I'm a bit late posting my Friday Fave Fives because I've been busy celebrating my daughter's birthday (see Fave #5). But I'm here now to share five blessings from this past week. I've been doing this for several years and it is important to me to stop and reflect on how blessed I am.
So here are my Faves from this last week and very last day of July 2026.
1. What's more fun than a fairy trail in the local county park? PAL and her parents joined us for a ramble at the park and we decided to visit the fairy trail.
Which one is your favorite?
3. Tall Boy is getting everything in order to begin his freshmen year of university. It's the local campus of the state university, and it's walking distance from our homes. One evening, The Professor and I walked over to the uni and strolled around the campus to get a better feel for it. We have walked past the campus weekly for six years and haven't really wandered around it. So we did. One of the interesting bits about the campus is all the statues placed everywhere.
Yes, those are statues, not human fishermen.
4. Younger Grandson passed his driver's test this week! So proud of him and his diligence and careful driving. He's been dreaming of this day for years!
5. It's Nurse Daughter's birthday today! Happy Birthday to our youngest!! We celebrated doing what she loves best. Walking her dogs and having coffee. No photos from today. But here are a couple of her as a two year old, playing outside in our remote Indonesian village.
Some things never change...
And a bonus photo. Cuz you can't have too many barn pictures.
