I love "nesting" for a new baby.  I just love all things homey. Maybe it's not the neatest or best decorated around here, but it's cozy  and welcoming.

The smell of grape juice dripping through a jelly bag is floating through the house on breezes through the large open windows.  Little pink dresses and ruffled blankets are being sorted and stacked everywhere, much to my daughter's and my delight, and brother 's disgust.  A soft crocheted blanket in progress is draped across the arm of my favorite living room easy chair. A cup of Yorkshire tea is waiting for me in my dear little rose patterned teacup.  A bird entertainings us as it performs loudly but sweetly on the porch railing outside the nearest open window to the schoolroom.

This is such a soft day---if feels like September already. The sky is already September blue and the morning was cool and clear. Even the old yellow dog sensed cooler weather and sprang around joyfully.  I might have pet him but he was very wet after romping through dew-soaked field grass.

This is a good day.  Psalm 118:24:  "This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." Very glad.