Sky Watch, Midweek Blues, Yard Art,
Weekend Reflections & my May Gratitude List
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South Breeze Farm hosted the Giving Thanks Challenge and I participated at Small Reflections in November of 2008 and decided to continue indefinitely … generating the following list one day at a time throughout the month of August. I’ve decided to transfer the lists at the end of each month from Small Reflections to Happily Retired Gal … just because. Click to see previous lists already published here.
1. I’m glad to have transferred my April Gratitude List to Happily Retired Gal at WordPress this morning along with my post with miscellaneous weekend memes so I can begin my May list this afternoon.2. to have Internet access (with help this morning from Time Warner Cable Tech Support) after my D-Link router failed yesterday leaving me w/o access when I returned home from the ‘Eagles’ matinee performance at the Blue Moon Theatre and dinner at Knott’s Berry Farm.
3. for pleasant ‘gardening’ weather over the last couple of days … making the time pulling weeds, cleaning up my yard, and tilling the soil for new planting all the more enjoyable.
4. my $30 refund check from Staples (for recycling old printer cartridges) arrived in a timely manner to help defray the cost of a new wireless router … the Home Valet Plus from Cisco, an easy to use system.
5. one Gladiola shoot survived ‘doggie play’ and is beginning to produce lovely pink blossoms from the bottom up. I’ll share photos soon.
6. I remembered to celebrate (belatedly) my 500th post at Sacred Ruminations and plan to celebrate my 250th post at Happily Retired Gal tomorrow when I share my Fave Five on Friday (and possibly a few weekend memes) there.
7. for the folks at SimpleTruths.com and the resources they make available … like this brief inspirational video Dreams are Whispers from the Soul …
8. to hear from my sister (after more than a week w/o contact) and catch up on travel adventures in the Southwest …
9. for those who send me occasional emails that remind me of what I know, but tend to forget in the busy day-to-day activities of my life.
10. for the monthly opportunity to connect & catch up with retired friends over lunch today …
11. that I decided to cut myself some slack and skip this session at the local Adult School because it’s given me time to do other things with my mornings.
12. the small market a few blocks from home carries ‘half & half’ so that I can walk to replenish my supply when I run low rather than drive to the supermarket.
13. for the $20 I saved at Petco today (using my card along with coupons) when I stocked up on treats & chews for Molly.
14. to be able to help a friend with email issues by setting up a ‘gmail’ account for her that imports her verizon.net email and replies as if she was actually using the Verizon account without having to put up with its ‘quirks’ … pretty nifty.
15. to have finally found time to create and publish ‘a catch up post’ here at Small Reflections and to share lovely pink gladiola blossoms at Happily Retired Gal (after about a week of non-computer related activities kept me away from this virtual world). I appreciate continued your visits & supportive comments … thanks so much!
16. for delightful phone connections with friends & family during this weekend and a fun visit to a local nursery with a friend during which I picked up a variety of colorful bedding plants for my yard.
17. I saved almost $43 on my grocery shopping bill today using coupons!
18. to have fresh produce and food in the fridge this morning with numerous ‘options’ from which to choose for breakfast 😉
19. to get half of the new bedding plants in the ground this afternoon when the drizzles cleared.
20. for a lovely afternoon at the Laguna Playhouse followed by an early dinner at the Beachcomber on the beach in Crystal Cove … an absolutely delightful outing!
21. the remaining bedding plants are in the ground and everything seems to be surviving just fine.
22. that the French Open begins tomorrow so there will be TENNIS to watch for two weeks 😉
23. I won those free tickets to the three Pacific Chorale concerts … the 3rd concert is tonight: Rachmaninov Vespers.
24. for my DVR capturing matches so I’ve had TENNIS to watch today.
25. it rained in Paris so I could catch up on yesterday’s matches before the DVR dumped them to record new matches.
26. for a new perm … I love wash & wear ‘care-free- hair!
27. we’ve had warmer sunnier weather here in So Cal at the beach this week.
28. I learned about Google Docs in an Adult School class this morning.
29. the gal at Time Warner Cable ‘tech support’ got the Tennis Channel to work again fairly quickly this morning so I can record matches to watch later on today.
30. my neighbor picked up milk for me & BowWow Beanie toys for Molly at the market today … saving me a trip.
31. for an hour-long ‘catch up’ phone call from my sister who’s currently on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon after spending a week at Lake Powell without cell service.
FYI – My previous Gratitude Lists can be found at Happily Retired Gal, my new WordPress site. It is my intention to keep this ‘Daily Gratitude List’ in my sidebar indefinitely because I believe it makes sense to focus on what’s right in our lives regularly. Click for:
2010 Lists –May, April, March, February, January
2009 Lists – December, November,
October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February, January
2008 Lists – December, November
Click for comments at the TOP of the post under the title, rather than at the bottom ;–)
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June 3, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Carletta
HI,
I’ve been away a couple of weeks but see you are still publishing wonderful images. Stunning blue skies, cute yard art, and a wonderful reflection shot of that lovely little sculpture!
June 3, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Sylvia Kirkwood
Fantastic blue skies! And what a great collection of them! Wonderful! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Sylvia
June 3, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Linnea
You are certainly keeping busy! I love your skies. We’ve been having some of those high wispy clouds too. Great shots with the tall palm trees. Enjoy the weekend.
June 3, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Marites
those palm trees with the sky as the as background are really beautiful. your work on the angel statue is really nice. happy weekend!
June 4, 2010 at 1:22 am
eileeninmd
Gorgeous skies, and photos! I love the birdhouse. Cute statue too! Great collection of photos.
June 4, 2010 at 2:37 am
VioletSky
I like your yard collections.
And that last shot of the blue, blue sky is stunning.
June 4, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Sallie (FullTime-:Life)
Beautiful pictures, beautiful thoughts. Always great to see you back again.
June 5, 2010 at 8:45 am
Ralph
The roses are beautiful, be it seen in a macro or in the distance. In fact, the birdhouse really accents so nicely the flowering plants. Your patio is so inviting, we can enjoy lovely Golden State sunrays and enjoy the palmy shadows too. The Pacific fair-weather clouds are stunning. Your world is lovely!
June 5, 2010 at 9:43 am
dianne
the flowers are amazing
I really love the spikey shadows on the pretty brick paving
that’s a wonderful scene
June 5, 2010 at 10:36 am
Gabriela Delworth
Happy Pink Saturday!
Lovely photos!
~ Gabriela ~
June 5, 2010 at 1:47 pm
cassie
What a great bunch of Shadow Shots, etc.!! Those roses are amazing.
June 5, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Gemma@Greyscale
Glorious pink roses! Such defined colour! And love your little angel quietly resting on the table. And finally, that bird feeder is in a glorious spring setting! It looks wonderful!
June 5, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Martha Z
Your roses are lovely, they remind me of “Double Delight” , I can almost smell that heavenly frgrance. The bird house among the blooms is wonderful. Great post.
June 5, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Quasi Serendipita
So many fabulous pictures to look at! The palm trees are my favourite 🙂
June 5, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Sarah
Beautiful flowers and an interesting variety of other shots!
June 5, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Sweet Repose
Your roses are divine, you certainly have the greenest of thumbs!!!
Simply beautiful!
June 5, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Maggie
what a pretty collection of pictures!
Happy PS!
Maggie@
Do These shoes match this purse?
June 5, 2010 at 7:54 pm
The Summer Kitchen Girls
Those roses are spectacular! We can almost smell them too!
Your blue skies are wonderful as well, we are enjoying those, as we’ve had rainy, overcast days here this week!
June 5, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Tracy
Wow! There’s so much to take in and enjoy in this post. It’s beautiful and it must have taken you ages to put together! Lovely photos! I hope you are enjoying your weekend 🙂
June 5, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Esther
Hello and a very happy (belated) Pink Saturday to you!!
It’s a very hot summerday in The Netherlands and I’m enjoying all pink posts in the garden! Love Es XX
June 6, 2010 at 1:33 am
chie
Every choosen shots are well done.
I love every shots you have today. Perfect angles.
Happy SS on a nice sunny day.
x0x0
June 6, 2010 at 2:38 am
Bonnie Bonsai
Wow! It looks like your Spring is blooming heavenly with great scented Roses! Glad to be able to post comment here as compared to the other blog. (Unfortunately, I can’t do it with a Comment Box Embedded Below Post. I have this long standing problem which I discovered is due to my change of a new designed template.) So I miss out a lot of times plus being busy in my Grandmothering. But things are easing a bit with me now.)
How are you Gin?
June 6, 2010 at 2:49 am
Kcalpesh
Love the variety of beautiful captures that you’ve posted! Awesome…
Pixellicious Photos
June 6, 2010 at 2:49 am
cai
Nice shadow photo!
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June 6, 2010 at 7:36 am
sandy
The rose takes my breath away and the yard art the way I wish mine would look !!Close but
June 6, 2010 at 8:31 am
Carletta
Exquisite roses!
June 6, 2010 at 1:26 pm
quiltworks
Rose is such a beautiful flower – great job showing it off in such a beautiful way!
Quiltworks
June 6, 2010 at 3:41 pm
lynda Howells
wow…lots to look at and so beautiful..cheered up my sundayx happy shadow sundayxlynda
June 6, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Kala
The rose images are just lovely.
June 6, 2010 at 6:59 pm
michael mckee
You have some lovely photos. I don’t want to seem like I’m complaining, but I feel that your images would have more individual impact if you separated them in to different posts.
June 7, 2010 at 3:17 am
Beverly
Happy Pink Saturday, Virginia.
The beauty of the rose speaks to my heart. And, I love the effects you applied on some of the photos.
June 7, 2010 at 3:58 am
Manang Kim
I love your roses they are so pretty. Happy Monday!
Macro Monday-Frog
June 7, 2010 at 4:04 am
Nefertiti
magnifiques photos bravo !
June 7, 2010 at 6:25 am
Rosidah Abidin
Wow, wonderful images! You really have remarkable surroundings. Have a great week.
June 7, 2010 at 7:22 am
Karen
As always, your photos evoke happiness in me. And I love your list–so many good things to be grateful for!!
June 7, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Jama
I love your two coloured rose, simply stunning!
June 8, 2010 at 2:21 am
Pat
I’m way behind reading this week’s PS posts. I’m so glad I read yours – wonderful!
June 28, 2010 at 5:23 pm
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