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Posted in Five Friday Happy Bringers

Five Friday Happy Bringers 12/1/23

Posted on by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. SO enjoying last night’s Savannah Telfair Museum Christmas Tree lighting and Design District Holiday Walk.

2. Our wonderful (and often taken-for-granted) EYESIGHT.

3. HR’s nickname … Squirrel.

New ornament

4. Washington Square at dusk. We live just off Washington Square in downtown Savannah. (Savannah has 22 extant squares, and ours is the northeast most one near the river.)

It’s one of my favorite places to read or rest.

5. Underrated beauty in fall’s scraggly bushes.

May you find lotsa beauty this weekend.

Posted in T-shirt Tuesday

T-Shirt Tuesday: “Savannah Wildlife T-Shirt Series” #10

Posted on by Neal Saye

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 Sensational Sea Turtle

Australian Geographic

Here’s a cute cousin of the sea turtle we saw at Hunting Island State Park in SC …

May we all think long term and age gracefully.

Posted in Five Friday Happy Bringers

Five Friday Happy Bringers 11/24/23

Posted on by Neal Saye

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.

Posted in Holiday Joy, The Joy and Wisdom of Children

Neal’s Post from the Past: “Gratitude Turkey”

Posted on by Neal Saye

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.]