All posts by Jean

Open windows…fresh air!
New year beginning for David
Glacier Park’s 14 in. of snow in June
BBQing and the zillions of food possibilities :)
New water heater…GPa says it’s planned obsolescence :)
Annual neighborhood yard sales
Finding Kahlil Gibran’s “The Prophet” among my treasures…
…with the note inside from 1968: “Those who look for the beautiful and pure and spiritually significant things in life can always find them – and in so doing be satisfied.” -Dave Graebel
How treasured books, notes, letters have even more profound meanings years later.

..another log on the fire..

Are you creative? :)

Compliments

Keeping our bodies moving

The extraordinary beauty of our mountains

Short spurts of water from the sprinklers…and the long swooshes of some

Sounds of lawn mowers

Nitro-green trucks everywhere

My sister looked so lovely today

Not needing the heat on in the car this morning!

Cookie’s favorite things…riding in the car and her bath:)

Northern Mallards

Giving and receiving thank you notes
Composition books
Eye doc’s office is fragrant free…
…the lady who arrived with perfume to knock your socks off…hmmmm :)
Ultra efficient ladies in the office who keep it all together.
Very grateful for:
… the man who followed us for at least 5 mi. to tell us that he saw a hub cap blow off of one of our tires…told us where it happened and when we returned we found it! Bless that man!
Todd at the V.A.
Jessica, our go-to-gal who is always so helpful.
Visiting with the sweet lady about our pets :)
Maya Angelou: “I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine…before she realizes she is reading.”

We are grateful to our military men and women who are serving now and who have served in days gone by.

We have family and friends of all branches of the military representing service in Iraq … Korea … Vietnam … WWII .

Thank you for serving!

Neighbors helping neighbors
Phil, our “Paul Revere” neighbor
The Montana homing pigeon who flew 15 mi. to a child’s school…her flock is her people family…she was homing not to a place but to a person.
My beautiful granddaughter who calls often and is always there :)
Spatuletail hummingbird
An awakening and realization of a personality
The Veterans Administration at Ft. Harrison, Montana
Grateful for plumbers who arrived promptly :)
High altitude cooking
Here’s one for smiling :) … “Once you lick the frosting off a cupcake it becomes a muffin…and muffins are healthy. You’re welcome!”

Military Appreciation Day
A few suggested items for care packages for our deployed troops…
…coffee, nuts, beef jerky, granola/protein bars, instant oatmeal in pouches, soap, lotion, shampoo, sunscreen, and among many others, let’s remember Mom’s chocolate chip cookies! :)
Snow drops mixed with our rain drops…
…we had the studded snow tires removed anyway…must be Spring!
Popular baby names: girls: Sophia, Emma, Olivia, Isabella, Ava…..boys: Noah, Liam, Jacob, Mason, William :)
Sol-u-guard botanical products
Creek fishing season opens today :)
GPa’s new riding mower…and the smile on his face while he happily buzzes around the yard :)
Our neatnik neighbor, Harry, who actually vacuumed his driveway :)

Hearing the robins greeting the spring morning
Loving the longer light of the season
Sara of the Bookmobile
Great people at the Talking Book Library…
…so many helpful resources available
The beautiful park with its manicured lawn at some of our State buildings
Annual Vigilante Day Parade…
…many floats showing the founding of this area of our State
Madeline, looking and feeling good at 106 yrs. old !! Her mother lived to 99, her brother to 102!
Madeline’s “secret” to long life: “Just keep breathing!”