Gratitudes 41

Greetings and Holykisses,

A few random blessings:

I'm thankful  for this day.

For waking  reFRESHed.

For the beautiful rain that has washed the dust from everything

and how green grass grows while we sleep in the most comfortable bed this side of heaven.  ;)

For bacon, fresh banty  eggs, and toast with  purple jelly that I get  to make

for Myguy's breakfast.  

For friends who bless my day

with text messages from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Scotland and even
from just down the road a piece.    ;)

For the green and blushing  pears we picked off Mommas olde tree.

-And the joy feeding and watching  donkeys, horses and bunnies munching

on the bruised ones.

 

For a special  dinner date with my Hubster up on a mountain top.

We were given a  corner table, and a ...different waitress walked over to us 

and said something like, "I know you didn't drive up here to be seated in a corner

with a view of the sidewalk."  She told us to pick up our drinks and silverware  and follow her outdoors where she gave  us our very own table facing the most breathtaking view.  Just the two of us!!

It was fun!  

For this big bunch of black eyed Susies- one of my most favorite

flowers  we stumbled upon after our mountain top feast.

My sweetheart knows I adore them and sometimes picks them with his big
calloused hands in ditches

around the farm.  On this day, he bent down and picked just one....

Then he put it in my pocket.  

It's in my flower press right now... drying for keepsake on a journal page.

I'm thankful he loves me, and for his sweet side to boot. 

I'm thankful for this beautiful passion flower-

so lavender wild...

She  graced a pathway at the top of this mountain. 

Speaking of romance and ...passion...

I'm thankful for our new daughter in love.

Her name's  Kayla and this is she and Trent's wedding kiss.

I'm thankful for Allybug,

She's our new grand girl.  --We'd been shopping on this day and she picked out

this lil outfit because it has pokee dots.  :) 

for a new name-- GrammaLea

I'll never forget the day I first heard it spoken.  Right there in the garden at 

The Happy Place.  --It sorta startled me at first?  "GrammaLea," she beckoned....  --The kids weren't even 

married yet, ...but Allybug didn't care bout any of that.  Was it prophetic? ... maybe.  But my 

heart still flutters a little every time I hear her say it. 

 I'm thankful too for this new grandboy.   

His name's Blaine, and  he's almost always smiling just like this.  

It's contagious- that little smile.
:)  see?!! ha! 

I'm thankful for laughter

and that the Star family is growing.

Yet another gift....  

--This is young Carter.  He joined our tribe too.  

We got to watch him while the kids ran off and got married.  

We hadn't had a baby in this house in over 26 years! 

He was so patient with us-   I love this picture of 

Myguy holding him here.  He got so good at burping young Carter!  If I couldn't get a burp out,

I'd just pass baby to Myguy coz he could get one  every time.  ha! 

It was an honor, and privilege  to take care of this wee one.  

I barely  put him down the whole time he was here. lol

He slept  good at night... but I didn't.  His bassinet was about

3 feet away from me and I just kept getting up... just to watch him sleep. 

Gift!

I'm thankful for technology too.  

The kids and I texted alot while they were gone, and I'd send them

pictures like this one! 

With Fall approaching I've been in  baking and cooking mode.

-I'm so grateful for those changing seasons.  

--And for this:

While thumbing through my cookbooks, this was gift.

Every now and then, just when I'm missing her, something comes

that  warms me like a hug.  

Leaonie... Happy Baking! 
Love you

Mom.
I'm baking happy Momma,
and I love you more.

 This was another treat.

We were drivin home in the jeep the other night and this  young coyote was runnin all over  the road looking for something to eat.  He was close to our house and  was not afraid of us at all.  I actually got out of the jeep and watched him for awhile; trying to take pictures. 

-- For so many wild animal sightings. 

For a  bobcat on our drive  to the lodge. 

He  jumped up a steep embankment and was just amazing to see!

For an owl out back, a persistent woodpecker just this morning, a skunk

encounter on the motorcycle who thankfully kept his tail down, ...

 and for deer dining on acorns under the sweetheart tree...All gifts!!

--I'm thankful for cooler temperatures and the beautiful rains we had

For soft dirt to scratch around in again.  

For Fall planting; mostly flower seed,

but zucchini too. 

More gifts. 

For moss roses

so perky!

--And morning glorys!

They didn't have a fighting chance against  groundhogs this summer.

But this September... they're brilliant and climbing uP again. 

I'm thankful! 

For hearing  my Sisterbear's giggle-
even though time was too short.

For the giant dragonfly who flew in one shop door;
-past Trent and I... and then right out the other side.

For pretty yellow bitterweed making pastures golden.

-- and the twig nest found in the middle of G&G Star's crab apple tree.

For how Big... God made His presence known to me yesterday so I was
sure not to miss it.

--For favor for my Merry Bema ..

and my  path to walk forward....
I give thanks. 

Holykisses, xoxo
L.