I really am grateful for inspirations.
I find they come in spurts…almost daily, and at times not for a week.
Recently inspiration has come to me through music, specifically bluegrass music, especially instrumentals.
I listen to each and every instrument, almost as if I divide the music up into sections, paying special attention to the clear and beautiful notes of the mandolin.
I feel happiness, renewal, peace and even a sense of Annie’s Goat Hill, where it belongs…what it is about.
I am a transplanted city girl, living on a farm, milking goats, making the fragrant soap that I always adored. When I make soap I always think about who is going to use the soap. I hope that they find happiness, even if just a moment, from a simple product as a bar of soap. Pleasant thoughts flow as the young batch of soap in the pot begins to trace and as the beautiful music fills my heart.
Life is good.
More inspirations on the way next Friday. And by then, hopefully, I will be able to add video to the blog!
A link to a beautiful lively blend of violin, mandolin, and banjo. Bluegrass instrumental. Almost sounds Irish to me. Beautiful, clear, crisp.
I could sit on the porch and listen forever.
Have you had any inspirations today? This week?
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I get inspiration through music sometimes too! I love bluegrass music too, southern gospel, Christian, classical since my brother, sister, and dad has played the violin, cello, and many other instruments, I have tried violin as well, etc.
~Amy
Amy – Isn’t music a blessing? You and I share a lot of our favorites. I even love Classical Chamber Music. More on the inspirations in the upcoming weeks…beyond music. Have a beautiful weekend. – Mary
Mary- Yes, music is a blessing but I’ve grown up in church singing different hymns since coming to the USA and being raised in a Christian home. Sometimes I hum or sing different hymns in the barn or when we used to milk, singing or humming calmed them down so they wouldn’t kick over the pail or one person would rub them or pet them.
You have a beautiful weekend as well!
Amy
Great post, Mary!
At times it amazes me just how music can lift my spirits.
BTW, I love bluegrass, too.
Finding inspiration is so important, no matter what you’re doing. It just makes things seem more special. And music is such a wonderful inspiration! What a lovely post!
Soap-making is inspiring (for those that love it to begin with), music makes it just that much better.