1. Crunching dried leaves as you walk!
2. A radiant crescent moon.
3. Picking up a gorgeous leaf to carry while walking.
4. Watching kids play in the leaves.
5. Pumpkins
6. Jack-O-Lanterns
7. Halloween costumes
8. Ghost stories
9. Gourds
10. Indian corn
1. Last night I got an amazing certificate in the mail —
2. It was a “Keep Akron Beautiful” award for our yard!
3. My grandsons and I plant a big circle garden every year with amazing colors and all kinds of flowers.
4. They pick them out themselves with no advice from me.
5. I called them up right away to thank them for their part in this award.
6. This certificate will keep me smiling throughout the cold Winter months!
7. Meanwhile, my Heavenly Blue Morning Glories are outdoing themselves this year.
8. And the hot pink Mandevilla exotic flowers are still going strong.
9. I wonder if the “Keep Akron Beautiful” judged saw the fabulous fairy garden that Nate and Andrew made?
10. I am always garden happy, and now I am even happier!
1. flip flops — the louder the sound the better!
2. yard art
3. singing in the shower
4. a new magazine
5. a great conversation
6. our book group — seriousness and laughter, what a combination!
7. the new little deck outside the side door
8. getting gasoline at a low price
9. reading WLG posts!
10. art supplies
1. family!
2. friends!
3. automobiles that take us to and fro
4. especially my red VW Beetle, Molly Marie McGee!
5. our cozy blue house
6. my laptop computer, cell phone, and iPad
7. Zentangle (see zentangle.com)
8. gorgeous Heavenly Blue Morning Glories!!
9. rose tea
10. We Love Gratitude and all the wonderful people here!
1. having my Paparoonio over for dinner yesterday —
2. he loves to eat and is very appreciative
3. he told me that when he dies, he is going to come back and make watch out for me
4. when I asked if he would be my Guardian Angel, he said, no he would be a Colonel and tell everyone what to do to help me
5. spending the night at his place
6. the companionship of reading together
7. having him over, with my brother Jeff, and daughter Maribeth (Tom was there, too!) for an inside picnic
8. Belgrade Garden’s chicken — people come from far and wide for it!
9. getting fresh fruit — picking out a movie on TV and eating watermelon Oh yes!
10. I was watching rain clouds today, too!
11. 19 blooms of Morning Glories – heavenly blue! yippee yo yo YO!
1. Apple products
2. Bounty towels
3. Essie nail polish
4. Pinterest
5. Apple cider vinegar
6. Micron pens
7. Volkswagen Beetles – new
8. Volkswagen Beetles – old
9. Heavenly Blue morning glories
10. Honest Green Tea with Honey
1. a whole box of peaches! oh my!
2. meeting the fabulous Jean and other amazing people — Ruth and Kylia were there, too! hooray!
3. being at the Magical Pine Forest — unique and incredible, inside and out!
4. seeing “Blue Jasmine” — a Woody Allen movie, weird and kind of wonderful
5. another movie in two days! “The Butler” — sometimes hard to watch, but a truly remarkable movie
6. corn on the cob for dinner!!!!! one of my top favorites, with a short growing season
7. making a list of 40 memories for my daughter Maribeth’s 40th birthday
8. arranging a party for Maribeth with family and friends
9. when she was still in the crib, she used to sing every morning — “happy, happy, happy, happy . . .” until we woke up and came and got her!
10. having lunch with my Dad and his precious friend Marlene — there definitely was happiness in the air!
1. newspapers in the morning
2. blueberries for breakfast
3. big, fat, juicy black cherries
4. large red sumptuous strawberries
5. driving with a book on CD
6. Glucosamine Chondroitin — takes away pain in my hips! a miracle!
7. Zentangle Club today — so companionable and full of creativity!
8. delightful kids who come to Zentangle Club
9. looking forward to teaching Zentangle to a quilting club
10. all the choices, chances, and possibilities of each day
1. bracelets
2. colorful clothes
3. fresh fruit
4. popcorn
5. movies
6. Project Runway
7. books
8. a new recipe
9. fairy gardens
10. classical music
1. luscious blueberries in a peacock blue bowl
2. our book group: Jean Janis – Cathy Carol – Diane Dottie (that must be good luck or something!)
3. finding something I wrote over 20 years ago – so glad it still has power for me
4. a new book that has me interested and engaged – Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
5. contributing to a fund for a victim of violent crime – the money doesn’t right the wrong, but it lets her know that people are sorry and care very much
6. first morning glory of the season yesterday — “heavenly blue” — FABULOUS!
7. building my Smurf toy collection for the grandsons and me
8. getting together with my “Island Girls” – Linda, Kathy, and Rose! They are spectacular!
9. playing with my new Neocolor II wax crayons to see how they operate
10. getting ready for Zentangle Club this Saturday
11. looking forward to meeting Jean soon! woweeeeee!