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Five Friday Happy Bringers 5/31/24

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.

Garden host Pat and HR

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!

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Happy Day of Valentines!

I hope you’re having a good day on this 2024 February 14th Valentine’s Day.

Unbeknownst ahead of time, Robert gave me roses, and I gave him a rose bush.

As I have mentioned before, he likes to give multiple cards on special days. (Which I thought was kind of weird at first but now love it.)

His Three to Me …

My fav — It may just be frame worthy.

And mine to him …

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Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 1/15/24 “Flower Power: Carnation”

So HR got me this cool and beautiful book for Christmas.

I love it.

From the intro: “Flowers are incredible. They have the power to calm, heal, and allow us to express our deepest emotions without saying a word. They can boost your mood, reduce stress, and improve well-being.”

“Choosing a flower for its traditional meaning, natural energy, or holistic properties, you can bring the benefits of the natural world into your home or workplace, and into the lives of loved ones.”

My birth flower is the carnation, so when I turned #{£%&@ on January 10, we picked up some pink and white lovelies.

Following the advice of philosopher of contemporary living and favorite author Alexandra Stoddard, we divided the bouquet into smaller arrangements and placed them around the apartment.

What a difference the addition of a few fresh flowers can make!

“Carnations have long been associated with love. Different colors of carnation have various meanings with the overall theme of love: pink carnations are symbolic of pure and romantic love; red ones signify ardent love, and white tell the recipient they are fair and beautiful.”

So the beautiful carnations coronating our little place helped to heal me of the shocked revelation on January 10 that I am now #{£%&@ years old!

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 6/9/23

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Attending friends Pat and Mary’s annual Backyard Garden Party.

A Magnificent Dinner Plate Dahlia

2. Making homemade vegetable broth from (organic) veggie scraps.

3. Our incredible bodies which accompany us on this earthly trek. And are always trying to move us toward wellness. Thank you, Body!

4. HR’s sautéed shrimp salad.

5. Granddaughters Madison and Isabelle starting the local library’s summer reading program.

May your weekend ahead lead you to beauty of some kind.