I appreciate:

• Rocks – polished and un-polished, semi-precious and sparkly, plain and ordinary. I like finding them, holding them, wearing them, looking at ’em.
• Paper – colored, white, lined, textured, mass-produced, and homemade. I like it in books, for scribbling messages, for organizing, and for folding into little airplanes.
• Scissors. Well, they are just plain handy.

• Sunny days, tulips, and iPhones, oh my! 
• Toby, the hunter cat (who hunts and eats centipedes!!). My scruffy, goofball little hero. 
• Changes, movement, upheaval all setting me on edge, but also, somehow, helping me find my center. Isn’t this life interesting?

• Chamomile tea, 
• birds singing at 4 in the morning, 
• and rain pouring down like someone turned on the faucet in the sky. 
• Oh, and breaks in the rain long enough for me to run in to my meeting without getting soaked.

I appreciate:

• Magical manifestations. 
• Openhearted offerings. 
• Perennial plants. (And alphabetical alliteration)

• Good food, good company, and a lemonade drink called “Puff the Magic Dragon” – what a fun evening! 
• Random words of kindness. Wow, I gotta remember how powerful they are. I got 2 separate doses this morning and am feeling so loved and wonderful. Hmmmm. Might be time to start a new project… 
• Sunshine to start the weekend. Oh, how I love the green leafy buds shimmering in the light!

• BeezKneez local honey for helping reduce my allergies and for being just plain delicious! 
• Books. 
• Mugs I’ve gotten when traveling. How nice to drink my coffee and remember wonderful trips I’ve taken!

I appreciate:

• The bright moon behind the clouds as I drove home from class last night. So pretty. 
• How quiet the streets seem at midnight on a week night. 
• Cozy blankets to keep me warm on a cold winter’s, er, spring’s night.

I appreciate:

• Seeing new flowers every day on my walks. 

• The little yellow finch (I think that’s what it was) that flew and hopped along with us on our way home this morning. 
• Cats going crazy watching all the birds.

• My funny bone, which is so easily tickled. 
• The juxtaposition of the last two books given to me, both of which I love. 

• Mountains – seeing ’em, climbing ’em, moving ’em.

I appreciate:

• Walking in the rain. 
• The fresh green smell, the sound of birds singing and rain on the budding leaves, the green newness everywhere. 
• The amazingly supportive people in my life.