Ah yes, I know what you mean about enjoying beautiful things especially if they are practical. I don't wear rings very often and i think your piano is a wonderful idea! I also swoon over KitchenAid mixers when in the shops... I don't have one yet but I do think about them to a degree that's probably unhealthy spiritually! And yes... guilty again; I swooned all over the Jesse Steel site and all those divine aprons the other day.

But look at all these words we associate with stuff; "love, swoon, divine etc" in some ways it's sad that i can't use these words for my spiritual discussions. We have so much strong emotion for our "stuff" yet feel so much more reserved about our spiritual matters. I can't help but notice the imbalance.