Appreciations 4.247

espresso cup april 2016Starting the day with the most delicious espresso in a tiny, adorable cup I got at a garage sale years ago, but had never used. Really good way to start the day!

The comfort of a sweet little thunderstorm and steely skies for a day of couching. Perfect weather for lots of big feelings and resting. 🙂

Getting out for a walk again… even went about half a mile all on my own. I’m so brave. 😉

mckenzie's croissants 2016The amazing smell that filled the house when Mckenzie made these croissants. Don’t they look amazing?! 😀

Appreciations Year Three: Day 326

4-hug goodbye visits (the ones where you say goodbye, hug, then talk for 10 more minutes, walk to the door, say goodbye, hug, then talk for 10 more minutes, walk to the sidewalk, say goodbye, hug, talk for 10 more minutes, finally manage to say goodbye and hug and end the conversation at the car.) So nice to catch up with Kari last night!

Impromptu Cheezygirls visit today and plans for more fun tomorrow. So great to hang out with folks you’ve known and loved your whole life. 🙂

Thundery rainy evenings.

Appreciations Year Three: Day 236

Brilliant rehearsal with musical improv group.  I can hardly believe how much fun it is. 🙂

Fabulous afternoon with Alison.  How is it that she manages to make a sunny day even sunnier?! ❤ Good thing I had my sunglasses. 😎

fairy responseGetting to be a fairy with Katie — and how insanely prepared we are for such a thing. 😉 Since it’s our next door neighbor, we even got to see her excited smile as she ran back to the house yelling, “Mama! Mama!”  What a gift.  And we’ll get to keep doing this for however long she is interested!  Looks like it is going to be an awesome summer. 😀

Nice little evening thunderstorms.

Chat with my bro on his birthday (extra bonus – getting to see a video of him receiving herbs fines from Melanie & Andy).  I like my family so much! 🙂

Emoticons, apparently. 🙄

Ferns, fairies, feathers, french fries, felines.

Appreciations Year Three: Day 225

Spring weather. I love the ups and downs, the thunderstorms and the sunny days. I love going for walks outside again!

The interesting perspective on things provided by a rare night of insomnia. Time has such a funny quality today.

Striped socks. Counting things, random songs that pop into my head, petrichor petrichor petrichor, jewelry, my laptop, neighborhood animal sightings >> red winged black birds, cardinals, rabbits, friendly cats, some kind of hawk or falcon, bats.