A fast Sunday Six

Dear Blog Friends,

I hope that you have had a good Sunday today.

Actually I hope that you have had a good week.

I know some of you have not felt well. I hope you are better.

I have had much to smile about this week but I only have a little time to tell you about it.

I am only putting pictures of my potted plants in this post.

My family makes me smile more.... but this is quicker... and my plants do make me smile.

I love going out in my patio.

I love looking at the sweet plants and flowers that are blooming there.

I especially love the sweet faces on my pansies.

I love hearing the chorus of bird songs that greet me.

Now that it is warm they start singing with the sunrise.
I sometimes wish that they would stay quiet a while longer....
but even though I ask them to sing a little softer early each morn
they ignore me and greet the sun singing at the top of their lungs.
How can I be upset at them?

What a good example they set.
We should all greet the day with a song in our hearts.

I love having breakfast out in the patio with my sweetheart.

Before we retired, I always ate a piece of toast on the way to school and called it breakfast.

Now I make a nice breakfast for John and me and we have a leisurely meal, looking at the flowers and listening to the birds sing.

Life doesn't get too much sweeter than that.

I love sharing our patio with friends.

I love it when we have company come and we can spend time outside together.
We have lived in the same home for 29 years.
We have made many dear friends at church and in the community.
They are such a blessing to me. They make me smile.

How thankful I am for them. I wish that we could get together more often.

I love playing in the patios with my grand children.
No matter when my grand children come, the patios and plants come alive with their laughter.
It doesn't matter whether we are splashing in the pool, cooking on the B-B-Q, roasting marshmallows in the fire pit or having Royal tea parties, we have a great time.
It doesn't matter if they are little tykes or my big boys, we all are smiling when we are together in the patios.
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I am also smiling because I have the health and strength to work in the patios and keep them up.
I enjoy tending my flowers, veggies and plants.
I even enjoy sweeping up the leaves and keeping it looking nice.

There was a time that I was in a wheel chair and not able to walk and get around to clean up the patios. How thankful I am that I can walk just fine now.

It is a real blessing to be able to do my own work.

I have so many blessing.... No wonder that I am smiling.

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Here is something else I am smiling about.

I am taking off tomorrow.

I am leaving my sweet hubby home with our dog Heidi.

I hope Heidi will take good care of him.

I am going with my dear friend.

We are taking off for a retreat at a

lovely seaside time share.

Sil and I have been dear friends since I was 12 and she was 11.

(that is almost 53 years....how can that be???)

We are soul mates.

Her hubby is off on an overseas business trip.

My hubby says he would go bonkers sitting on the beach or staying at the time share.

Wednesday is her birthday.... so the two of us are off...

to sit on the beach, watch the sunset, watch girly videos to our hearts content,

read...read...read.... and....eat..eat...eat.

I don't know if they have Internet accesss there.... so don't worry if you don't hear from me for a while.

I am sending my love to all of you.

I hope that you have a great week ahead.

Love, Grammy Lura