October. People are suffering in Puerto Rico. Fires continue to rage in wine country. I grew up in Northern California and several people I know have lost their homes to the blazing fires. You can read an amazing story of survival HERE. It truly is devasting on so many levels. It’s hard to think of talking about something as frivolous as pretty pumpkins when so many people are under distress. Yet I’ve been told that positive images can give hope in the midst of tragedy. So I bring you Sunday Smiles Glimpses Of Fall.
Comfort Food
I’d like to offer a big plate of comfort food to anyone who needs it. This recipe for pumpkin and almond stuffed French toast fits the bill.
Cute Costume
Earlier this week I revealed the 2017 Decor To Adore Costume Challenge. I love a good costume and Camille Styles Romy and Michelle costumes are so cute and brought a smile to my face.
Creating The World’s Largest Teapot Cozy For Charity
A few years ago Tina Sharpe spied a teapot shaped shed on a television program and purchased it to transform it into a tearoom in Castelnau Magnoac in the Hautes-Pyrénées, France.
Tina decided to use the teahouse shed as a platform for a fundraiser. She wanted to create the world’s biggest tea cozy made from knitted and crocheted squares. The response has been amazing. She has received squares from people from all around the world: England, Australia, New Zealand, America, Scotland, Germany, France and more.
Tina plans to host a special Tea Party event to show the tea cozy off and raise money for charities. After the event, the cozy will then be deconstructed. The squares will be made into blankets to be sold and will raise money for two charities. Great Ormond Street Hospital for children in London and Association Dominique in Toulouse, France. Both charities do an amazing job in caring and looking after children who need special care.
For all those who need hope may you take comfort in this verse. You can find the free printable HERE.
May you find hope this week.
Laura
Wonderful fall images. Love the teapot cozy idea.
The CA couple’s story is amazing, I read another, similar one; however, the wife succumbed to smoke inhalation in the hospital the day AFTER surviving the fire. Your printable verse is spot on.
I hope you have a good week Laura, and I am sorry for all your friends’ losses.
Thank you for the verse!
I read a fire survival story yesterday. I am afraid to clink on your link because it may be the same one and, though they survived, it was horrifying… Praying for all those there. What a tragedy.
Your Fall photos are a breath of fresh air! Beautiful and comforting indeed.
One of my favorite verses, to give us hope. It is so hard to think about pumpkins when there is so much tragedy around us, but your lovely French Toast will sure make me feel better! Thanks so much for sharing and have a great week!
Miz Helen
Love that teapot!
Laura,
Your links give a much needed reminder that in the midst of tragedy there are still good and beautiful things happening, also. We feel sorrow for everyone who is suffering, and we rejoice with those who are not.
Judith
That front porch is really the ultimate. Love the printable verse, too.
That pumpkin french toast looks delicious! I love pumpkin anything. 🙂
What a wonderful thing that tea cozy is being used for and look at all the squares that have been sent in, amazing and such love from around the globe.
Happy Autumn~
Debbie