Appreciations Year Three: Day 323

Magical restoration of internet connection just long enough to get done what needed to get done. Thanks for the magical boost, Alison. πŸ™‚

Annual trip into Sammy’s with the gang. So good!

A little bocce ball and slapdash in the afternoon, always fun.

Gorgeous evening canoe ride with Alison and Katie and our little communion with the mama and papa loons. What a beautiful evening!

Appreciations Year Three: Day 322

I realize I’ve already appreciated this, but I really appreciate again how amazing it smells up here. The air and trees and plants all mix and mingle and create the single best smell there is. ❀

Another lovely walk with my dad. πŸ™‚

Daytime puzzling with Heidi, Debb, and my mom Β (with musical help from Ivan​) – no flashlights needed!

The arrival of Alison and Katie. Yay! It is so much fun to have them up here. Alison thinks the cabins are “cute” β€” which I think is cute. πŸ˜€

Appreciations Year Three: Day 321

Perfect sunny, warm-but-not-hot day with blue skies and a gorgeous lake.

sand castle 7-15 Someone’s diligent sand-castling.

Wonderful little canoe trip with my dad down to the creek including a visit from a loon, who floated along beside us (well 10 feet away, but much closer than usual) for a minute. ❀

late night puzzle

Silly late night puzzle completion (using our flashlights on our phones) with my mom and Debb. It was well past bed time, but we did it!

Appreciations Year Three: Day 319

Oohhhh the smell of the north woods. There is nothing better, imho.

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Watching the last of the fireworks from across the lake. Oh, and my really super-good amazing photos. πŸ˜‰

Waking up to the sound of loons. Yes. πŸ™‚

Nice talk with Rob this morning. It is so fun to catch up with excellent people.

The sound of the wind in the trees, open windows and bird songs all day, bare feet, good, deep breaths.

Appreciations Year Three: Day 318

Fun visit with Jeff & Laura & Tom. How exciting to have all the sibs back in one state pretty soon!

Last night’s delicious and fun dinner with the Delaneys. ❀

Yet another excellent visit with David and Dawn, featuring Dawn’s great excitement over Friday fireworks. What fun to be around such enthusiasm!!

Appreciations Year Three: Day 317

Day lily july 3 2015 Β Β Β Β Β  Β red flower july 3, 2015 toby time out 1 july 2015 Β  Β toby time out july 2015

What? Another beautiful day with sunny skies and perfect temperatures? Mmhmm. Yes. Just the thing for a nice walk to the coffee shop with Katie! Oh, and pretty flowers along the way, that’s a bonus. πŸ™‚

Weirdo Toby, putting himself in some kind of kitty time out between the shower curtains. Hahahaha!

A day with so many hours there was plenty of time for everything: work, socializing, household tasks (and miraculously smooth and fast errands – three stops and back home in under and hour!!) Awesome!

Appreciation Year Three: Day 316

Okay, so there’s gorgeous weather….and then there’s Bwahahahahaha-I-LOVE-it gorgeous weather. That’s what we’ve been getting lately and it is absolutely the best! πŸ™‚

Black raspberries from the backyard…a little early this year, and so delicious.

Summer eating, oh my heavens β€” cantaloupe, asparagus, and berries, oh my!

Appreciations Year Three: Day 315

Purple June AppreciationsLast month’s purply spreadsheet (though now that I think about it, I should have done Pride rainbow colors!) πŸ™‚ I think greens for July. Oh, how I love to invent fun for myself!

Fabulous lunch/meeting with Melinda today. What good plans we are planning!

Miraculously completing both my newsletter (and associated new web pages) AND all my invoices while it is still technically July 1. Now I’ll just need to sleep for 12 hours… πŸ˜‰

Appreciations Year Three: Day 314

My “fidget ring” that Kari gave me years ago. I like that it fits on both thumbs and middle fingers – so many options for moving it from hand to hand. It has helped me sit through lots of meetings and other sit-still events! πŸ˜‰

Perfect timing that meant the dog did NOT run all the way out into the street and in front of my car and the car behind me was far enough back that it did NOT hit me. How nice to just continue driving around the lake with nothing to report!

Guess what?! More beautiful weather. What a wonderful summer we are having! πŸ˜€

IMG_3075Short, but sweet walk with Katie….ahahaha – the other short, but sweet girl in my house. πŸ˜›

Nice evening out with the musical improv group, comparing notes on musical improv we saw at TCIF and just socializing for a change.

Sitting by the open window, finishing up some work and looking out at the big, beautiful moon.