Booking my trip to Georgia in a few weeks for my aunt and uncle's 50th wedding anniversary. It will basically be a family reunion with some people I haven't seen in many, many, many years.

Sharing disco videos from the '70s with a high school friend via our iPhones while I ran errands, got caught in a beautiful rainstorm, nails, hair... it just made it all so fun today! I'm still singing them in my head & smiling.

An overabundance of smiles but a tiny sampling........
 

Early morning archery instruction.

Gorgeous weather with a perfect blue sky, warm sun and light breeze making for pleasant gardening endeavors.

The easy conversation amongst friends, shared laughter and stuffing ourselves silly with stone crab claws and shrimp.

Completing the most onerous part of an art project.

Sitting on the screened porch and watching the sunlight shine through the leaves in the trees creating a translucent emerald green.

Finally ordering a traveling chess set that I have had on my wish list. (Fierce Knight Staunton~ Ebony and boxwood with walnut case)

And the coup de gras....the peace I felt as the sunlight slipped from sight and the soft Southern night enveloped the garden...and a Great Horned owl flew into the backyard and and landed with nary a sound in the top of the tallest pine where it commenced to hoot and call a welcome to the night.



Katniss~~(not to mention a hot jetted bath with lavender scented Epsom salt in my near future....bit too much gardening for one day.)

Her being okay that I said "we" in some really big plans she has.

A set of twins in my hometown that I grew up with are always heckling each other on facebook. Today they had a wedding and reception and apparently had a little bit too much to drink. One posted a pic of the other and she has flaming red hair and looks like Raggedy Ann. I knew it was just another of their antics and of course I had to join in. It was funny stuff. Haahaa!!

I just realized that my post never went through from earlier.......
Staying up to 2:30 in the morning on the phone with her because we can't say good night. Being able to talk to her about anything. Learning things from each other and about each other. Knowing that she gets me better than anyone else ever has. Knowing that she wants to make me happy. Being able to find the courage to sing a song a wrote to her. Just her.....everything about her.

while taking a very hot, soaking bath with refreshing peppermint soap..having a big bowl of strawberry cheesecake ice cream ...spooning it from a bowl propped on my washcloth over my belly ...laying back in the deep hot water ...then finding little bits of real cheesecake ...YUM

Finding all 3 geocaches I looked for today.

Watching my little girl make friends with a big snail she called Billie then changed it to Milly. Making it a home on one of my dinner plates wiith leaves and stones and a tiny snail bath / plastic lid. Putting it in the shade cos I said they don't like sun. Picking it up and taking it on an adventure because I said maybe that was why it kept trying to get off the plate. Eventually I came out to find her crying real tears because she had let it go and was watching it snailing away from the home she had made it...

Then the neighbour came out and started putting down slug pellets just a few feet away from where we were, talking to her husband about it - so glad my little girl didn't hear or understand. Why do people have to grow up. They are so much better when they are 6.

He is that much closer to being back here! Yay!

The best dog and the best brother.

What made me smile today was something rather silly: My pups ear art this morning. Being a beagle/dach she has somewhat long ears. It is amazing what happens with them when she sleeps. Haahaa!! It is like the human version of bedhead. *Smiles.