finding four leaf clovers

I've always had a fascination with four-leaf clovers--not that I really believe they are lucky--but I think their scarcity attributes a kind of je ne sais quoi. And I do seem to have a strange affinity for finding them. Dar & I were walking around the farm one day, & I simply bent over & plucked one out of a patch of clover. He was quite impressed. Or he was until it became an almost daily occurrence. I kid you not.

  So there you have it. Some people can sing like a canary or do a tax return in 15 minutes flat or fix a broken car door window with a screw & a saw (which my man did, by the way): but me, I find four leaf clovers. Which seems a fitting introduction for unveiling our new little apartment. Which we will be living in in less than a month. I was a little skeptical & slightly miffed at the very beginning when my dear husband sprung the idea of moving on me JUST as I was getting all unpacked & organized. It was an apartment in the home of an older lady whose companion had just passed away, closer to the farm, in the country (i.e. no neighbors...country boys, argh), bigger, etc, etc. But slowly, I kept feeling more & more like it was what we were supposed to do. So I gave my (sort of irrelevant--his heart was set) consent, without looking at it or even meeting our new landlord. It just felt right. And then...I saw it. I will let the photos speak for themselves & add only one comment. Or two. Our new landlord, the older lady, is wonderful. She's a spunky woman with a bent towards art & collecting dishes, two of my favorite past times. If there were any old lady I'd pick to live with, it would be one like her. She reminds me of Cornelia, in the Anne of Green Gables books, a true "race of Joseph" type. We will get along just fine.

 It has a microwave, oh happy day!

 This is the view from one of our windows. I got a little teary-eyed when I looked out here, & felt God's goodness at providing above & beyond for us. 

 She also likes wallpaper, that wonderful woman. 

 Oh, & did I mention it has a china cabinet? And a couch, kitchen table, chairs, & washer & dryer. All things we hadn't bought yet. Why, I don't know. But now it makes all kinds of sense. God-sense. 

 And you can even see Hood:) (If you tilt your laptop screen & squint, it's about an inch to the right of the pine on the far horizon.)