random . . .

What a wonderful morning!  

It is warm and sunny and smells like newly cut grass.

I have no place to be and that feels great!

  cats . . . big rabbits . . . paint and doodles . . . words on my walk . . . 

. . . and I think to myself

what a wonderful world.

I just have to post something . . . .

"Walking is man's best medicine."
~ Hippocrates

It has been a busy week with this being the first week of school.  I keep thinking I will post something, but just haven't gotten to it.  So today I just have to post something . . . mostly pictures from when I am walking, but I couldn't leave out this great new skeleton hand I found at Michael's. 

I had a fantastic week . . . it is great having all the kids back.   I love this time of year! 

I will truly appreciate my weekend though!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

happy wednesday . . .

Our Summer temperatures are up around 105 - 109 degrees this week.  Since I really like the heat I don't let it stop me from walking.  I may not walk as far . . . I drink a lot of water . . . and use plenty of sunscreen.  I walked about 3 miles yesterday. The area I was in is all new housing developments - only a few signs of the more rural area it used to be.  I do believe I liked it better before.  I don't think vegetables are sold at this spot any longer . . . I almost wanted to ask them if I could have the "TOMATOES" sign. 

JOY in the small stuff!

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

wandering with Lily , , ,

I picked up Lily yesterday and what a great afternoon.  

Walking . . . frozen yogurt . . . that park . . . her chatting about everything . . . drawing . . .

popcorn and root beer when we got home . . . it was a good day!

PEACE ~ LOVE ~ LILY

feeling relaxed . . .

It has been a long week . . . in a good way.  

I guess I sort of decided to take the week off from everything . . . not just work.

  The weather has been beautiful and it has been a joy just to be outside.  

I basically relaxed and enjoyed every day.  

It is back to work tomorrow . . . I think I tend to get more things done when I am working, so maybe in some ways that is a good thing.  

GOOD THINGS THIS WEEK!

1. Dying eggs with Lily

2. Long walks and going to the park with Charlotte

3. Rereading To Kill A Mockingbird . . . then staying up to watch the movie

4. Gregory Peck

5. Easter dinner at Jake and Kasey's . . . a wonderful day with family and friends

6. Staying up late and sleeping in

7. Watching the kids hunt for eggs

8. lots of sunshine

9. getting plants for my garden

10. feeling very relaxed

spring magic . . .

"People from a planet without flowers 

would think we must be mad with joy 

the whole time to have such things about us."  

~ Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat

"It's spring fever.  That is what the name of it is.

And when you've got it, you want . . . 

oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want,

but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!"

~ Mark Twain

Do I ever have spring fever!  I try to get a few miles walking and running in during my lunch break . . . and today I just wanted to keep going.

  I probably posted the same thing last year

 . . . but Spring never fails to work it's magic.  

Oh, I do believe in magic . . . and I do believe there must be a fairy of some sort in this last picture - sitting in that tree soaking up the sunshine.  

At least I like to think there is . . . life is just way more fun when you believe in MAGIC!