Because I Love You!

Good morning!  It is yet another glorious, beautiful day...somewhere.  Here we have clouds, rain, fog, and perhaps a rainbow (Yay!).  But the sun is out there!  Above the clouds!  And...it's Wednesday!  Boing boing boing!!

Sun Spots

We had to get out and enjoy the first wonderfully warm day. 

And celebrated by getting on the swing.

And beginning to fill the garden box.

It was a delightfully warm day.

And now we have more clouds and rain.

Ahhhh, the delights of living in the Northwestern corner of the Pacific Northwest.

A First

Our first bloom from our Thundercloud Plum trees.  Unfortunatly it opened up in the middle of a rain storm, so I had to wait to take its picture. 

Goodbye Old Friend

This is a sad day.  One where I may shed a tear or two.  A day that may even be remembered in history.  We had to say goodbye.  Goodbye to a dear old friend.  A wonderful friend that had been around a long time.  Since I was 3 to be exact.  Time had taken it's toll, and now we need to part.  Goodbye dear friend.

We will miss you.  Especially Mr O and Peaches.  You were a wonderful companion and playmate.

But hey, I get to tell my grand kids (if and when they come to be) that I rode a giraffe.  Now that is cool.

Few Words

Now I know that y'all have heard (and probably seen) about the horrendous natural disaster that Japan has been dealing with.  As I watched a few minutes of the footage and read several articles I came to a very simple conclusion.  Not about the Japanese problem, but about my life.  I am so very very blessed.  Everyday I wake up to the most amazing man.  Every morning I help two wonderful children get off to school.  Everyday there are things that I get to do, interactions with people, dishes, laundry, a shower, eating, and it all ends with going to bed and sleeping next to my wonderful husband.  Now I know that I can be very dense at times, and that it may take me a while to understand something.  But, this is something that just clicks with me.  I am one of the lucky few.  My heart goes out to those families in Japan.  Those who have lost everything, and then find out that they lost a loved one (or more) as well.  I ache for those people.  I still have my Handsome, Mr O, Peaches, and Four legs.  I still have food to eat, a house, and a warm bed to sleep in. 

We are blessed. 

To have and to hold.

Love.

A Few Things

When you get new fluffy chicks.

And have two kids and a dog.

Expect this to happen.

And then,

You get your kid a unicycle.

I think it is a boy thing that everything goes offroad.

Wordless Wednesday