Walking with your head up ,you may not find a penny but you will see the flowers.

The flowers are every color of the rainbow.

A squirrel and I came face to face. Once he decided I meant no harm ,he went back to his task of carrying a mushroom.

Summer walks in a misty drizzle

Grateful for my safe neighborhood

The amazing amount of things donated to the rummage sale. Every item will find a home.

Grateful for hubby’s Dr ‘s appt today. I hope they hit it off.

Watch out for school zones as you travel. Grateful parents are sending their children back in the next few days.

I was given a gift today of a day off. The temptation is to sleep a while longer but how wonderful to climb into bed tonight knowing I have checked some things off the list.

What am I grateful for? Let me count.

Internet I remember encyclopedias .Just imagine I can look up a subject and print it out.

I can look up the restaurant I’m stopping at and check their hours ,their menu and location.

Social media I know to pray for Jerry who is ill

Lots of weddings this weekend Lots of pictures to prove it

Emails can bolster a flagging spirit, announce a meeting ,get info and wish a Happy Birthday

Planning a trip to the rec center. Get it moving!

The river is calling me perhaps I’ll wander there.

This is my present I will use it with care.

1. Sun Aug 7, Good walk to library, progress at work, good meals, opportunity for early to bed.
2. Mon Aug 8, Progress at work, cheerful help from co-workers, good meals, helpful advice from others, opportunity to go to bed early.
3. Tues Aug 9, progress at work, help from others, successful cooking project.
4. Weds Aug 10, on time for work, help from co-workers, progress made, inspiring music from internet, opportunity to go to bed early.
5. Thurs Aug 11, on time for work, friendly help from co-workers, progress at work, stretching, good meals, bed early.
6. Fri Aug 12, on time for work, inspiring music from internet, good chat with boss, productive day organizing work space, relaxing concert, good meals.
7. Sat Aug 13, well rested, productive day at work, productive shopping trip, valuable diet info from book, helpful email from boss, bed early.

1. God
2. The little tomato plant Cassie which yields little orange and yellow tomatoes
3. Big tomatoes ripening on the vines
4. Bill and his family moving to the east coast again
5. Hearing from Polly
6. Coffee with Dolores
7. Read to
8. Pet greetings
9. Call from my brother
10. Cooler and less humid atmospheric conditions

Jimmy’s cafe reunion so to speak as they gathered last evening to raise money for the disadvantaged

My husband was so happy to see his old friends

I was happy to have him share it with me.

Jimmy. the energizer bunny!

Jambalaya (Hubby brought me some and I ate it all!)

No coffee! (Jimmy’s was a coffee shop)

Remembering our excitement ten years ago as Jane and Dave married

My oldest client has her house up for sale . I’ve cleaned for her weekly for 25 years. Grateful for the steady money and the friendship. We were reminiscing.

Out to dinner tonight with couple who were in our wedding. Grateful for Parasson’s. Good food always!

I took our anniversary casually this year saying its only 42 till someone said you may not hit 43. So a shout out to a not a perfect marriage between two flawed people that seems to work.

Grateful for all the years. All the memories.

Talking to my grand daughter who observed you’ve liked each other forever and that’s a form of love.

Friends who are taking us out to eat tomorrow though they’ve had a hard year

Out to eat . Hard to find someplace new but we did and it was good.

Brought home pie to have later in the evening. Pecan for hubby. Ooey Gooey Caramel for me.

Grateful that my parents had a good marriage. Companionable peace filled my youth.

Grateful for the fun we had.

Hopeful that the skies will clear and we’ll get out to to see a meteor or two.

Very Grateful for:

1. God’s Blessings
2. The way a slight summer rain lifts everyone’s mood
3. The Wu family, who came to my yardwork rescue when I managed to slice into the hedge trimmer cord, not once but twice
4. Garrett’s tweet of this post on Embracing Contradiction & the Sacredness of Human Attention: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/07/20/alfred-kazin-journals-perception-contradiction/
5. Ezekiel bread
6. Air conditioning
7. A parking place close-by
8. Dad, responding better to less medicine
9. the postcards from the trip to New York

Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth…These are the things to fear… Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Today I’m heading to Good Neighbors with donations from Church of school supplies. They will distribute them so kids can start school with new things.

Grateful for people who share their time, talent, energy and resources.

All those who give just a little. Together we can make a difference.

For our records I had to count. Sixty boxes of crayons.Fifty glue sticks. Thirty five packages of pens. Fifteen rulers.

One scientific calculator meant we had some of all the items.

Eleven backpacks!!!

Someone included hand sanitizer though it wasn’t on the list. Love thoughtful people.

Having to make two trips to deliver it all.

Imagining the relief of the parents and the excitement of the kids.

School starts next week. Many thanks to the generous people.

1. God
2. The people who fixed my car
3. Vacation
4. Now I know why people endure the traffic to go to Cape Cod
5. The infinite ocean horizon
6. Schools of fish
7. Seals
8. The sharktivity app
8. Harbor
9. Ponds
10. What the glaciers left in their wake
11. Fresh fish tasting like the sea
12. Nature preserves
13. Salt marshes
14. Books to read
15. Time to take
16. Fathomless constellations
17. Oyster shells as a reminder

I’m a little grateful for little gratefuls in my life.

A little sympathy in a hard situation.

A little  coffee to jump start the day.

A little clean laundry until I can get laundry done.

A little venting to keep from getting angry

A little time on the computer before my obligations

A little picture of my precious grandson

A little picture where my grand daughter looks so little (her boyfriend is very tall)

A little walk because its a little cooler