My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Roses from HR.
2. Yummy breakfast at our new favorite Savannah bakery, Sweet Patricia’s (named after the chef’s grandmother).
Puff pastries with egg and bacon. Sweet roll with orange filling.
3. Having enough money to buy puff pastries and a sweet roll.
4. Also having …
Even if it gets turned around sometime.
5. Reading a new book about one of my anxiety issues …
May you breathe easily into a terrific weekend ahead.
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Summer Salads just keep on coming.
2. An HR-planned date night.
We went down to Plant Riverside, had dinner, watched the ships and enjoyed a terrific jazz concert.
3. Being thankful for a new chiropractor who is helping me with my lower back and arthritis issues. I walked out of his office yesterday morning with NO PAIN for the rest of the day.
4. Laughing at the craziness of both Halloween and Thanksgiving already making an appearance. And in this summer heat!
5. Tomato sandwiches!
I hope you have much to be “thanksgiving for” this weekend!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Being thankful for American patriots who fight for our country’s liberty and freedom.
Thank you, Governor Whitmer!
2. Summer corn, cut fresh off the cob, and cooked in my grandmother’s cast iron. Oh my GOODness.
3. Eyes.
4. Rejoicing over whoever invented the “It’s-Simply-TOO-Hot-to-Turn-on-the-Oven” Crock Pot. (I may sell our stove.)
Featuring Lemon-Garlic Chicken Stew.
With no oven-heat to deflate me, I pulled out the wintery/snowy deer bowls.
A Cool Yum!
5. The ability to walk.
May you walk into a pleasant weekend ahead!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Wonderful Savannah Summer Salads …
2. Discovering and hanging out at the Smallest Church in America (or so it proclaimed) an hour or so south of us near coastal Darien, GA
3. Baked Beans.
4. Love rocks!
5. Bell peppers.
The trio were featured prominently in HR’s sweet and sour pork supper.
May you have a coloful, bell-ringing weekend ahead!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Air conditioning in Savannah in July.
2. Air conditioning in Savannah in July.
3. Air conditioning in Savannah in July.
4. Air conditioning in Savannah in July.
5. Air conditioning in Savannah in July.
OKAY, maybe a few more Happy Bringers …
6. Grandson, Daniel, as Raoul, in “Phantom of the Opera” here in Savannah for a two-week run.
7. My “knee-d” for coffee each morning.
8. My obsession (but a fun obsession) with colorful paper napkins.
9. The simple Joy of Friday.
10. Georgia peaches.
I hope you have a peachy weekend ahead.
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Joyful Sunflowers from the Forsyth Farmers Market here in Savannah.
And when they started to bow down their heads oh so dramatically, I figured out another way to extend their life a bit.
2. At Barnes & Noble, HR holding up Kitty Corn from the book we bought granddaughter Isabelle for her fifth bday.
(We bought Kitty Corn too. She wanted to get out of retail.)
3. Short pants in the summer.
4. Spices and Herbs! What a blessing they add to our culinary lives.
5. Breathing in and breathing out.
May you have a spicy weekend ahead!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Radishes.
2. Billboards sprouting up around Savannah featuring grandson Daniel as Raoul in the Savannah Theatre’s upcoming production of Phantom of the Opera.
The production opens July 7.
3. This week walking one of the trails (by myself, quite unusual, R and I are usually together 24/7 ) at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge near us.
4. My Feet
5. Air conditioning.
AIR CONDITIONING!
May you have a cool weekend ahead.
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Getting all cultured, attending the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 2023 Season Finale with incredible first-year-in-Atlanta conductor Nathalie Stutzmann.
“Bolero” was stunningly, movingly beautiful.
2. Fresh farm peaches from Ellijay, GA. Sweet and juicy (sorta like “Bolero”)!
3. Being thankful for my eyesight.
4. Seeing the world premiere of circus-based musical “Water for Elephants” at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. I loved the novel and was uber excited to hear that it was coming out as a play.
5. Celebrating Robert’s birthday (the young upstart) at Truva, a terrific little Turkish restaurant in the hip Virginia Highland neighborhood near Midtown Atlanta.
We chose the Mixed Kebabs for two: Chargrilled Adana | Chicken Kebab | Beef Kebab | Shaved Doner | Turkish Style Rice | Grilled Tomatoes.
May you have a delicious weekend ahead!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Visiting this teeny farm market at Nu Sunrise Farms in Griffin, GA.
All sales were based on the honor system! Here is Robert paying for our vine ripened tomatoes and goat’s milk with lavender body lotion.
2. Having enough money to buy tomatoes and goat’s milk lotion.
3. Watching the Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies 8-3 last night at Truist Firld.
4. My homemade chicken and dumplings.
5. Art submerged in aquariums! A new exhibition at the University of Georgia Aquarium over on Skidaway Island near us.
May your weekend ahead be submerged in joy and discovery.
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