1. Young singer/actor Grandson Daniel owning the mic recently.
2. The wisteria outside my therapist Rubi’s office.
3. Breath. Breath. Breath.
4. PINK in (nearly) spring Savannah.
I know, I know. I keep posting pictures of our azaleas. But Savannah’s display has been more than glorious this year.
5. My Orange Hubby.
May your weekend be filled with pink and orange and every color you adore.
1. A beautiful spring (almost) morning walk yesterday around Savannah’s Forsyth Park. Here’s Robert trying to steal the show. But I think the azaleas won.
The azaleas are actually breathtaking for this early in March.
2. The beauty of pine cones.
3. Reaching one thousand (!) meditation sessions this week.
4. Attending the coolest outdoor workshop yesterday evening over on Skidaway Island at the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography.
For two hours approaching sunset, we hiked among the old growth live oaks and the marsh, ending up at the boardwalk on Wilmington River.
The workshop was for photographers (which HR is, as many of you know). I went along for the ride, walking around and pointing my iPhone camera here and there in what I hoped conveyed a confident “Just look at the depth of field I can evoke from that angle, not to mention the aspect ratio and exposure compensation” sensibility.
Like here …
And here he is worrying me by getting too close to the muddy marsh and the lurking alligators that are abundant in the area.
A few of the other photographers.
A fabulous evening!
5. Early Savannah wisteria …
May you have a photograph-worthy weekend ahead!
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. White roses.
2. The excitement when grandson Gabriel’s junior high basketball team wins their region championship this week.
3. The incredible beauty of very late winter in Savannah. (It’s still about a month until the official beginning of spring.)
4. The sensation of Touch. What a joy. I thought of this today when I pulled out a thick beach towel from our dryer. Oh my goodness.
5. This incredibly delicious chocolate croissant from a brand new and very cool bakery near us, Sweet Patricia’s. http://www.sweetpatricias.com
May your weekend ahead be delicious.
1. Understanding why someone might decide to become a thief …
2. HR and me — renewing our vows at our church’s annual ceremony.
3. Believing that most people are at their core, good.
4. Back to the first Happy Bringer, the ability to savor chocolate.
5. The expression on grandson Matthew’s face as he was given his certificate announcing that he is now a part of the gifted program at his school.
(And Robert congratulating him.)
May this weekend bring you gifts of peace, health and joy.
I have never thought about saying goodbye to Friday before. I have always welcomed Friday. But this is a new idea.
1. The squirrel on our dining room table. HR’s nickname is Squirrel (long story), so I love it when I find little squirrel figurines.
2. The mincemeat pie I made with leftover mincemeat (from Christmas). It was delicious!
The only issue I had with it was the potential murder weapon Robert used to serve it.
3. The ability to taste, TASTE! Sweet, sour, bitter, salty, etc. What an incredible blessing!
4. The camellias blooming all over Savannah this February.
And for some reason I find the blossoms that fall on the ground so pretty.
5. The joy of leftovers.
At least, once a week, Robert and I have a meal with only leftovers.
Make your weekend be so good (in whatever way you define good) that you will have leftovers on Monday.
1. Walking out into a Savannah square near us to read. Sending a selfie to Robert.
And getting his response
2. Being able to walk. To put one foot in front of the other, time and time again. What a blessing!
3. HR decorating our little sidewalk tree trunk garden, with some fallen camellia blossoms.
4. Learning about joy from the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
(Our 162nd book we have read together.)
5. Beautiful food.
Here’s hoping your weekend is beautifully delicious.
1. My Favorite Little Card from the holidays.
“Be Kind, Rain or Shine”
2. Memories of a Beautiful Christmas 2022.
3. Shelter. A place to sleep, to lay my head at night.
4. Grandson Daniel, enjoying the “Harry Potter Experience” in Atlanta recently.
5. My Resolution #5 for 2023:
“LOOK FOR GOOD.”
May we all have a “good-looking” weekend ahead.
1. Holly.
I think that Christmas can absolutely not be Jolly without Holly.
2. Robert’s little homemade birch Christmas card-hanging thingy.
3. The ability to wake up each morning and see. SEE! I can look on the other side of the bed and see HR sleeping soundly. (Well, more truthfully, actually HEAR HR sleeping soundly. Whew.) I can look out my window and see the ancient Live Oak tree branches swaying in the wind. I can walk out of the bedroom into the hall, kitchen, living room, and see our modest collection of art, family heirlooms and comfortable rugs …
I can see! What an incredible blessing. But I so often take SEEING for granted.
4. My World Famous Hambone Soup, made from the hambone left over from our Christmas ham.
Oh, and with my jalapeño cornbread.
5. The Truth of this quote …
“The destination of life is this eternal moment.” Alan Watts
I truthfully hope you have a joyful last weekend of 2022.
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