thankful thursday

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Today I love …

                        Having an abundance of tomatoes

                        Reading

                        Air conditioning

                        New opportunities

                        Old friends

                        Wonderful neighbors

                        Scalloped potatoes

                        Pizza – delivered

                        Thunder storms

                       

           

Tid bits from the homefront:

In all of the years I lived in Florida, I never remember the temperature being this high. At 1:30 today, the outside thermometer read 112 degrees. It is so hot, even the dogs don’t want to be outside. Lewis, who usually wants to walk and run for as long as he can keep me walking; turned around today after about 3 minutes and wanted inside. Smart puppies.

 sam

 lewis

 my karmaB

Yesterday was a great day – I secured a wonderful new work opportunity. Starting to work with Alison at Lake Norman Learning Center. Not certain what I will be doing as of yet – going to work part time with the kids, and also develop some after school arts and enrichment programs. I am excited. I so love what she has done with the center … the energy feels so wonderful, and everything, inside and out is so bright and clean and new … lots of happy little kids running around yesterday. Renewed my spirit for sure.

Check it out … perfect learning environment … such a wonderful, loving, learning environment for children … I am so excited to have the opportunity to become a part of it … http://lakenormanlearningcenter.com/

Garden fun:

I am so excited with the abundance of tomatoes … my son, Ryan, tells me to pick them when they are green [to leave more energy for the plant to produce more] – so, this year, I did just that. Throw [place] the tomatoes in a brown paper bag, and in a couple of days they are red and delicious. Tonight I am making tomato sauce from my home-grown tomatoes. Excited.

The cucumbers are finally starting to blossom.

I should have cucumbers for myself and many to share – very soon.

This summer I have turned many people on to spaghetti squash … my garden is producing quite a few each day … love that many people who didn’t even know about spaghetti squash … are now loving it.

 We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.  ~Thornton Wilder

Until tomorrow xo♥

Be what you want the world to be