I appreciate:

• Michael’s suggestion of using #kindnessbomb for Random Words of Kindness: #kindnessbomb and Bryan’s prolific use of it! It is so so so so so much fun to read all the yummy things people are saying to each other! Every time someone new does it I do a little dance. Maybe at some point I’ll make a video of the dance and post that. #kindnessbombhappydance 
• This morning’s rain. Look at everything grow! 
• So many choices about what to do every day. I don’t think I will ever run out of projects. Neat.

I appreciate:

• Sarah for her amazing choices, playful spirit, and spectacular death scene. And for coming back to life — and then seeing the apple and taking another bite. Love love love! 
• The satisfaction of spending an hour weeding despite mosquitoes and heat. Progress! 
• Ice pack for my spazzy little back.

• Photographs. I love being able to “see” things I’ve never seen and experience our world through the perspective of the photographer. I love the way they remind me of amazing moments in my life. 

• Dishes. So handy to have vessels for our food. 
• 3-day weekends. Even though I’m working, it still feels luxurious.

I appreciate:

• The beginning of stone fruit season. Nectarines, peaches, and plums, oh my. 
• This warm weather. I may be tired of it by the end of summer — but it sure feels awesome right now! 
• The way putting together exercises and ideas for a class sparks so many new discoveries and questions. So exciting! 

• Hugs, kisses, and squooshes. 
• Sidewalk chalk (which is what I’ll be coloring with this weekend). 
• Blueberries. Yum.

I appreciate:

• Everything about JimmyD’s class last night: Excellent class time, plant exchange (thank you Danny and Andy!), and hanging out with a bunch of goofballs after class. That was fun. 
• The sweet, quiet stillness of driving around the lakes at midnight. When I stopped to take the photo, the ducks nearby were quacking up a storm! I didn’t know they’d still be awake. 

• A sunny, meeting-free Thursday. Maybe I can get my to-do list done AND enjoy the sunshine. #eternaloptimist

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)