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DianaK

Appreciations 4.341-352

341. Walk with the kids. Bird tree!

342. Nice visit and walk with Jeff.

343. The amazing symmetry of this flower. More amazing nature… just how did this whirlybird seed get impaled on the spiky plant? Wow!

344. Amazing trees in my neighborhood… faces and Easter Island heads!

345. Super fun and delicious dinner with the Delaneys. Body art by Ruby. 😉 body art 7-31

346. Good night’s sleep. Productive day.

347. Surprise coffee with Cina who showed up this morning and said, “Hey, it’s mom coffee date day.” Sweet!

348. Thundery morning. Helpful appointment with Melinda.

349. Good check in appt with my heart doc. Staying the course, no bad effects from meds. Plus, Amy is sweet and so fun to talk with. I like having a good health team.

350. Surprise visit from Katie and Cina — they even brought me coffee! Nice visit with my brothers as we drove down to Rochester. Good to see Debb, Tim, Beth and Blair — even if it was in the hospital waiting room. Glad Dennis is improving!!

351. Multi-colored flower. Beautiful weather.


352. Farmer’s market walk with Sarah and Ida! Yummy farmer’s market tomatoes. Afternoon of sorting through Katie’s papers and mementos with the girls. Lots of funny stuff! So. Many. Drawings. Luna cat and her wonderful poses.

DianaK

Appreciations 4.306-4.308

306. Hawkins Automotive. They always do such a great job and are friendly and fast, too! Fun and productive meeting with Sara. Playing Bananagrams with the kids during the thunderstorm. Minneapolis skyline at night. Theo Wirth Pkwy.

307. Trees with faces. Perfect weather for a walk. Summer purples and yellows and whites, oh my.

308. Being the Minneapolis hub for Katie and Cina! I love the lunchtime visits with Cina and the before- or after-meeting/rehearsal visits with Katie. So sweet to see my girls so often! 😀 # happymama

Starting to see some relief from the depression. How fortunate I am to have a solid support network of awesome friends and family — and meds to help when the non-pharmaceutical methods aren’t quite enough.  #onedayatatime

The promise of thunderstorms. I love stormy weather!

DianaK

Appreciations 4.273-4.276

273. Our new tree! The city planted a Bur Oak on the boulevard. It will be so thrilling to watch it grow. 🙂

The most exquisite smell of french lilacs. I know I look like a lunatic, stopping to stick my face in to smell them when I’m out walking around, but I don’t actually care. What a delicious aroma! Mmmmm.

Sunlit tulips and gardens.

274. Native plant sale and breakfast with Laura. What a fun start to the weekend! We learned a lot about how to prepare for a plant sale. Next time we’ll be ready with containers and cash! 😉 Doesn’t seem to matter what we do, Laura and I always have fun. Breakfast at the Good Earth was delicious!

Astonishingly beautiful weather. I always fall back in love with Minnesota at this time of year!

Driving myself to Rindo’s party tonight. Didn’t stay long, but got to see a few beloved people before I left. Longest solo trip I’ve made in months. 😉

275. Fabulous walk and breakfast with Kat and Cina to start the day. 🙂

The excellent timing of things…like discovering the handle to the storm door was broken before leaving the house, thereby avoiding being locked out! (Thanks, Mckenzie, for fixing it!)

Raspberries and blueberries. Yum.

276. Fantastic Mastermind meeting today. I am so lucky to work with bright, funny, insightful people like Jerilyn and Amy!

native plantsMore progress on the walkway on the south side of the house. It feels so great to be making progress on projects like this that have been neglected for years. Today we got another bag of weeds cleared out and got all the new plants in the ground.

Brilliant chat with Alison today. My friends are the most interesting, sweet, fun people. I’m so lucky!

DianaK

Appreciations Year Three: Day 204

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Being able to go for walks again. REAL walks – like all the way down to the   Rose Gardens and back. Thank you, pacemaker, for helping my heart do its thing the right way!

The lacy not-yet-budding branches against the fading early spring light.

The adventure of taking photos with my phone, but not really being able to see what I’ve got in the frame (since I’m facing the sun), so having to wait until I get home to see what I got. 🙂 I love that these trees look like they are holding hands.

The feeling of being impelled down the hill so quickly I almost have to jog to keep from falling. Being able to walk back UP the hill. Did I mention how much I like my heart and lungs and muscles all doing what I need? So good.

The goofy unlikeliness of looking down at just the right moment during my walk to spot Katie’s Earth First button and pick it up – not even knowing it was hers or that she’d lost it. Silly.

Silliness.