Today, I am thankful for...#2

I gotcha Jim , I've been plastering a bedroom today.
Thankful that I can

Today, I am thankful for mini ice cream sandwiches...portion control, doncha know...LOL

For weather that is FINALLY warming up.

And for new cotton knit pajamas.

Thankful I discovered a closet full of yarn of all colors and thankful I learned to crochet afghans.
Jim, My house has got to beat yours in its messy state. But now i can crochet and ignore the mess and eat piezza.
Wish i could ignore my cats. They like to watch me crochet up close and personal. Still snowed in. no sign of melting.
Debra blow some warm air this way. It's warmer but not that warm. Maybe tomorrow.
Vickie

Today I'm thankful (and so is the cat ) that he can come outside from my sons house , across the street . When my boy is home , up in the Austin area , he keeps the thermostat down on 60 here. Because he brought his dog , cat , and bird down here for two months while his old house was being shone to prospective buyers, I figure that his wife's cat isn't any better than my cat and it's been down to 24 degrees here.Thankful my cat had a warm place to stay.
I have a small bird and it wouldn't live very long if I put the cat in my house .

I am thankful that after a day of working, my neighbor's cat greets me every day at my gate. I guess she knows who feeds her, but it is nice that somebody is happy to see me. I am sorry to see bird fedders all over my garden, I guess cats will be cats, even if you feed tham.

Cats definitely will be cats!

Blowing the warm air northward, Vickie. :-)
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Today, I am thankful for...

Rechargeable batteries

Orange

Dinosaurs

Today I am thankful for nail polish,

cobalt blue

and pain meds!

Today, I'm thankful for 58º outside. Yippee!!!

Today I am thankful for:

The work of Barbara Mertz (Now, now, sinking, black ink over nose)

Spoon-size shredded wheat, Cream of Wheat, and Malt-o-Meal.

The gorgeous weather that allowed the-hopefully successful-transplant of this White Rose of Sharon from beside the driveway to the curbside strip.

Today, I am thankful for Amish whoopie pies and a wife who will do the little extra work involved to make them for me in the traditional way. The New England version of them is okay. I would even have been happy with the quick and easy recipe that uses a cake mix. But, for someone from the Pennsylvania heartland no food says home and comfort like an authentic whoopee pie. (Jim)

Mmm...whoopie pie. I had a boss who used to make them for us on holidays and birthdays. Yum.

I am gratful for "Box of chocolate "ice cream, next best thing to flowers


Picture of Whoopie pie

I'm thankful for warmer weather . Whew , be careful what you ask for , it's Hot !

Dear digger, I have not heard from that new rabbit person, that is why I didn't write. Happy Valentine's day to you, if you have a husband, hug him, it is terible when you don't have one. But thank God, we have memories.

Kiseta, It's ok hon , I'll be on the lookout for someone when I get back to Ga. the first of April .You said something about leaving home 41 yrs ago . From where ?

I am a Hungarian person, born and raised in north Serbia, in the city of Novi Sad.Came to the USA right after high school, and the rest is history. I am grateful that this country let me be a productive USA citizen, I only wish my sisters and brother could see how much better is here, but I never had enough money to send them spansorship papers. Now it is too late, we are all over 60 years old, and no sence of starting things all over.

It is sad to leave your family behind and they all have children and grandkids , I'm sure . They can't leave them .
I've always admired the war brides that were brave enough to leave the old country and come to the mysterious country whether it be the United States or somewhere else . I have a french aunt that came here after WWII. She went home to visit for a month or two every five years .There was a lot of red tape getting here .
I worked for a time for a sweet Hungarian man in the sixties . He called himself "Jerry" and said he couldn't reveal his true name because his family could be in danger over there .He had a restaurant and served some good food in McAllen Tex .
I'm thankful I met you and we will be good friends , I'm sure . Sally

I am thankful today for...

The foot that's asleep...because a sleeping dog's head is draped over it.

The debit card charge for a J&P Sweetness Grandiflora...because it reminds the grandlings of their mother.

The neighbors that are moving...because their bloodhound bays and bays and bays and bays and bays. LOL

Speaking of leaving home...

Today and everyday, I'm thankful my DH's parents left Puerto Rico and came to live the Utah. It always amazes me how a long series of seemingly insignificant events can lead to 2 people falling in love.

It is amazing. My G grandmother came from France as a young bride and ended up in the wilds of Arkansas Oh, brought her husband with her. They followed the railroad and help found the town of Mena.Her son married my gmother from Ulm ARK. my mother and father met in a TB sanatorium. His folks were from Texas.DH and I lived in neighboring towns in ARK.
It is sad to leave family behind unless they are mean and unloving people.
I'm thankful for my doctor today. Along with my meds He wrote me a prescription to get out and dig in the dirt. He said that was the best medicine in the world. Hear! Hear!
It is also amazing how we came together as a bit of digital technolegy on DG. (terrible spelling)
Vickie

A good many of us have been here so long, with our natural born parents and some grandparents , that we sometimes forget that we all came here from somewhere .
I'm so thankful that somewhere , way back down the line , my ancestors found the way to the U S A ! And thankful wel share that bond .
Now if I could get my D G friends from across the 'pond' to come too , that would be too cool . lol Sally

I have been in Mena, Ar. few years ago, when I came to the stop light in middle of the town, I think it was Rt. 71, it was a beutiful site of the mountains. I am gratful that my husband and I where able to drive trough the mountain, seen some white deer, and had a wonderful time traveling from Ga to Oklahoma on the back roads. He is gone now, but I remember how happy he was to travel around, since he never left Ga, before that.

If you haven't been all over these states , you are missing a grand time . You're young enough to just take off and drive . If I wasn't married , that's what I'd do . I've been all over but want to see more . I've seen all but four states , but most from an 18 wheel truck . I want to stop and explore .I never get tired of seeing what's over the next hill or around the next curve .

DH and i loved to travel backroads too. And i still do.
Yes Mena is on HWY 71. all the teenagers use to climb that mountain every summer. We found we could'nt leave the mountains and moved to the northern Ozarks.
I have always wanted to ride in an eighteen wheeler. I know you must have a good view.
I've been all over too. Never been to the north west tho.I'd love to see the pacific from Oregon and Washington.
Always wanted to know what was around the curve on hikes too.Trying to keep in mind how far back i had to walk. LOL

Today, I'm thankful I can show pics of the PNW for Cando.

This is one of my favorite points in OR.

Oh My Goodness! Look at those mountains. They go right up to the ocean. Talk about an awesome sight. I bet the sound is too.
Thank you,
Vickie

I think Oregon is my favorite state , and Colorado . Out close to Mt Hood is a forest of solid moss and ferns carpeting the floor . So serene and looks untouched by human feet .I do so want to go back .

I took this from the plane. Two of the volcanoes. I have forgotten which. Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier.

A better pic. All 3.

Thank you for posting those GORGEOUS photographs!

You had to be in the pilots cabin . My windows are too frosted to take pictures .
Oh , to die for .

Yesterday, I was thankful for poppies, feather grass, and gardening shears.

Today I am thankful for:

Alarm clocks.

Stephen Jay Gould, Oliver Sacks, and Freeman Dyson.

That my middle doggie didn't poke his eye out on whatever it was that cut his face last night.

You're very welcome!

Today, I'm thankful I remembered I have $60 more to spend on plants. LOL And tactical flashlights.

I had a Grandfather who came from Denmark at 16, no English and had a note pinned to his jacket with his destination - an Uncle of his in Wisconsin. I had a friend who came Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution. The US brought him and his parents and sister here after they perilously crossed mine fields going into Austria in trade for information he knew about the Russians. He was 20 years old and their family had already changed their names from a German (OK during the war, but not during Russian occupation) to an Italian last name. His family had nothing, but some gold coins they had 'worn' out.

While I enjoy seeing new places, I tire (as in fall asleep) and get bored while the actually driving is going on. I have been to 32 states, I believe, some just briefly passing through, others for longer periods. One sister wins for living in 4 states, me just 2.

I have a mixed thankfulness for my Dad bringing our family to California when I was 9. I particularly appreciate it in winter, but missed not having relatives nearby after 9. My younger sisters missed out on that more, but have married into big families that all live near them.

kwanjin-What a beautiful shot that is of the PNW, is it yours? Such clarity.

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Hmmm, today...

Ceiling fans

Cucumbers

Calypso music a la Harry Belafonte...and Jimmy Buffett


Spring is coming...

Thankful for the first sight of red robin in my back yard. I got to start my seeds, will organize this weekend.

Hey all, I have started a new thread to continue our Thankfulness:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1159256/