Meet Rose .............

This is Rose…..She is part of a collection of Victorian Dolls from Ashton Drake Galleries that I have had for some time now.

I thinks she is stunning.She makes an appearance at my house for a couple of weeks a year at Christmas time to sit in the Living Room with all things Victorian…..

I have been thinking about trying to “purge/scale-down/lighten the load recently.
I have gone through boxes of Depression glass and Angels of every kind, boxes of Americana /Prims and Raggedy Ann‘s.
Milk Glass and Restaurant ware. Teddy Bears and Teacups……..

I am so attached to this stuff….Some of it I only see once a year, and then , I am like a child at Christmas, excitedly unwrapping ………..whatever treasure I have taken out .
My husband indulges me in this “collecting” …..
He has his collections too !Greasy tools, empty 5-gallon dry-wall buckets, half-dried high-lighters, his collections of half-empty caulking tubes…….

I was vacuuming the living-room last night and saw a new show advertised The subject is “Hoarding”……I was horrified ………People trapped in their houses surrounded by all this “Stuff”….
It was a mini awakening….A reminder to make sure I am continually examining my heart , thoughts and attitudes to align them to God’s Word.

I am going to be working on downsizing and lightening the load of stuff , I am carrying around. In my heart and in my home.

Love in Christ, Ella