Joy of surprise!
I was running the vacuum this past Saturday when I glanced up and saw out the window the mama deer with her two little newborn babies!I immediately dropped the vacuum and went scrambling for my phone!I was able…
Just a typical morning …
It was 6:11am this morning, and hubby was just about to leave for work when the driveway Ring camera went off. I didn't think anything of it. It was probably just the deer.Hubby headed out the door and…
Joy on a typical afternoon …
It was just a typical afternoon. I was busy with housework - running the vacuum, getting the laundry caught up, cleaning the kitchen, etc. - when I glanced out the window and saw the little doe who likes…
Joy in the little things …
I had been delighting in the sea of buttercups ... ... when a little spider on one of the buttercups caught my attention. It was a rather camera-shy little spider. Didn't want its photo taken. But after a…
Cinco de Madre!
Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday. All of us are busy with different things planned on Sunday, so my kids decided to celebrate Mother’s Day early. Everyone was free for dinner Monday evening, so that’s what we did. …
Joyful “firsts!”
It's May 1st ... and the hummingbirds are sharing the feeder together! I had wondered if they would share the feeder together again this year. This is a "first" for this year! Yay for joyful "firsts!"And ... the…
Springtime at the lake!
My reward to myself after my dentist appointment is to drive 5 minutes down the street to a delightful little park on Lake Washington. Two birds were having a romantic moment together, bobbing their heads up and down,…
The joy of “firsts”!
Lo and behold … my Bunchberry dogwoods haven’t been eaten by the deer this Spring! This is a first! Just look at all those beautiful blooms! This is a first! I am absolutely thrilled! Thank you God for…
Goodness coming down from above!
Hubby and I had the opportunity to participate in the most fantastic Easter event this year – a Helicopter Egg Drop! Does that not sound cool! I wrote last April about our good friend coming to visit us,…
Springtime joys! – 3.0
Hubby got some flowers to plant in our daughter’s planter on her back patio. They all wouldn’t fit, and there wound up being one leftover. Yay me getting little puff-balls of joyful color for my own back deck! …