I’m bouncing with joy at summer’s beginning today.
The “Jumping Pillow” at Sunny Day Farms, Louisville, GA
HR is jumping too!
Happy Solstice!
Tag: Joy
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 6/12/23
Marveling at our Strawberry Cobbler—made with just-picked strawberries from Prescott’s Strawberry Patch in Wrens, GA.
YUM!
Five Friday Happy Bringers 6/9/23
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Attending friends Pat and Mary’s annual Backyard Garden Party.
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.
One-Word Wednesday: 6/7/23
“Revival”
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 6/5/23
Marveling at the simple Breakfast Beauty of Beans and Franks.
From start to finish.
“Pretty” Good
I hope you find something Marvelous this Monday Morning.
Chicken Noodle Soup
I have been feeling a bit queasy and under the weather today because of some meds I’m having to take for a heel spur, of all things.
Sort of a gray day.
And just take a gander at the definitions of “spur.”
Excuse me, but this spur ain’t urging this horse forward! There’s zilch prompting or encouraging going on here.
So whenever I’m feeling a little sickly, especially stomach wise, I do what Mama did. I take out a can of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup …
… and pull out a sleeve of “soda crackers” and let the healing begin.
[Sidebar: I know that both the soup and the crackers are high in sodium, which I usually try to avoid, but not when I’m sick. At the sickly stage, I’m ready to ingest salt by the spoonfulls, or is it “spoonsfull”?]
And for some reason, maybe nostalgia, maybe the power of comfort food, maybe the connection with Mama, the soup almost always plays its role in healing manifestation.
I’m feeling better.
Five Friday Happy Bringers 6/2/23
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Enjoying a backyard Memorial Day cookout at a dear friend’s house.
2. Breathing deeply.
3. Always having enough food to eat.
4. Kitchen utensils.
5. The truth of this short poem by Alex Brown.
May the weekend ahead be ENOUGH for all of us.
Thanksgiving in May
For some reason, we are having a bit of a “cold spell” here in Savannah, which is quite unusual for this late in May.
TIB (Truth in Blogging): Frigid for us is anything under 60 degrees. Right now …
It has also been raining all day.
Sidebar: I’ve kept a gratitude journal for eons now. This morning’s additions …
So, when trying to decide what to have for supper, it hit me …
GRATITUDE-INSPIRED THANKSGIVING SIDES!
Thus, using whatever ingredients I had on hand, I decided on Green Bean Casserole and Sweet Potato Casserole. Two classics, right?
I got to work.
Oh my goodness. The deliciousness of fall in spring.
A Joyful May of Thanksgiving to You!
Five Friday Happy Bringers 5/19/23
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. This beautiful head of cabbage we got a nearby farm store, Pittman’s Country Market, over in Lyon, Ga.
We were fortunate enough to see the farmers hauling in the freshly picked cabbages.
2. Having dinner with grandson Daniel—far right—and his three best buddies (all actors like him).
Nearly impossible to keep up with their energy, but Robert and I had a blast!
3. Our refrigerator. It keeps things cold! And it even has a section that freezes! Do you have one? What an incredible blessing that I so often take for granted.
4. Robert’s fried (okay, okay, I know, fried) okra (okay, okay, I know, okra) the other evening.
Yum!
5. And corn on the cob.
I hope you have a delicious weekend ahead.
