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It's the little things that make me happy! As this shut down comes toward an end As businesses start to reopen I wonder who decides what is "essential"! Short hair seems to grow over night Needs to be trimmed at least every six weeks Hubby trimmed Then snipped Then cut I clipped I chopped I complained! Finally  My wonderful Beautician is open and found time for me Mask on face Temperature taken All clear and ready A fresh haircut and breathe of air! Beauticians and Barbers   are more essential than a furniture store!

I wrote about the hummingbirds several weeks ago and we still enjoy their antics of flitting, sitting, drinking, protecting and sometimes sharing.  They go from the front feeder to the back feeder, over to our neighbor's feeder and back again.  Never tiring and always on the looking. There are some killdeers that have built their nest in our neighbor's rock garden - well hidden and protected and yet out in the open. Several years ago, we noticing some birds (type unknown to us) trying to build a nest on the downspout.  Hubby decided to help them out and built a small structure that they could put all their twigs in.  They have been coming back each year and this year it is so packed full that we're not sure how they can even get into the shelter, but they do. And then, we have some very persistent and inventive cardinals.  We kept seeing them fly with twigs in their beaks behind the structure on the downspout.  It's only about an inch between the do...

As I walked this afternoon, I kept trying to come up with a post, but kept going back to Ruth's message about words.  I thought why not try to list a word that I relate to, for each letter of the alphabet.  So here goes: A - Adorable B - Beautiful C - Courteous D - Delightful E - Energetic F - Fabulous G - Grand H - Hilarious I - Inviting J - Joyful K - Kind L - Loving M - Mother N - Neat O - Open P - Positive Q - Questioning R - Restful S - Superb T - Terrific U - Undaunting V - Variety W - Wonderful X - (e)xciting Y - Yellow Z - Zany And as I look at this list of words, my mind focuses on "M - Mother".  My Mother's attributes are covered in each of these words.  Even though she is no longer with us, I still can hear her voice and feel her presence.  Happy Mother's Day, Mom, and to all of you Mothers out there. 

They flit They swoop They soar They hover They land They sip They drink They check their surroundings Off they go Only to return and sip again My mind flits It swoops It soars It hovers It lands It drinks up knowledge It checks my surroundings And off it goes into another direction Only to return and begin again

I have a very dear friend who enjoys hiking and belongs to a group of women hikers called WHO.  I usually doing my walking around the neighborhood, but this week she invited me to go on a hike with her since she can't get together with the WHO group.  A perfect way to "open up my arms, look toward the sky and enjoy a beautiful day with a special friend." There is a resort and campground about 30 minutes from where we live and they have a menagerie of peacocks, pheasants, turkeys and various other birds - some in cages but others roaming around.  After passing the cages, there is a beautiful path that meanders thru some wooded areas and across a creek.  Some of the path is made up of rocks and broken bottles that have been thru a tumbler to smooth the edges.  The colors of blue, green and brown shown brightly in the sunlight and gave me a different way of viewing colored bottles. My friend was in need of doing something goofy, so she br...

I hadn't thought much about my OLW this year, but as I write this today, I'm thinking that HOPE is my word.  We are experiencing such difficult times and I think that what I need most is to know that there is HOPE.  So I thought about what Spring has brought me this year (and in years past)..  From the very first bud to the final outgrowth, it defines my OLW.  I unfortunately didn't take pictures of all of this, but I'm sure you'll be able to envision all that was presented to me in the past month. Spring Has Sprung! As I walked up the road, I saw some white in a tree. I wondered what tree could be in bloom so early in March..  As I got closer, the was a tree full of white blossoms - the first of the season. A wild plum tree hidden among the pine trees. My first sign of HOPE and a new beginning. A few days later, I noticed the daffodils with buds and blooms.  And as the month of March moved into April, the Bradford Pear trees sprouted the...

Last week's post was about our worksite.  This week's is about the people of Guatemala. Driving thru the towns and countryside from Guatemala City to Antigua to Tecpan and further up in the mountains, we saw many Guatemalans traveling from one place to another, to get to market, to a job or back home.  They ride "Chicken Buses", in the back of pick up trucks, walk, some even hitched a ride on the back of large truck.  They smile, they laugh, they are serious, they are sad, but happy! They work hard and enjoy all that they have. The house we were building was for a family of four - Mom (Thelma) and Dad (who was working in Canada), 3 year old Jasmine and 2 year old Guatelupe. Lydia (Thelma's sister) and Guatelupe Jasmin Thelma's nephew Thelma's mother, Isabella Isabella, Thelma, Jasmine & Guatelupe and two other sisters Our Team and Family ...