Morning tea in my little cottage kitchen

Hello everyone well! I am so thrilled to have seen so many of you at my birthday party we just had enough cake to go around! and I had a great day and enjoyed very much your comments.

I do very much love having you all in my life and know we will all be friends and bloggers for many years to come.

Believe it or not we are looking forward to some rain coming our way and when I get that warm fuzzy feeling come Autumn I love the smell of cinnamon cooking in my kitchen so here I am with a little morning tea of hot freshly baked cinnamon and honey muffins (yes I like this shape better then the round ones) with a crumble topping, and a nice cup of tea.

On Fridays our book keeper comes here to our home office to do the paper work so she just had her muffin and cup of tea and enjoyed it I think and then I took two warm muffins over to my neighbours............Yes I have lovely neighbours and have watched their four children grow up to the teenager stage. ((smiles)) they had tiny children and new Born's when they moved here and ours were teenagers so now the reverse is happening.

Below is a picture of my vintage milk jug covers I know they are not common in USA or England but here in Australia they were common and used on every table in the 30s-50s When I find them I am so thrilled to be the new owner.

These ones have lovely Bakelite and plastic beads on them and the idea of the beads was to hold down the crocheted jug covers so no flies could get into the milk in the jug and go for a swim!!

Last night was an evening out for the manager and assistant manager and the volunteers of our op-shop which you all know I work in. Each second month one of is picked out of a hat to choose a place to eat at and this month was my turn...........We had a meal at the Railway Hotel in Castlemaine and it was quite nice I had trout and did not particularly enjoy it but some of the other meals look so nice there was curry, pasta, steak etc. anyway the meal is only a small part of the evening it was more about enjoying the company of those who we may not work with so much as they are on another day.

Lyn the manager is the lady in the middle in the green jumper and she is one of the nicest people you are ever likely to meet.....her compassion for others is beyond anything I have known before. wonderful lady and I thank her for my very cute case to hold papers etc. my gift for doing the night.

This is my husband and he is a sincere warm man who holds close to his heart his family and his faith many in our circle of friends and family do not know how religious he in fact is.........He is also a mason and holds the honour of being the master of a Freemasons lodge.

His passion for life no matter how things work out at time is always with much zest.

This past week Wednesday 25th was Anzac day here in Australia a time to honour those who have fallen in battle and those who returned to their home lands knowing they fought with honour for their country. Anzac day is about a particular battle they fought with very low odds of survival along side the New Zealander's but it now is a symbol of the courage and mate ship we Australian have for our country our family and our mates.

My husband in this photo wears with pride this night some of his fathers medals he got serving overseas on many USA battle ships and as a major in the Australian Army to honour his father who passed away of cancer many years ago.

His father was a mason as well and his father before him I know they would be proud of my husband because he cares deeply about those around him and takes it upon himself to be the first there should the need be known. I will just simply add here for those who feel our faith and our beliefs cannot go hand in hand with freemasonry it does stronger then you can imagine and with the belief faith holds us all together.

I do hope this finds friends around the world happy and well

Blessings to you all on this my Friday! - waiting for the rain.