Another week of busy days. But also another week of many blessings. Friday Fave Fives gives me an opportunity to share five events or thoughts or actions that made me grateful this week. Use the link to join in and share yours or just read what others have written. Here are my five blessings:
1. Do you ever wake up in the morning and just go about your day as usual? Normally, I do too. But this morning as I woke up, I noticed the sun beginning to shine through the windows. It struck me that I just accept that the sun will rise every morning and move across the sky in its usual way every day. But today I stopped to just be amazed that sun does that. God created an amazing world for us to live in. Let's not take our sun, moon and stars for granted.
2. Autumn is such a fun season. Everyone mentions pumpkins, Halloween, pumpkin spice lattes, and sweater weather. Me? I love the leaves on the ground. I love to walk through them and toss them around. And I love watching them fall from the trees as the wind blows. On our walk today, Mia (nurse daughter) turned around and grinned at me as I happily shuffled through the leaves.
3. On that walk today with the dogs, we passed a deer. It was calmly sitting on the other side of the creek along our path. As we walked past with two loud crazy dogs, it just lounged in the grass under the trees and watched. It never moved or pranced away. Wild life animals never fail to amuse me.
4. Last night, The Professor and I spent the evening (total of five hours) volunteering at the Nightbirde Foundation Night of Hope. Did you ever watch America's Got Talent? Nightbirde is the name of a young woman who won a gold bell ring on AGT. Her actual name was Jane but she went by Nightbirde. Not long after being on the show, Jane died of recurring breast cancer. Her brothers attend the same church as we do, and our church hosts the annual event Night of Hope in our building which helps raise funds to provide women with what they need as they go through chemo and surgery for breast cancer.
5. Our weather has been sunny and warmish. That means I have been outside in my garden every day. The garden beds are starting to look a bit more organized and cleaned up. It is so satisfying to get the fall garden chores done. Still have lots to do, but I am making progress.
Just a picture of a tree we passed on our walk to make you smile...
10 comments:
What a beautiful little tree. I remember Nightbirde well!! How wonderful of your church!! A wonderful young talent lost...
I love being outdoors in the fall as well. I love the way the leaves smell and I love to watch them as they fall from the sky. Have you read Robert Frost's October? It's wonderful.
Yes, "the sun will rise every morning and move across the sky in its usual way every day," but days it's impossible to see.
This city girl longs to be in the country. I need to find a place I can crunch leaves. That is a great picture of a deer! I am up early but I am a night owl for the most part. My sleep schedule is still off. Maybe I will go see the sunrise. Have a great day!
Shuffling through the leaves was the first midwestern delight I experienced after moving to KC after college graduation. I was amazed at the brilliant colors. Mary
Hi Willow, I remember Nightbirde she was so beautiful. That is so wonderful that you and the Professor can do that. She was so delicate, and so powerful all at the same time. I love that you got to see the. deer so calm and peaceful like that. Those moments are the best, Have a great weekend! :)
I did see Nightbirde's audition on AGT. Such a bright, beautiful young woman with such a glow about her. That's neat that her brothers go to your church and you could help with this benefit.
I agree about sunrises and sunsets. God does such beautiful handiwork every day. I need to take time to see and appreciate it.
I love shuffling through crunchy leaves! How neat that the deer didn't scamper away.
What a lovely post. I like the leaves in the forest but less so when they collect on my drive lol. Have a good weekend.
I love your number 1. We really do take for granted great gifts such as the sun, moon and stars. Thanks for the reminder to take notuce and be thankful for them. I find crunching through the leaves to be very stress relieving. Love the deer, So neat that you helped with that benefit. I remember her on AGT.
Who can resist the crunch of leaves?!
Was that an eye-roll I see in the deer's glance?
What a great project to serve those dealing with cancer.
Happy garden-tidying with what remaining warm dry days you have.
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