A weekly round-up of various things that provided me with joy and happiness.
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Colorful window boxes near us.
2. HR, coffee and the world.
3. The ability to smell!
4. My Bombay Potatoes with amchur (dried mango) spice. You may recall that Robert and I participate in a monthly “Spice Club” at our local library. SO much fun!
5. Colorful art from granddaughter Madison.
May you have a Colorful Weekend ahead.
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. This new (to HR and me) hot sauce we discovered at a local Mexican restaurant yesterday. So good with a hot and smokey flavor.
2. The beautifully rustic little cabin we stayed in at F.D. Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain, GA earlier this week.
3. Meeting some very neat home-for-the-summer college kids at a corn farm.
4. Robert’s homemade pizza for supper tonight.
5. Georgia Peaches!
I hope you have a Peach of a Weekend ahead!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Attending The Annual Memorial Day Garden Party at friends Pat and Mary Prokops’s lovely Savannah home. Pat is retired now but was a longtime popular meteorologist on a local Savannah station.
2. Driving up to Atlanta for a Braves game.
And getting famous ….
3. The blessing/luxury of having a car. Everybody doesn’t.
4. Fresh vegetables from our favorite Savannah produce stand.
5. Good advice for National Mental Health Awareness month.
May you have a Wonderfully Healthy Weekend ahead!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Reflective spoons.
See me?
2. Being married to a gay man who likes cut flowers… THROUGHOUT the house.
Today, for example …
3. The incredible gift of being able to see. To open my eyes each morning, look around and actually see! What a joy.
4. Celebrating a month, dedicated to our mental health.
And for anyone who is interested, here’s a link to my “Protocol for Anxiety.” As many folks do, I deal with Generalized Anxiety Disorder from time to time. These strategies help.
https://www.icloud.com/notes/02b2DzJouQVaWQhKKlzyDFnCw
5. Friday!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
I have been a bit lax with blog posts for a week or so. Dealing with a few issues.
But here are some Happy Bringers (a day late) :
1. This beautiful old, OLD live oak tree near us here in Historic District Savannah. It may be gnarled and off-balance a bit (hmmm, so am I), but it is magnificent in its glorious longevity.
2. HR, with his shiny pate, working on our sidewalk plants.
3. My Cold Scallop Salad for dinner tonight.
4. Placing one foot in front of the other in life.
5. Realizing that sometimes we have to get closer to see simple and natural beauty.
May you see some beauty this weekend!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Robert’s golden beet soup …
… with fresh parsley, black sesame seeds and naan.
2. And speaking of food, remember the silly post I recently did about a very large spring onion HR found?
Here’s what he did with it.
A deliciously juicy, tender and flavorful roasted … yum.
3. Learning something new this week …
I didn’t realize there was a Universal Sign for Help, did you? 
4. This …
What do you mean, you don’t really see anything? Look closer!
Still nothing?
Actually, what you’re seeing is what I often see when I walk out my front door: a few blocks away, past the trees and traffic, a massive container ship (which sort of looks like a building) …
… maneuvering its course down the Savannah River and out into the Atlantic Ocean.
I’m not sure why this sight brings me a bit of happiness. Maybe because that ship is so WORLD BOUND while I’m just heading to Kroger.
5. Twin Beauty.
May your weekend be Quadruple Beauty!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts
1. Asparagus and corn for our Meatless Tuesday this week (Monday fell through.)
2. Grandson Gabriel (far right, front) and his friends enjoying the eclipse.
3. The amazing ability to see. Try this: move your head slowly to the left and then to the right, noticing how many colors you see along each way.
4. Robert’s aunt’s colorful homemade placemats.
5. This beautiful Purple Clematis fearlessly climbing on a house near us.
I hope nothing eclipses your chances for a Joyful Weekend ahead.
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. HR and I attending a very cool “high tea” here in Savannah with daughter Amy and ex-wife Donna.
2. Wisteria in Savannah!
Can you smell it?!
3. Being able (at least occasionally) to “let things go.”
4. On our recent trip to Baltimore, Robert being reunited with some of his artwork from his childhood.
No, no, don’t try to buy it. It’s priceless!
5. Deviled eggs.
May your weekend smell better than wisteria and taste better than deviled eggs!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
For quite a while, Robert and I have been planning a trip up to Baltimore to visit a handful of his aging aunts and other relatives in the city and surrounding area.
Our early morning flight from Savannah landed in the Baltimore/Washington International Airport about 9 am this past Tuesday. What a shock it was to us when we turned our phones back on to see the horrorific news about the disaster of the Francis Scott Key Bridge about 15 miles away. And as we found out later, six workers were missing and presumed dead.
1. Ironically enough, first on our agenda before we checked into our Airbnb later in the day was to visit the gravesites of Robert’s mother in Maryland National Memorial Park …
And his father and stepmom in Arbutus Cemetery …
2. We LOVED going back to our favorite Baltimore crab cake restaurant, G and M.
3. Reveling in the ravishing Baltimore daffodils.
Here’s a fascinating little independent film I produced, wrote and directed titled “Daffodil Hunching.” (Watch carefully for my guest star.)
4. Seeing the beauty and truth of this Ukrainian Catholic Church across from Patterson Park in Baltimore.
5. Finding the coolest Free Little Library.
And three books!
I hope you’ve had a Good Good Friday and will enjoy a Great Easter Weekend ahead.
NealEnJoy 