Tag: Happiness

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 8/23/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

  1. Robert and I had a lovely hour perusing a new exhibit, “A Measure of Time,” at our local Savannah Jepson Center for the Arts.

Gloriously colorful, geometric shapes everywhere!

HR trying (unsuccessfully) to blend in.

2. The ongoing belief that our bodies know how to be well and are always trying to move toward wellness.

3. Colorful carrots!

I made a delicious new dish, Maple Roasted Rainbow Carrots with Fennel Seeds, with some of them.

4. Our “Travel Buddies.” Have I told you about them? Three silly little stuffed animals HR and I have given each other over the years. But they travel with us EVERYWHERE we go.

I’ll do a blog post about some of their adventures soon.

5. Friday!

Joyful weekend ahead for you!

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 8/16/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Flowers in our … bathroom.

What better place?

2. Swimming with my fellow.

(Okay, maybe HR and I are just standing lazily in a pool )

But look! Here I am doing a handstand … at %!^&*$ years of age …

3. Joyful birthday celebration with grandtwins Matthew and Madison.

And princess tenting with their little sister, Isabelle.

(It took me twenty minutes to get outta there.)

4. Making a Collard Casserole. (Yes, you heard that right.)

No collard leaf is an ugly colored leaf!

He’s just a little worn and brown at the edges. (Like me.)

YUM!

5. Grandson Daniel at his “Last First Day of School.” He’s a senior at Savannah Country Day.

They have this tradition with the seniors driving onto campus while parents, grandparents, siblings, strangers, etc. yell and act foolish, waving posters and big head pictures.

Here comes D …

And here is D’s adoring crew:

(Our pic made it onto the school’s website)

Daniel is in the white t-shirt, leaning toward his mom and girlfriend.

Huh? What do you mean you can’t see Robert and me?

We’re sorta under the poster that screams “Daniel” (which I made, Thank You.)

But wait, here we are in clearer view …

See us? To the left of the Daniel sign.

Wait again, this is supposed to be about Daniel.

Did I just hear someone ask to see my award-winning poster in a close-up? Okay, here you go …

From some of these photos, you may see that D is a local actor.

May you have an award-winning weekend ahead! 

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 8/2/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Swimming grandchildren.

2. Fresh summer field peas! Oh my GOODness.

3. The prickly beauty of Red Roses.

4. Air conditioning. (That really should be Number One. )

5. “My” Square, Washington Square, near us— which is a sort of ward/neighborhood outdoor living room. (Savannah‘s historic district has 22 beautiful squares.)

See HR? Photo snapping, as usual.

May you have a picture perfect weekend ahead!

(Or at least a little rest.)

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 7/26/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. My cousin Steven’s Adorable (and Attentive) Pugs.

2. Fascinating documentary about same sex connections in the animal and plant worlds.

3. The amazing ability to Hear Sounds! What a tremendous blessing I often take for granted.

4. Beautiful and proud summer gladioli.

5. Learning how to talk about mental health and anxiety.

May you have an all-around healthy weekend ahead.

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Should’t I?

Posted on by Neal Saye

Seriously, shouldn’t I be a guru by now?!

Today I hit my 1000th mindful day of meditation!

Feeling a little proud of myself, I scrunched down and got all mindful … about a congratulatory and summery peach milkshake.

Tomorrow … 1000 and 1.

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 7/19/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. A terrific cast iron skillet breakfast at one of our favorite local eateries here in Savannah, J Christopher’s …

Spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, bacon, sunny side up eggs, with blue blue cheese on the side.

2. My new cow.

Artwork on Columbus,Georgia’s Riverwalk

3. Air conditioning! (And it makes me sad and a bit privileged to realize that everyone does not have this luxury. Maybe a lot privileged.)

4. Beautiful views from our hotel room last weekend.

City Mills Hotel, Columbus, Georgia 

5. Basil lemonade!

May you have a beautiful summery weekend!

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 7/5/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Happiness on walls …

Tanger Outlets, Pooler GA

2. Dry rub ribs for Fourth of July dinner.

3. The joy and privilege of living in a democracy. God bless America. Long live our democracy! 

4. Air conditioning! This morning in Savannah …

Real feel 99

5. Cool(er) memories …

Wishing You a Cool Weekend ahead.

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 6/28/24

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Incredible raw oyster spread at my favorite local oyster bar, Sorry Charlie’s, here in Historic District Savannah.

2. The Beautiful ability and privilege to Breathe.

Hay House

3. My new AirTags on my Father’s Day wallet and keys.

P.S. It makes me Happy that my life has Simplified such that I now have only TWO KEYS.

4. Playing with daughter Emily’s Bantam chicks.

5. Summer blackberries!

May your weekend be a berry, berry good one.