“Mistakes”
On our recent anniversary trip to Atlanta, for some reason I kept making “mistakes” as I took photos.
Like these at the Atlanta Botanical Garden …
Or these from our Airbnb balcony with a great view of Atlanta’s skyline …
And even though they are mis“takes” …
… they are still kinda pretty.
All mistakes aren’t ugly.
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. This incredible Christmas Cactus in the hallway of our local YMCA.
2. Continuing our tradition of putting up our Travel Tree on Thanksgiving night.
Each ornament is from somewhere we have visited over the years.
3. The ability to smell. Especially during the holiday season!
4. Having a cozy spot to read and touch toes with HR.
5. Pretty blossoms reaching down to pose for photos with Robert.
May you find a cozy spot to enjoy this weekend.
Here’s a post from over a decade ago, starring my young grandson (five at the time), Daniel.
I picked up Grandson Daniel (5) from school yesterday, and, hopping into his back seat, he excitedly showed me his just-completed Turkey Basket (well, that’s what he called it anyway).
As I soon learned, the turkey project was two-fold: first the cute little construction paper turkey itself. But as you can see in the pictures below, the front housed a nifty envelope (basket?) which held little gratitude or thanksgiving cards.
For each note, Daniel and his classmates completed the statement “I am thankful for ____ because …” for their family members.
What a joy! Little ones expressing their thankfulness so sincerely. Below Daniel explains to me that his plan for Thanksgiving Day consists of waiting till “all the guests” have eaten “some of their turkey” and then “hand out the slips.”
And he did just that–for all fourteen of the folks at the table. His mom helped him with some of the spelling, but the sentiments were exclusively his.
Here’s mine:
“I am thankful for Abu (that’s me) because he helps with decorations.”
(Okay, maybe that sounds a bit strange, but the day before, we had decorated for Thanksgiving with some outdoor lights. And a month earlier we had carved two jack o’ lanterns.)
What Thanksgiving Joy! We really all do have so very much to put in our Turkey Baskets.
[For more on “Abu” see “My Favorite Word Is Abu!” post.]
So a while back, I did a short series of T-shirt Tuesdays with cool wildlife T-shirts I saw at the Savannah Wildlife Refuge gift shop.
Recently we went back, and I snapped a few more photos. (With a few folks staring at me for pulling the T-shirts off the racks and positioning them for my photo op.)
Today … the Beautiful Butterfly.
Let’s try to get out of our cocoons today.
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. Falling beauty. (Even in a Savannah shopping center parking lot.)
2. Belts.
3. More autumn beauty in Savannah.
4. An early Thanksgiving dinner at our church’s Wednesday Night Supper this week, with ex-wife Donna and our good buddy Margaret.
We all just have SO very much to be thankful for! (Especially those garlic mashed potatoes with gravy.)
5. Covered streets.
May you have a cornucopia of joy this weekend.
So when HR went to see the latest superhero movie today, I rushed over to Chick-fil-A for my first Holiday Peppermint Shake of the season.
Festive Yum!
But the terrifically decadent treat wasn’t even the best part. Oh no! No it was not!
Guess what was?
The folks at Chick-fil-A told me I was the BEST PART of TODAY!!! Me, the best part of their day!
See? Neal! Little me from Savannah, Georgia! Out of the thousands (millions?!) of people who ate at Chick-fil-A today!
Aren’t you proud of me?!
(I’m assuming it meant the world, and not just the United States.)
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
1. The joy of having, here in Savannah, so MANY art galleries. SCAD, the Savannah College of Art and Design, has several galleries. One of our favorites is the Gustein. a five minute walk from us.
2. Geraniums in November.
3. Our wonderful noses and the ability to smell!
4. Grandson Daniel’s voice in his current play.
5. Lovely lunch with ex-wife Donna and HR at St. John Episcopal Church’s annual Holly Days Bazaar (which has been going on for 80 years now).
Joyful weekend ahead!
