Author: Jennifred Jones

Become Ye Thankful

Jennifred Jones

Every single day become thankful for something.

Big or small, large or insignificant….there is stuff in everyone’s life and work to be thankful for.

Sometimes it’s buried under layers of care, concern, fear, and plain old bad circumstances. These anchor us down, sap our energy and deplete our strength. …steal our joy and peace of mind.

Thoughts might say…. ‘stay concerned’ or ‘stay serious’….but too much of that is not good for us.

When you start to feel heavy and pressed down with cares, make yourself think of one good thing….and say thank you.

See the better person you are becoming.

Thanking is an automatic stress reliever, it will change your outlook on life, you will be more helpful to others.

Thanking gets our thinking off ourselves.

What is one ‘thankful think’ I can do today?

I will have two ‘thankful thinks’ tomorrow.

One Lonely Pot

Jennifred Jones

It all started with one lonely pot.

After my kids grew up, each having made little potteries in art class, fired in the kiln using their choice of colored glazes, or the ones with no glaze, because they were sick that day and weren’t able to apply it, so into the kiln it went bare; I became a noticer of other potteries wherever I went.

No two are alike, I don’t collect production line or limited edition pieces, I am drawn to the hand shaped, imagined as they went, this is how they turned out like it or not masterpieces that has been disapproved of by somebody, discarded as worthless and imperfect, or just a ‘what do we need that for?’

And so my collection has grown…if I mention I have given away over 50 pieces, does that tell you how many cast-offs have been recovered and loved? 😊

They are all over my patio and sprinkled in and around the garden — some containing plants, many just standing beautifully as small works of art to be enjoyed. Others are in my cupboards used as one of a kind serving bowls or plates. Prized vessels are changed out on the mantle or table tops.

I love them!

To me they represent someone’s thoughts and skills. They represent the beginning effort of a dream to make something beautiful. Some are made by children, many are crafted by adults. Almost all are signed and dated…truly one of a kind, irreplaceable and unremakeable!

REMAKE BEAUTY

Jennifred Jones

My backyard is filled with flowers, many are perennials designed to come up again so I don’t have to replant them every year.

So many colors and plant sizes and shapes, mixed together with my potteries and souvenirs from hiking expeditions; they all blend into a beautiful patchwork quilt of color and texture that give me such delight to look at, to touch and to share with others.

Anticipating an upcoming move, I am thinking how I will miss all this loveliness, remembering all the places I’ve been, all the people who have shared plants with me, wondering how much space I might have at my new home, and then what to grab and take along!

Generally, I have discovered when people move out, the new residents have different gardening tastes than I do, and often the garden areas are mowed over or converted into another type space.

That thought is tough, but ….. WAIT!!!

I will have a new palate to paint from, new plants to choose, new dirt to turn over and begin to make beauty all over again.

I won’t be giving anything up. That painting is finished, it added to my portfolio of gardening experience, and now is time to begin another painting.

I will remake my beauty again…another place!

Do you need to remake your own beauty somewhere today?

Where? How? Just begin!