Gratitude on Friday

Raindrops on roses

And whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens

Brown paper packages tied up with strings

These are a few of my favorite things

Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels

Doorbells and sleigh bells

And schnitzel with noodles

Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings

These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes

Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes

Silver-white winters that melt into springs

These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites

When the bee stings

When I'm feeling sad

I simply remember my favorite things

And then I don't feel so bad

- Julie Andrews ( Sound of Music)

Here are a few of my favorite things from this week...

~ Deep belly laughs

~ long messy hair

~ missing teeth in little mouths (not to be confused with missing teeth in large mouths)

~ my new rice cooker (I've used it everyday for two weeks - life changing)

~ morning oatmeal

~ Buddha bowls (rice, your choice of bean or tofu, tons of veggies topped with siracha)

~ romaine hearts

~ sweet cherry tomatoes

~ creamy avacado

Do I talk about food too much? 

Never. 

~ a bowl as  big as my head...waiting to be filled

~ cobalt blue

~ yiruma radio on Pandora

~ spices and sauces and soups oh my

~ brown rice, pintos, garbanzo, navy...and black 

~ variety

~ nourishing flavors 

~ Egyptian licorice tea

~ salads,

 crisp and green and tender

~ color, texture, fresh

~ the last sunlight of the day

~ city lights twinkling in the distance

~ GEMS

~ minerals

~ earth

~ feeling the sun on my back as my foot steps on the shovel, then lifting up the black soil and tossing it over...giving it air, letting it breathe

~ the smell of earth

~ feeling connected to my husband, my children, my universe, my God, myself

~ my view from the deck

~ tops of trees, and their middles, and their base

~ bringing the outside in

~ shadow boxes with rocks ( just used gorilla glue...needed to use a little less - I didn't realize the glue expanded haha)

~ baskets of pinecones

~ my collection of sticks (I'll never grow up...never never never)

~ stacks of quilts

~ pottery filled with pebbles

~ books from the early 1900's (how many people have held these before me....where did they live...what did they add to the world? A garden? A child? Love?)

~ photo albums filled with the gifts of my life 

~ thrift store finds

~ vintage little golden books circa 1950

~ illustrations

~ adding history to my home

~ tiny indoor gardens

~ putting together something simple but something lovely

(I found this little planter at Marshalls and just added some dirt, tiny pebbles and artificial succulents)

~ glass ... I love glass

~ the sound of the rain, soft falling snow

~ seeing my littles learn

~ seeing them play

~seeing them work

~ just seeing them

~ my yoga practice...my arms using their own strength to become stronger, deep breaths,

meditating not on myself but on my Creator and the many gratitude's of my heart

~ beads

~ knuckles...i just love knuckles

What are a few of your favorite things from this week?

Happy Friday Friends

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” 
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.” 
― Meister Eckhart

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

- Psalm 136:1